Dumbest things Bill Walton said during the game...

[NorCalTarheel]

I know there are a ton of choices but with about 5 minutes into the game he said, “Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, Luke Maye have no idea what it takes to be champions”.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

I muted the tv right after that so what did I miss?

 

[Spacegrass]

It was great! Lots of laughs.

 

[TarHeelMark]

My wife doesn't pay much attention to games when I have them on but after hearing Walton rambling on she said "who is that guy and what's wrong with him?"

 

[Heelswin]

He's a clown! No man of renown!!!

 

[NorCalTarheel]

He just said, “Johnny Cash is going to write a song about what’s going on here tonight”. SMH

 

[FlaTarHeel]

I know there are a ton of choices but with about 5 minutes into the game he said, “Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, Luke Maye have no idea what it takes to be champions”.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

I muted the tv right after that so what did I miss?

Sarcasm?

 

[gunslingerdick]

Sounded like he’s President of the Luke Maye fan club.

I thoroughly enjoyed Walton the last 2 games.

 

[al would]

When I saw he was calling the game I went over to the UNC radio broadcast. And espn wonders why their ratings are down across the board .. what a bunch of maroons .. from the top down. Hey kids .. this is your brain on drugs.

 

[Sk1310]

Accused that Arkansas player who left with a ankle injury of faking it.

 

[NorCalTarheel]

Sarcasm?

I wish but sadly, no.

 

[gary-7]

I know there are a ton of choices but with about 5 minutes into the game he said, “Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, Luke Maye have no idea what it takes to be champions”.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

I muted the tv right after that so what did I miss?

That split-screen crap made my head hurt.

 

[DaSheed]

Sounded like he’s President of the Luke Maye fan club.

Let the Maye be with you

 

[montana_heel]

Be a shorter list to ask what he said that was intelligent.

 

[strummingram]

I love listening to Bill Walton. He's an awesome personality announcer.

 

[Coach4ever]

I have to admit....I enjoyed him the last 2 games. At times, he was funny, interesting, & what is he talking about moments

 

[TarHeelMark]

The dumbest thing he said was that Roy should call a time out when the Hawgs had scored 9 straight to cut our lead to 7 in the second half.

He obviously doesn't know Roy very well...

 

[Grayhead]

At times I felt he was working at the Oregon chamber of commerce.
Most of the ti.e, he seemed oblivious as to what was happening with the games. But comical to say the least

 

[soap - new and improved]

I know there are a ton of choices but with about 5 minutes into the game he said, “Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, Luke Maye have no idea what it takes to be champions”.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

I muted the tv right after that so what did I miss?

I have had to mute my TV the last 2 games due to Walton. ESPN is a medical waste dumpster fire when it comes to televising basketball. Yesterday it seemed like they split-screened the game for around five minutes of live action just to show us two moops sitting in the control room doing absolutely nothing. Scintillating stuff, that. I should loop that garbage for those nights insomnia rears its ugly head. Then they split screened us again for extended periods several times to show us Bill and the other "announcer" sitting there talking about various complete nonsense during live action.

Here is a list of reasons I do NOT tune in to a basketball game.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the coaches.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the announcers.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the guys in the booth.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the coach of the football team ramble on for 5 minutes during Live Action (see Clemson game last year)

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the QB of the football team ramble for 5 minutes (see Stanford game this year)

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch the coaches wife (see last nites game vs Portland)

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to watch 25% of my screen repeatedly held hostage to show me nonsense about people and events TOTALLY unrelated to the game I am watching.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to have my 50" TV repeatedly turned into 2-20" TVs via Split Screen DURING Live action!

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to hear a history lesson on the area surrounding the arena.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to hear a geography lesson on the area surrounding the arena.

I do NOT tune into a basketball game to hear Bill Walton's version of Gulliver's Travels.

Those are a few of the reasons I do NOT tune into a basketball game.

I tune into a basketball game to WATCH THE DOGGONE BASKETBALL GAME!!

 

[GoNtheDistance]

If we are grading him on his ability to announce a basketball game, he gets an F. No doubt. If we are grading him on being a weird ass fruit loop who rambles on about shit that makes zero sense, he gets an A.

 

[HeelzLover]

I laughed when they had the split screen up and a Hog was hurt in the corner with a rolled ankle and he tried to get up and he was bent over and Walton said "I cant tell who it is from this angle". I laughed several times at him over the 2 games.

