I'm not feeling Kyle Draper

[mr. dee]

I know its his first time doing commentary but he's not doing his job as the play-by-play commentator. All I hear was "Mmmmmm" or "bang bang bang" everytime Cs scores a bucket. No coverage on plays they are running like "Horford, looking, looking, pass to Kyrie, Smart posting up, etc."

[86MaxwellSmart]

Filling in for Mike Gorman has got to be tough....at LEAST he was better than Gary "Why Not" Tanguay was years ago.

[Chris22]

Gorman is the best announcer in basketball.
I doubt if we will see his like again.

[CELTICSofBOSTON]

I like Draper. It was his first time I think he will eventually get better. The mmmm and the bang bang bang were pretty annoying though.

[mr. dee]

Gorman is the best announcer in basketball.
I doubt if we will see his like again.

Sean Grande is pretty good too. Too bad, he's only available on radios.

[Chris22]

Gorman is the best announcer in basketball.
I doubt if we will see his like again.

Sean Grande is pretty good too. Too bad, he's only available on radios.

I have not heard him.
Announcers are not calm and polite today. That is what I will miss when Gorman retires.

[CelticSooner]

Gorman is the best announcer in basketball.
I doubt if we will see his like again.

Sean Grande is pretty good too. Too bad, he's only available on radios.

I have not heard him.
Announcers are not calm and polite today. That is what I will miss when Gorman retires.

Grande and Max are amazing radio guys.

As for Draper, he’s slightly better than Sherrod so take that how you will lol

[trickybilly]

I like Draper. It was his first time I think he will eventually get better. The mmmm and the bang bang bang were pretty annoying though.

TP to the OP. I was considering starting this thread but thought it was too nerdy even for CB.

I didn't mind the "mmmm", but he did it a couple of times when Myles Turner hit shots?!? Don't be checking out other women or I will divorce your ass in a hot minute.

Bang Bang Bang? Better than the "Bingo" from the Clips guy, but only slightly.

Agree about the lack of more sophisticated play calling (eg. calling switches - although he did call one). There is Mike Gorman, then the guy from the Nets (Ian Begley?), then everyone else shares a distant third.

Overall: 7.5/10

[jdz101]

Meh...Other than Gorman they're all pretty terrible.

Gorman/Scal definitely the best combo. Scal makes some reasonable special comments.

Respectfully, Tommy has been cooked for years.

[mr. dee]

I like Draper. It was his first time I think he will eventually get better. The mmmm and the bang bang bang were pretty annoying though.

TP to the OP. I was considering starting this thread but thought it was too nerdy even for CB.

I didn't mind the "mmmm", but he did it a couple of times when Myles Turner hit shots?!? Don't be checking out other women or I will divorce your ass in a hot minute.

Bang Bang Bang? Better than the "Bingo" from the Clips guy, but only slightly.

Agree about the lack of more sophisticated play calling (eg. calling switches - although he did call one). There is Mike Gorman, then the guy from the Nets (Ian Begley?), then everyone else shares a distant third.

Overall: 7.5/10

Ian Eagle from the Nets is one of my favorites. He did great job last year with the Celtics-Wizards series but his partner was terrible. The other is the "kaboom" guy from the Heat commentary.

I like the Bingo Clipper guy for hilarity reasons. I was laughing hard with his commentary during an epic collapse from Clippers last year.

[JSD]

Tommy is hilarious though. I love when you does games because my wife and I laugh together at his rants

[Ory]

I wanna have Scal and Tommy call just one home game together.

They would get lost on so many tangents and every so often Scal might call the game for a play or two, but it would be hilarious.

[Surferdad]

I like Draper. It was his first time I think he will eventually get better. The mmmm and the bang bang bang were pretty annoying though.

Pretty much this.  I like Draper too and I give him a pass as this was his first time.

[GreenWarrior]

better than tanguay or anyone else they've had fill in for Gorman over the yr's.

[Csfan1984]

Like Grande but we need him on the radio. Give Draper a few more shots at it to improve. I'm pretty sure he will take constructive criticism positively.