mavsfan4ever said:

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Yea I know a lot of people love him, so I'm probably in the minority. Don't get me wrong, I think he's very good at his job and very professional, almost too good if that makes any sense. I think he did great when he called the World Cup.

But I guess I think he's better at national type of broadcasts than local. He's too buttoned up/professional for my taste for a local broadcast. For my local broadcaster, I'd like a little more personality and a little less professionalism. When I listen to some other teams' booths on NBA League pass, they seem to not be as corporate/buttoned up.

Anyone who can carry D Harp on a broadcast is probably very talented, lol.

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True Anomaly said:

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mavsfan4ever said:

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Yea I know a lot of people love him, so I'm probably in the minority. Don't get me wrong, I think he's very good at his job and very professional, almost too good if that makes any sense. I think he did great when he called the World Cup.

But I guess I think he's better at national type of broadcasts than local. He's too buttoned up/professional for my taste for a local broadcast. For my local broadcaster, I'd like a little more personality and a little less professionalism. When I listen to some other teams' booths on NBA League pass, they seem to not be as corporate/buttoned up.

Anyone who can carry D Harp on a broadcast is probably very talented, lol.

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On this point we can definitely agree, hahaha

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M.C. Swag said:

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Skin needs to stop with the "bucket!" before a Mavs 3pt attempt. It just grates me every time the ball bricks out.

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M.C. Swag said:

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Mavs have nothing to be ashamed of. Just an absolute clownshow by the zebras. On to game 2.

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mavsfan4ever said:

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Yea I know a lot of people love him, so I'm probably in the minority. Don't get me wrong, I think he's very good at his job and very professional, almost too good if that makes any sense. I think he did great when he called the World Cup.

But I guess I think he's better at national type of broadcasts than local. He's too buttoned up/professional for my taste for a local broadcast. For my local broadcaster, I'd like a little more personality and a little less professionalism. When I listen to some other teams' booths on NBA League pass, they seem to not be as corporate/buttoned up.

Anyone who can carry D Harp on a broadcast is probably very talented, lol.

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yukmonkey said:

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Followill is a little ***** for not acknowledging what everyone and their dog saw. Which was dog**** officiating.

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mavsfan4ever said:

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True Anomaly said:

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M.C. Swag said:

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mavsfan4ever said:

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It was fun listening to the postgame on the ticket last night. All 3 guys were saying exactly what we were all feeling. Demaris said that it was a top 3 worst officiated Mavs game he's seen in 20 years (after the wade games) and said he wasn't trying to be hyperbolic. And then they brought on followill and he backed the refs over and over. It was so clear that he was just toeing the corporate line. I get that it's smart for him to do that for his job security, but why go onto a post game show if that's going to be your position on everything? And his condescending tone that he always has made it even worse.

It was fun to listen to the other guys try not to tear him to shreds bc you know they wanted to lol.

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Followill is anything but condescending.

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Agreed. What Followill was doing was explaining what the rule is and how they (the commentators) have been told over the years how it's going to be called. Saying he's defending the refs is saying he agrees with the refs, and I don't think he does. Followill does an amazing job of staying as professional as possible, but if you read between the lines of how he words things he's just as frustrated at them. Case in point- even during the telecast Followill mentioned how both Dirk and LeBron were sharing their thoughts on the game- that's Mark telling you as professional as possible how he actually feels, because both Dirk and LeBron were directly calling out how bull**** all that was

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On the post game, Followill was agreeing with the refs. He said multiple times that both were the correct calls. I get how someone can have that opinion by going by the letter of the law, so it's not a big deal. The problem is that the refs never call actions like those techs with any consistency. Draymond could "punch the air" multiple times and never get called for it. Followill was acting like that it's just a black and white rule, but the way the refs choose to ignore it most of the time means it's not a black and white rule. The other guys had some good points.

I agree that he may actually disagree with the calls, but he's toeing the corporate line and so he says that he agrees with the calls. He even talked about how the rest of the game was officiated pretty fairly, which I disagree with. Again, I'd be doing the same thing if I was in Followill's position. I don't blame him. But he's clearly toeing the corporate line. But it made for good radio having guys on separate sides of the discussion.

I'm not a big Followill fan (just find him pretty vanilla and boring for a local commentator) and find him a little condescending when talking about basketball on the radio (not on TV). Jake and Demaris typically know more than he does when it comes to analytics, the draft, etc, and when they have him on their draft show or any other special show they make good points and Followill will disagree and make points that aren't correct. I don't think he's intending to be condescending, but that's how it sounds sometimes when he disagrees with someone.

But that's just like...my opinion, man.

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awrollins said:

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Ugh......

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EastSideAg2002 said:

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I thought previously he had been listed the last few times as heel soreness so this may be a new development.

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awrollins said:

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KP has jokes:

This also leads me to believe that he's fine

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gigem1223 said:

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Kleber needs to step it up

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