Absolutely. They need to start hiring people who actually understand the game to talk about the game. Can you imagine if the face of an NFL broadcast was some linebacker from the leather helmet era talking about how the forward pass ruined football? Or even if they spent all their time complaining about how protected QBs are today and how onerous concussion protocol is?
Stacey King and Adam Amin are a rare exception for bulls broadcasts, they are entertaining and excellent commentators.
You don't have to imagine if you listen to the Bears radio broadcast!
True. You can’t directly compare Super Bowl viewership to NBA Finals viewership, but we can look at what the Super Bowl viewership was in the past and compare that to the present to see whether or not viewership is increasing and we can do the same thing for the NBA Finals.
Yes but this ignores all the other context in that prior post. Sports viewership overall is down. The viewership a smash hit show pulls today would have gotten a show cancelled on the 90s. The Superbowl has resisted this downward pull caused by the explosion of entertainment options because 1) football is king in the US and the Super Bowl is a singular event that is the pinnacle event of that sport and 2) it isn't just a sports event, but a cultural event, so it pulls it millions of viewers that don't care at all about the game itself.
Illini play better defense than Santa Cruz.
And the G League teams TSJ walloped play great D? TSJ’s G League performances are met with “he deserves more minutes in NBA,” while Bronny’s very good game is because opponent played bad D? Haters gonna hate I guess. And no I’m not comparing TSJ to Bronny. I think the former will have a much better career.
As long as all the big stats don’t make front office think they still don’t have a ton of work to do, it is fun to watch. After the romp over Lakers, I had a friend text me raving about the big 3 of Matas, Giddy and White. I had to remind him that prior to his 31 in that game, Buz had averaged 6 ppg in previous 6 games. And while White has been putting up big scoring numbers, that’s in large part because of the “gonzo style” they’ve been playing. LaVine could score too, but didn’t make him a #1 on a good team.
No one on this board is an expert. We’re fans. Fans of the Fighting Illini. Due to that, we’re going to badmouth our rivals and uplift our guys. We’re biased. Incredibly so. And we’re wrong. All the time. If you want to find a group of message board posters who say great things about Braden Smith and Zack Edey, try a Purdue board.
You don’t think more than a few who post on here think they are experts? Hmmm. But heck, I’d take not so much pissing on some of our own Illini players by some posters.
So I’m not the only one who just watched him bank in a 40 foot runner at the 2nd quarter buzzer.
He’s got 22 at the half.22 points at the half. 6/7 from beyond the arc.
