Reasons to Get NBA TV: Jason Richardson
So this is the Bobcats logo?I saw Robbie Hummel play four more times on national television last year than Jason Richardson. Hummel is a floppy-haired white guy who could have played Shaggy in any of the Scooby-Doo movies, and is by all accounts, a decent basketball player. But neither he, nor anyone else whose name I don’t know on Purdue, needs to be on ESPN as much as they are.
It’s not just that I should have gotten NBA TV when NBC lost their NBA contract. (Sidenote: I absolutely hate watching games on ABC right now. It’s the most sterile commentary imaginable. Mike Tirico sounds more like he’s calling a tea party than a basketball game. I’d put Christian Grant-Fields’ cousin Pookie in the booth before him in a heartbeat.) It’s that Robbie Hummel, Jon Diebler (Ohio State), Joe Krabbenhoft (Wisconsin) and every other Big Ten small forward who would get the full monty on the New York City pro-am get far too much TV time, period.
While I was watching those guys, Jason Richardson was in a gym, and in all likeliness, shooting. Well, maybe he had just caught a pass and was taking a dribble. But he was getting ready to shoot. Even if he was on D at that very moment – that doesn’t really change anything, at least in his mind he was still getting ready to shoot. He shot a lot. And he shot very well. Who would have thought that J-Rich’s ’07-08 season ranks fourth all-time in treys made during a single-season at 243? Not I. Oh, right, that’s because I never saw him play.
It’s like that Direct TV commercial with Jimmy Kimmel right now, but worse. Kimmel goes on this monotone rant about how if you didn’t have NFL Sunday Ticket, you were stuck watching a 58-20 beating of your local team when you could have been watching Tennessee’s Rob Bironas kick 12 field goals. There are two problems with this, Jimmy. First, no one cares about a kicker. The people of Tennessee turned that game off to watch Parker Bohn III roll a 265 on the PBA Tour on ESPN during that game.
And second, if for some reason you have a kicking fetish and actually enjoy watching this type of thing, then it would assuredly be on SportsCenter later that night. Or maybe it would be on NFL Primetime the next day. But you would see those highlights, and you’d see them on basic cable.
But it doesn’t work the same way with NBA hoops. After Lakers, Celtics and Cavs highlights, Robert Flores stares with his dead eyes back into the camera and segues into the next segment about, you guessed it, Terrell Owens. Unless Richardson did a 720, sunk ten three’s or punched out Larry Brown (oh, right that’s going to happen next year), he’s not getting on mainstream TV. But Robbie Hummel and his cronies will top the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a barn-burning 62-59 game and you won’t be able to miss it.
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September 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Sam I Am says:
Well I’m saving up for the league pass
I had it 3 years ago and I LOVED EVERY SECOND of it…
It was right up there with feeling on breasts kinda good feeling
: ) Go WOLVES!
September 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
the_don_mega says:
@ Sam I Am…. LOL
September 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Sam I Am says:
lol
September 26th, 2008 at 11:13 am
loganlight says:
HAHA!
They just opened a new sports bar in town that claims to cater to the NBA fan and they boast having the league pass… I’ll be giving them my business often.
LL
September 26th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Mike says:
yeah…I’ll get it so I can watch the final year of Raymond Felton playing with the Bobcats…
No disrespect to DJ Augustin but why Charlotte why!! Ugghh..
September 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Desrat says:
I have to choose between 24/7 and feeling breasts. Gotta go with the basic cable and the boobies though.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Desrat says:
*NBA 24/7
September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Big Shot BOB says:
The only problem I had when I had nba tv is for one the costs is way over the top. Then you get so many games it’s hard to figure out which ones to watch. Plus the best games are always on network television. So I get stuck flipping through all the games and not watching any at the same time…LOL
September 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Sam I Am says:
@ Desrat
You dumb homie lol
but yes boobies and basketball would be sooo comforting watching the West Coast games
September 26th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Sam I Am says:
@ Big Shot Bob
I guess what was most annoying was the local commercials and sometimes if they were so wack, they put that blue screen on and have you wait til it comes on
Hands down…if TNT had their people take over NBA TV then it would be the GREATEST
September 26th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
isotope says:
Fantasy Footballers understand that Jimmy Kimmel commercial very well.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
JC says:
Two claps for Andrew Katz. Well written.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Desrat says:
@ Sam,
Why you gaotta be calling a cat Dumb for liking boobies over hoops? Gotta stick to what your good at, and I am beeter at grabbing a d cup than throwing down the rock.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Shujen says:
if i can only feel the boobie, i am going with the league pass.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Celts Fan says:
Yes, well done Katz, though I disagree on Tirico. I like him as a commentator (though admittedly, he’s better doing football.) Maybe if he bit someone’s back… yessssss
September 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
mp23 says:
got league pass for the first time last year and will not go another season without it. LBJ, ‘melo, D-Wade, CP3, D-Will, DRose, KD, Dwight, Amare, etc.. seriously, the league is STACKED with must-see superstars like the mid-90s.
basically, addicted to it like tyrone biggums on crack rocks.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Matt B says:
@ Sam I am
TNT is taking over NBA TV. Get with it my man
September 26th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Sam I Am says:
@ Matt B
Really ???
Please explain
September 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Matt B says:
Turner signed a deal with NBA Entertainment, this season the NBA TV network will be operated under Turner’s control in Atlanta
September 26th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Desrat says:
Will NBA TV feature Sir Charles and the Jet?
September 26th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
JHov says:
I can’t decide between the 2 @ SamIAm so I choose both! I bought the sports pkg on DirecTV not knowing that the NBA was on it’s on subscription plan..so now I get to see the screen of death everytime I try to watch any regional foxsports channel during a NBA game!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
gangsta of love says:
I just have to say that I was living in the Nashville market when that “great Rob Bironas” game happened. It was terrible, and I did change the channel. Who the hell wants to watch an offense sputter-out and suck everytime it gets into the red zone. I shudder everytime I see that dumbass Direct TV commercial. Now back to your scheduled program …