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Commentary Team for NBL19 Revealed

Yep if Cadee ever becomes good then Heal will rightly be able to claim that he told us so and was 5 years ahead of the game.

To be fair to Heal even though I don't like him as a person he's a very good commentator, presents well and good for banter without descending to Homicide levels.

Honestly there probably isn't a better representative as a face for the NBL outside of maybe Gaze but with his Kings job and not being known for much in the way of controversial opinions I would even think Heal probably is 'better'.

Heal on full contract is farcical. LK/NBL don't owe him anything just because he's an ex-star and a failed bankrupt. NBL under LK is becoming a jobs for the boys league.

I'm guessing that Kerle was the only one they could get in Brisbane. That way there are no travelling costs.
Losing Harvey, whatever reason, was a big gap to fill. A class act.
He fitted in with everyone, sounded great. Still on the Gold Coast, hoping they get him back. Tragardh over Wortho...anyday. MW more desperate for work these days.
Heal is the only guy on a full contract, Fox squeezing every second they can out of it. Game advertising/presentations have been excellent. Me thinks the budget for that area has been raised, but the commentary side probably cut!!

Kerle would excel if he went back to being unfiltered like back in the day. Has age mellowed him?

happy to give everyone a few games before writing them off. yes even Paige Cooper.

That is shameful.

They hired Heal so anything goes.

That they chose Kerle over Harvey is mind boggling

Simon Kerle is brutally bad. Do they do any checks on these guys or did they think just because he dyed his hair blonde that he was a personality?

I have no problems at all with any of them

Haters will hate and if was so easy then everyone would do it (remember CJ Bruton)

Rosen,Homocide and Tragardh are great. All
Different and I love that

Are you ok Camel 31?

I think Greer, Rosen and Santamaria are all very good, particularly Liam. I'd much rather guys like this than Russell and Russell, Heal and Homocide.

MACDUB - In Adelaide sport interest is mostly AFL and most of that is the Crows.
Most are happy Greenwood came to the Crows and interested in what he does.
That's Adelaide .
If the Crows bought the 36ers then I would be on air . It was said onair , here.

I don't mind Greer. Does a good job - he does have a habit of rambling on though - in that PHX x Breakers game, he was talking for a few minutes straight in game. [talking about the NBL - when obviously they envisage that commentators in that position a brief to allow the in game commentary].

Some interesting inclusions and omissions...
Minus the Russell 'Brothers', (mainly Dwayne "delightful" Russell), add Harvey and Rucker.
Hope Santamaria gets more of a look in, did very well on the NBLxNBA game he interviewed in, upgrade on Greer.

Some interesting inclusions and omissions...
Minus the Russell 'Brothers', (mainly Dwayne "delightful" Russell), add Harvey and Rucker.
Hope Santamaria gets more of a look in, did very well on the NBLxNBA game he interviewed in, upgrade on Greer.

Redhage is the worst...absolute robot

Rosen is fine, especially when compared to some of the utter trash commentary by certain commentators.

I don't mind Rosen, commentary-wise.

Oh and Worthington is a commentator now? Wow, just wow. So now we have Heal, Tragardh, Anstey AND Worthington... vomit.

Looking forward to Kerle and Forman at least. Far more intelligent than the four above. I hate this trend of dumbo Aus sports commentators... I don't get it.

Harvey not continuing is odd, yet the spuds remain. I assume he has other commitments unlike the aforementioned spuds who can't get a job anywhere else. I wouldn't mind reducing the commentary team back to a few headed by Casey.

And YES to Tragardh for WNBL. Two birds, one stone as in WNBL gets trolled and NBL viewers don't have to listen to him any longer.

Greenwood is great to have for his basketball knowledge and I guess he will speak very well.

But something just sits uncomfortably with having him commentate - not because of his lack of skill or knowledge - but just the way he u-turned on basketball and in particularly the NBL.

I can't put my finger on it - just my opinion but there seems to be this thing to try and use the AFL to bring in people (I could be wrong I don't know the market/how it all works over there). Just seems weird.

Yeah disappointing no James Harvey, he added some swagger

Whatever Kobe, can't be bothered mate.

I want to see Tragardh calling WNBL again

Have the WNBL commentary been revealed?

WTF .....No Abby Gelmi?

Call me biased, but I'd rather have James Harvey in that list. Looking forward to Simon Kerle though remember hearing him on some pod and he was funny.

Have the WNBL commentary been revealed?

No, I'm just not seeing how that one game being live on Fox alters the situation in any way.

Putting words in my mouth much, Kobe?

Corey Williams is a bum

My two favourites by a country mile are back. Redhage and Rosen are the best 2 by far. No bull crap, not looking for the BIG call to make there ego better. They just call it and say it From a basketball perspective. Love it

Tredrea on tv every nite and radio triple m due to the contract .....
..... greenwood popular here .... all a bit extra for basketball out of it....

Doesn’t the NBL fact check their releases? Rosen was neve an NBL ‘star’ lol.

I think we have lost Neroli Meadows to cricket as well fortunately.

If Rucker isn't considered due to legal reasons then why is Heal?

Other than that he's an awful commentator regardless.

So these AFL ppl are due to Nine? Sigh..

What has happened with the fraud stuff linked to Brett Brown?

As far as I know he hasn't been charged with anything.

As with the AFL the hot heated players become good commentators as they call a spade a spade.

We don't have many like him. As others have mentioned I think Simon Kerle may be good to listen too as he doesn't sit on the fence.

Heal is awful. Maybe he's a love/hate guy like he was as a player? Though I did actually like him for the most part as a player, I think he's pretty terrible behind a mic.

I totally see where Kobe is coming from, but my TV guide says both Foxtel and FTA have this Saturday's game live

I agree.

(and FWIW, so does Matty Knight. Twitter Link )

I agree with above, Matt McQuade should get a gig here, he's prob the best play by play guy I've heard, doesn't talk shit but says enough to be informative and knows how to go to different levels when its crunch time.

Does everyone else agree Matt should feature?

I'm guessing that a lot of the hate for Heal, as with Rucker, is unrelated to his basketball credentials.

Brad Rosen has settled down and lets the game breathe a little more now.

Don't know why people hate on Heal, he is as qualified as anyone to talk national and international hoops plus you can tell has a deep passion for Aussie basketball.

Tall poppy syndrome...

Brad Rosen is unbelievable.

Ate you kidding me. Brad Rosen is in the top 2-3 commentators. Understands the game and I love the way he explains it.

As long as they don’t bring that thief Rucker back then I’m ok with all these guys. No James Harvey though?

Why don't Fox give Josh Garleppp a gig? He's already on their staff and knows basketball. The football guys are average at best. Is Dwayne engaged to CG43 yet? Unconditional love.

Ate you kidding me. Brad Rosen is in the top 2-3 commentators. Understands the game and I love the way he explains it.

Somebody will need to wake me up when Brad Rosen is commentating. Zzzzz....

This will be hit and miss with so many commentators.

Looking fwd to hearing Kerle.

So my Bill Lawry prediction hasnt come true....yet.