Some may disagree but I enjoy any game Gus Johnson does.
Gus Johnson is the best.
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Gus is good. RAF is a bit cheesy but still better than listening to Vitale
I did laugh at the comment he made about Winston and the cigarette reference. Something like, Winston...... as good as it should be. I wouldn't be shocked if he's enjoying a Scotch and a smoke right now.
Gus might be the best CBB announcers out there. Love it and he makes the game exciting like the good ones do.
Raft was great when Sony first come out with the PlayStation and he was the voice over for NBA live.
Actually I think that was Vern Lunquist. However the hell you spell it.
Gus is really good. However, I do not agree with his position on the Kansas vs K State brawl. If I recall correctly he said something along the lines of, "these things happen in sports". RAF had a good suggestion to do away with the handshake line (other than the coaches) and allow the teams to go directly to their locker rooms. Sad that it could come to that.
I'd rather have Walt Frazier and Bill Walton every time, keep it interesting, they say the funniest, crazy shit, Grateful Dead quotes and fashion tips … they're hilarious but they also know bball. No disrespect to Fish, but that would be fun even if we're losing, for those that still grab on radio
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Walton is a grandstanding dope and makes my ears bleed. You will hear some different things though.
I TOTALLY disagree with RAF and his take of no handshakes. These are young adults and they need to learn to handle adversity and disappointment.
What needs to happen is it to be known and enforced that HUGE penalties will come with that kind of behavior in the future. It wouldn't bother me if the penalty would be 6-8 games suspension for first offense, and entire season with the second.
I agree with you. It seemed like it was more of a, "boys will be boys" comment. I don't agree with RAF on getting rid of the handshake line. We just need to teach our players to be better sportsmen.
Gus is good but it was like he contractually obligated to say "the all time assisst leader" every time he said Cassius Winston name
The solution isn’t to do away with handshake lines. The solution is to compete hard but not taunt your opponent, compete hard but do it with class, compete hard but be an adult and congratulate your opponent when the game ends. It’s called sportsmanship and doing away with it doesn’t make things better.
There should be fines for the programs to pay. That will get the attention necessary. Players are compensated for playing, they need to be fined as well through reduced benefits.
Handshake lines play no real role at this age and haven't since the kids were 10. Should they be given a concessions stand ticket as well?
Coaches should shake hands and move on. When a player or coach wants to go say something to a specific player they know...do it. Just like the NFL
I'm all for continuing the handshake lines..............they are done in every BT sport I watch............a matter of respect for the game and for the competition.
They’re also voluntary. Doing away with them because of a very rare occurrence makes no sense, since they’re not the cause of any animosity.
LMAO........... You have to be a certain age or a phd in media/marketing history to know it went like this "Winston tastes good! Like a cigarette should!" Generations born after cigarette marketing was banned from mass media would probably find these ads hilarious. I wouldn't mind seeing a short montage of some of the more memorable ones....
Raff was definitely showing his age.
McHoop
If you seek out old radio shows you can still hear the ads that aired on them sometimes. That's how I know that 4 out of 5 doctors say Lucky Strikes cause less throat irritation. And with more flavor!
It's not about a trophy. It's about sportsmanship. After football games I love it when they shake hands and hug each other after trying to beat the stuffings out of each other.
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