 

[montana_heel]

The timeout statement made me laugh.

 

[uncboy10]

Bill Walton is a national treasure.

 

[mikeirbyusa]

Much rather have him than Doris, Fishsticks, Patrick and a host of other ABCers.

 

[Archer2]

Just heard this one:

"And the blue wave just keeps tipping over the top".

 

[imajericho]

I thought he said some moronic shit and shouldn't be a commentator, but I don't agree with some of the examples you guys are using and he seemed to make a decent point a couple of times.

When they were talking about the game being over or not, the other guy than Walton insinuated the score was like that cuz Macon got injured. Walton said it wasn't. The other guy tried to make Walton sound dumb by saying the game wasn't over and the guy being hurt was the reason it seemed so bleek.

Walton started treading on it and mostly said it, but fell a little short. That their run to close the game to 6 happened AFTER Macon got hurt. Walton was toeing the line saying that while the other announcer was basically asserting that it happened prior and the Macon injury stopped the run.

So, the other announcer sucked also.

The worst thing the entire time was him saying Maye shuffled his feet over and over and over again and him doing the Sean may / Luke Maye joke which fell so flat that both announcers literally stopped talking for almost a whole minute as it seemed they had no idea where to go from there.

 

[TarHeelMark]

the Sean may / Luke Maye....

Well of course they're not related Bill Walton.... they don't spell their last names the same! Duh.

 

[DSouthr]

The most funny to me was Bill asking if Luke was related to Sean May, the Johnny Cash thing was funny to. Maybe it is just me but I enjoy Big Red calling a game, the guy cracks me up, sorry but I take him any day over Doris Burk. But hey, I also really enjoy Bobby Knight calling games, other than Bilas I would take Bobby Knight over any one else (unless I could have our UNC team call the game). IDK, it must be the shoes! LOL

 

[soap - new and improved]

Bill Walton is a national treasure.

Like all treasure, he should be buried......

 

[RoseHeel]

I know there are a ton of choices but with about 5 minutes into the game he said, “Joel Berry, Theo Pinson, Luke Maye have no idea what it takes to be champions”.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.

I muted the tv right after that so what did I miss?

And Wasn't someone on about how he loved UNC in the last thread or something

Bill Walton is a national treasure.

One man's trash...

 

[Spacegrass]

The most funny to me was Bill asking if Luke was related to Sean May, the Johnny Cash thing was funny to. Maybe it is just me but I enjoy Big Red calling a game, the guy cracks me up, sorry but I take him any day over Doris Burk. But hey, I also really enjoy Bobby Knight calling games, other than Bilas I would take Bobby Knight over any one else (unless I could have our UNC team call the game). IDK, it must be the shoes! LOL

Walton is like the eccentric art teacher you had in elementary school

 

[TPFKAPFS]

I like Walton because you never know what he might say! His weird non sequitur is at times brilliantly whimsical and at times insufferably inane!

Be thankful we didn't get JWill and Seth!

 

[itstartedwithmj]

And Wasn't someone on about how he loved UNC in the last thread or something



One man's trash...

I actually thought he was the most pro UNC announcer we've had in years. He was all over the place, but he had more positive things to say about us than negatives. I guess he won me over by siding with UNC over Duke & being a big Luke fan. I'll take him over Vitale all day every day.

 

[MCPO_Tarheel]

Walton needs to have his own podcast.... and that should do it.

 

[tarheelinfl]

The dumbest thing he said was that Roy should call a time out when the Hawgs had scored 9 straight to cut our lead to 7 in the second half.

He obviously doesn't know Roy very well...

Smart thing to say, as about 99% of coaches ( including NBA) WOULD call a TO then ,but not Roy!

 

[soap - new and improved]

The worst part was the Split-Screens and the popups that covered a full quarter of my TV screen for waaaaaaay to long. And none of them added anything to the game at hand.

That said, I have no interest in being bombarded by a rambling 2 hour conversation that had very little to do with the game I was watching. The root problem is "announcers" who think the event is All About Them, and the "network" that promotes and perpetuates that miserable fail approach to broadcasting a sporting event. I detested Cosell for the same reasons, and Vitale, and now Walton and the whole Look At Me herd of on air "personalities."

As an option I wish they would at least offer a second audio program choice of just the live court sounds. I don't enjoy watching the game as much without some live audio.

If the game at hand isn't worth the focus of the announcers and network, why bother to air it at all?