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Isaac

Years ago

New NBL commentators

rjd - I like Heal too. I think Casey, Carfino and Heal is my preferred trio. Santamaria is good too - doesn't force it.

You know, hearing the gripes about commentators, coaches, referees and players, I'm wondering if the real issue is with fans.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Any week with Dwayne Russell commentating is a bad week.

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Perthworld

Years ago

Agreed with the first two sentences. Casey, Carfino and Gaze - yes! Subjective? Yes - since you lost me with Heal at al.

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Anonymous

Years ago

The vastly different assessments here shows how subjective rating commentators is. My all-time favourite trio was Casey, Carfino and Gaze. Without Gaze, I would happily inject Heal into the lineup. Heal provides a good balance of enthusiasm, analysis and insight, knowledge of the game, and the status of an Australian basketball legend.

It takes time for commentators, especially past player commentators, to adapt to the role behind the mic. I was very impressed by Anstey's insights, although complaints that his tone of voice comes off as quite monotonous for TV commentary seem valid. Kerle suffered likewise with his monotonous voice, although has improved somewhat since, but he doesn't impart the same basketball wisdom as Anstey routinely does.

As for other commentators, I really like Tragardh's commentary. Santamaria is underrated as a commentator. I treat Corey Williams as a joker commentator as I tend to assess many of his basketball opinions as not so credible. Viewed in that way, he is entertaining to listen to.

The main weakness in the NBL is the play-by-play commentators. In my mind there is Casey then daylight. Dwayne Russel is painful.

For all the complaints here, I think the mix of commentary in the NBL stacks up fairly well compared to the local commentary in the NBA. There are many very painful commentators in the NBA. I don't notice the same level of biased homers covering the NBL. Then look at livebasketball.tv and the commentary in the NBL seems brilliant by comparison.

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Perthworld

Years ago

for playoffs*

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Perthworld

Years ago

As the third wheel back in the day a playoffs he was fine. Unlike most of these new turds.

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Luuuc

Years ago

Gaze was about as good a commentator as he is a coach

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Perthworld

Years ago

Bring back the band. Casey and Carfino duo on max amount of games. Third wheel Gaze when he gets the sack. Don't fix what wasn't broken.

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Luuuc

Years ago

I get why Tragardh might not be everyone's cup of the but I like him.

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Mr bEn

Years ago

Tragardh / Anstey same same.

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Perthworld

Years ago

Yeah,just a little...

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Anonymous

Years ago

Anstey was ok, but the voice is a big key to success. A little monotone for my liking.

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