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Dwayne Russell gets too excited about United

As for the bromances and ejacs over some good play, that’s typical channel 9. Everything must be marvellous and brilliant and over-the-top hyping, even their promotions of their own shows. It’s all about over-selling and dumbing down.

An uncontested dunk from a guy over 185 cm isn’t such a big deal.
You’d EXPECT players to make their foul shots & uncontested layups & close-in hook shots.
You’d EXPECT uncontested 3-pointers to go in a third of the time from competent shooters, and uncontested 2-pointers at least half the time from anyone who gets on the court.
Hyping up that basic stuff actually tells the audience that the players can’t be that good in the first place, which sends the message that the NBL isn’t that good (and isn’t worth watching).

It’s a sign of the times, and it’s why I often watch NBL on mute so that I can let the play speak for itself.

I’d rather listen to someone intelligent who can get my attention because they say something I didn’t know, than nuff-muffs who either don’t have a clue, state the obvious, are there just to fill the silence with dumb sh*t, or are just there to stir the pot.

Just in case your new to the NBL, Dwayne Russell is an absolute moron. Literally ruins every NBL game he commentates.

Surprised there is not a lot of focus on Heal. He is awful and is on the most amount of games!

Yeah, I've found him tolerable this season so far, but had to reach for the mute button several times over the weekend while he got into stupid debates about whether the correct phrase was "across the pond" or "across the ditch", and talked about Casper Ware blocking him on Instagram.

Both Russell's are awful. The amount of incorrect calls they point out is insane. Very bad for casual fans who don't fully understand the rules of basketball or the referee signals.

What happened to Hugh Greenwood? I thought he was added as a commentator. I have noticed he's been in the states though recently, so maybe he just hasn't started yet?

I mentioned Matt Russell and he says just as much stupid stuff, like having to explain why he was calling Clint Steindl 'The Sniper', ugh...

Yup, pretty vocal about wanting Dwayne Russell to get the flick... I'm not a huge fan of the other Russell either, but no-one compares to such cringe-worthy commentary of D-Russ... Time to vote him off the commentary island...

Yeah I'm a Perth fan too and I don't hate Homicide, his predictions do add to the spectacle as it's always fun to look at things from a different perspective and not garner that Perth should have an easy home win, and when he is right then good on him and his prediction.

He has very little credibility but if they show more of Corey Williams and his criminal law studies past rather than the Homicide that we got last year then he would be good for a game a round, I'd still rather James Harvey.

Re: Dwayne Russell and him being implemented into Melbourne United games (he did several in Perth too) and how tv stations added him there, as they have done with Billy Woods and Steve Quartermaine (but they were awesome by comparison). Surely they could find someone else in Melbourne to do games and please not Huddo, I've been a fan but not in basketball. We've had Lachy Reid do an Illawarra game and John Casey doing Cairns games, if it's a non biased call you're after then grab one of those guys or Matt McQuade.

I don’t think Homicide brings game knowledge to the commentary. Santamaría or whoever was third caller today did far more of that.

Much preferred Heal and Carf today.

It is mostly Perth fans who hate Homicide because he trolls them hard and they always take the bait. He is worth keeping for that alone as it is entertaining to me the way they all arc up at him over nothing. Plus he knows the game better than most people even if his predictions are terrible. Actually his bad predictions add to the entertainment factor.

He did but I think he is getting better without losing his personality. Dwayne has not changed in years and the league has moved past him now.

I find Homicide harder to put up with because he's doing it intentionally whereas Russell is just incompetent, but if we can only get rid of one of them Russell is the easy pick to go.

Homicide has been better this season

Yeah I've sàid it before he gets so excited that the ball comes off the opponents and it's United ball, then he sounds like someone ran over his pet when they reverse it.

TIME FOR YOU TO GO DWAYNE RUSSELL.

Seriously who would want him calling twice as much action next season when Phoenix come in.

Others complain about commentators and how Homicide is this and that but Dwayne Russell is the only commentator I'd turn the volume down for.

Loved his call at the end of one of the quarters today.

"They've got plenty of time to set it up and work it around but they need to get a shot off now because there's two seconds left."

Me , I thought Karise Eden may win it , when I heard her first few lines , the first time.
Some got better as they went along.
Two had bad colds and Sarah DeBono sang
Here's where I stand , here's who I am .
I was knocked out and loaded.