Sunday, September 06, 2020

Why do we need two color commentators? I never thought Jeff Van Gundy was good. He was teamsd tonight with Mark Jackson, who, unless that’s the former St John’s college player, I’ve never heard of. Van Gundy just makes colorful comments, they’re often inane, and neither he nor Jackson did any real analysis. Like Hubie Brown used to do. Hubie was the best. I very much liked the woman who did the color in game two. I just looked up who was on that telecast and the only person it could be is Doris Burke. Who I have never heard of. She was really good, has a made-for voice and called them instantaneously as she saw them. Nobody I have ever heard could do analysis like Hubie though. It was like you were watching in 3D with Hubie doing color. Just looked him up too, thought he may have passed. Nope. Glad to hear it. 86 years old and retired. God he was a fiery coach. But the guy knew his shit.