Spin: Who are the best local NBA play-by-play announcers?

[FAH1223]

Inspired by this thread: Y’all Complain About Inside The NBA But The Local Play By Play Guys Are Worse...

But the opposite.

I think the best ones are in no particular order:

Blazers (Kevin Calabro, Lamar Hurd)
Hornets (Eric Collins, Dell Curry)
Heat (Eric Reid, John Crotty)
Knicks (Mike Breen or Kenny Albert, Clyde Frazier)
Pelicans (Joel Myers and Antonio Daniels)

My team the Wizards has Justin Kutcher and Drew Gooden ... after having franchise champion and legend Phil Chenier for 33 years as the color analyst and Steve Buckhantz for 23 years.

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Who are the announcers for team's regional networks?
Here's a look at the broadcasting crews - play-by-play announcer and analysts - along with the local network information for each of the 30 teams:

Team | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst
Atlanta Hawks | Bally Sports Southeast | Bob Rathbun | Dominique Wilkins
Boston Celtics | NBC Sports Boston | Mike Gorman | Brian Scalabrine
Brooklyn Nets | YES Network | Ian Eagle/ Ryan Ruocco | Sarah Kustok & Richard Jefferson
Charlotte Hornets | Fox Sports Southeast | Eric Collins | Dell Curry
Chicago Bulls | NBC Sports Chicago | Adam Amin | Stacey King
Cleveland Cavaliers | Bally Sports Ohio | John Michael | Austin Carr
Dallas Mavericks | Bally Sports Southwest | Mark Followill | Derek Harper
Denver Nuggets | Altitude Sports | Chris Marlowe | Scott Hastings
Detroit Pistons | Bally Sports Detroit | George Blaha | Gregory Kelser
Golden State Warriors | NBC Sports Bay Area | Bob Fitzgerald | Kelenna Azubuike
Houston Rockets | AT&T SportsNet | Craig Ackerman | Ryan Hollins
Indiana Pacers | Bally Sports Indiana | Chris Denari | Quinn Buckner
Los Angeles Clippers | Bally Sports SoCal | Brian Sieman | Jim Jackson/Don MacLean
LA Lakers | Spectrum SportsNet | Bill Macdonald | Stu Lantz

Memphis Grizzlies | Bally Sports Southeast | Pete Pranica | Brevin Knight
Miami Heat | Bally Sports Sun | Eric Reid | John Crotty
Milwaukee Bucks | Bally Sports Wisconsin | Lisa Byington | Marques Johnson
Minnesota Timberwolves | Bally Sports North | Dave Benz | Jim Petersen
New Orleans Pelicans | Bally Sports New Orleans | Joel Meyers | Antonio Daniels
New York Knicks | MSG Network | Mike Breen/ Ed Cohen/ Kenny Albert | Walt Frazier
Oklahoma City Thunder | Bally Sports Oklahoma | Chris Fisher | Michael Cage
Orlando Magic | Bally Sports Sun | David Steele | Jeff Turner
Philadelphia 76ers | NBC Sports Philadelphia | Kate Scott | Alaa Abdelnaby
Phoenix Suns | Bally Sports Arizona | Kevin Ray | Eddie Johnson
Portland Trail Blazers | Root Sports | Kevin Calabro | Lamar Hurd
Sacramento Kings | NBC Sports California | Mark Jones | Kayte Christensen-Hunter
San Antonio Spurs | Bally Sports Southwest | Bill Land | Sean Elliott
Toronto Raptors | TSN/ Sportsnet | Matt Devlin/ Eric Smith | Jack Armstrong/ Paul Jones
Utah Jazz AT&T | SportsNet | Craig Bolerjack | Thurl Bailey
Washington Wizards | NBC Sports Washington | Justin Kutcher | Drew Gooden

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Hornets right now

 

[42 Monks]

Eric Collins/Dell Curry
Stephanie was then she went up to the big leagues but now we got Ash

Outside of them Orlando and New Orleans got great crews. NOLA in particular because they really want to see winning again - but they're honest about the knucklehead play of the team

Knicks games are dope to watch even when they suck.

Bucks ain't bad either

 

[K-Deini]

Breen/clyde

 

[Rev]

Mike Breen and Walt Frazier


Ian Eagle (Nets) is good with almost any analyst.

Eric Collins is a funny ass dude though, and that team is looking to be fun for a while.

 

[steph_harden]

Ian is the GOAT to me. Also the Cavs announcer that suddenly passed away Fred McLeod was pretty electrifying. Used to really amplify a game



Watch this clip from the 8 min mark and you’ll see why.

 

[qashif]

Lakers easy, Stu’s great

 

[Big Blue]

Nobody is seeing Breen and Clyde
Ian Eagle is 2nd

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Breen and Clyde

And I don’t want to hear any arguments

 

[Chopper suit n da ghetto]

 

[FAH1223]

Lakers easy, Stu’s great

A staple of Lakers TV broadcasts forever

MacDonald annoys me from time to time

 

[MJ Truth]

Charlotte is my local team currently and their announcing team is fire and their actual team may be the most exciting in the league, alongside Chicago.

 

[Serious]

all I know is houston is the worst.

@who_better_than_me @Mike_Pipeson @MilesTailsPrower @Tha_Mac that shyt like watching a whole game. That shyt is the fox news of basketball.

 

[Mike_Pipeson]

all I know is houston is the worst.

@who_better_than_me @Mike_Pipeson @MilesTailsPrower @Tha_Mac that shyt like watching a whole game. That shyt is the fox news of basketball.

That's a God damn lie. Everyone knows it's Golden State. Them nikkas won't give props to no one but GS players.
Houston's is mid.

 

[Dorian Breh]

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