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A little Boler appreciation

infection said:
“Toes it for three” = not a three.
“Long two” = it’s a three.
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I would like us to start doing some tracking on the percentage the Jazz shoot when Boler says "looks good..." as the shot goes up. I swear it is close to zero... every time he says it I get pissed.

Also you would think Favs had made a career as a Lamarcus Aldridge type the way Boler talks about his 15 footer. He is genuinely shocked every time he misses it even though he's pretty meh from 15 feet.

Boler is either going to get bad but comically bad as he gets more confused or just plain old "turn off the volume" bad. I can't listen to Marv Albert games anymore... its just too cringy... and prime Marv was waaaaaay better than Boler.

Why can't we just take old recordings of Hot Rod and then put them on a sound board and have me push some buttons. Who would say no to that?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I would like us to start doing some tracking on the percentage the Jazz shoot when Boler says "looks good..." as the shot goes up. I swear it is close to zero... every time he says it I get pissed.

Also you would think Favs had made a career as a Lamarcus Aldridge type the way Boler talks about his 15 footer. He is genuinely shocked every time he misses it even though he's pretty meh from 15 feet.

Boler is either going to get bad but comically bad as he gets more confused or just plain old "turn off the volume" bad. I can't listen to Marv Albert games anymore... its just too cringy... and prime Marv was waaaaaay better than Boler.

Why can't we just take old recordings of Hot Rod and then put them on a sound board and have me push some buttons. Who would say no to that?
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Soon there will be an AI that’s able to simulate Hot Rod’s voice in real time.
 
JimLes said:
He just called Neto "Raul Lopez."
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He also called Avdija something but I have no idea how to articulate it because it was real bad.

I think we need to start tracking Boler's confusability. I think he had at least 3 last night where he is going on about the foul and how a guy will shoot two and the whole time I'm like... nah its just out of bounds off someone.
 
JimLes said:
He just called Neto "Raul Lopez."
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While I agree that a lot of his basketball-related gaffes are pretty bad, I think mixing up some names here and there is a pretty understandable mistake. Also, he's not exactly alone at creative pronunciation of various foreign names. I do like it when announcers are a) in sync and b) consistent in their (mis)pronunciation, though (which I guess can't be said for Boler).
 
hgb said:
While I agree that a lot of his basketball-related gaffes are pretty bad, I think mixing up some names here and there is a pretty understandable mistake. Also, he's not exactly alone at creative pronunciation of various foreign names. I do like it when announcers are a) in sync and b) consistent in their (mis)pronunciation, though (which I guess can't be said for Boler).
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You guess? Dude is a ****ing mess.
 
hgb said:
While I agree that a lot of his basketball-related gaffes are pretty bad, I think mixing up some names here and there is a pretty understandable mistake.
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Raul Neto played for the Jazz for 4 years and was on the team less than 2 years ago. Raul Lopez played for the Jazz 15 years ago and was traded a few months before Boler started doing TV broadcasts of the Jazz.

If I can keep track of what players' names are and how they're pronounced, I don't think it's too much to ask that of someone who's getting paid six figures to do exactly that.
 
The recent Chicago game was pretty hilarious. He was about 50% in saying “Satoransky” and 50% in saying “Santoransky”. And he was emphasizing different syllables, too. Just a mess.
 
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