Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-cheers!goguen From: goguen@cheers.DEC (Don Goguen 381-2565) Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Dick Stockton Message-ID: <2544@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 09:16:23 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.2544 Posted: Fri Jun 7 09:16:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Jun-85 02:20:17 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 58 I'm rather surprised that I haven't read any comments on the extremely poor job that Dick Stockton (and Tommy Heinsohn) have been doing at being "objective" broadcasters. Both seem to be ardent Laker fans, by the comments they make. I don't know if Tommy is bending over backwards because of his Boston affiliation, but Dicky has been the major culprit. The praise never seems to stop for the "grace, beauty, and charm" the Laker athletes, but it seems to hurt to say something good about the Celts. I'm wondering if Laker fans have picked this up at all... A few examples from game 4 (aaahhhh, game 4): - A number of times in the 4th quarter, with Boston ahead by 2 or 3 points, Stockton commented, "The Lakers just aren't out of this one yet." That seems like a pretty strange comment about a team that is only a couple of points behind. Was he thinking that his beloved Lakers might choke again? I don't think anyone in America thought the Lakers were out of it at those points... - Whenever LA went on a 4 to 6 point run, he commented, "The Lakers look like they're going to go on one of their patented runs again." I think they only ran off 10 straight once, and the others weren't much to speak about. Most teams have lots of small spurts. No comments were made about Boston's ability to stop most of those 4 to 6 point spurts from becoming 10 to 20 point runs... - After Byron Scott hit a few (2 or 3) from the outside, his comments ranged from "Scott is burning up" to similar drivel - the fact is that Scott has been putting up more bricks than most of the players in the series so far - Dicky just can't wait to praise him for any- thing he does... - Though I respect Kareem as a great all-time player, Dicky is ready to make him a king. My respect for Jabbar stops when he cries after every foul called on him. Sure, most players will gripe to some extent on probably half of the fouls called on them, but Kareem is trying to replace Moses as the only player in the league that has never really fouled anyone... (It's funny to watch the replays after some of those calls - the fouls are so obvious that I wonder what's really going thru Kareem's head.) In general, the entire tone of the broadcasting is that the Lakers are the better team, and what right do the Celtics have being on the same court with them. The fact is, the Lakers may have better athletes than Boston does, but that does not make them a better team. I wonder how Dick would have reacted if that were a Laker making the game-winning shot at the buzzer. I think it would have been tough for him to not do his best Johnny Most imitation... Don Goguen DEC / Nashua, NH ------------- Distribution: NM%RHEA::DECWRL::"net.sport.hoops"