Oh for the good ole days. The NBA on CBS. The montages set to techno-jazz music overlaid with Dick Stockton’s classic, never and always dated delivery. How I miss it.
I recently found a 1986 All Star Game preview in my collection. It had everything you’d imagine: Bad basketball card simulations, bad music, and wall to wall slo-mo - over which Stockton laid his poetic and only occasionally insightful narration.
I was just about to post that video, when I began to think about how much I’d love to have Dick Stockton and his old crew make a version for the 2009 All Star game. Same music, same cheese, same 1980’s “NBA on CBS” goodness. Well, wouldn’t you know I found a way to get access to the old crew!
So if you’ve grown tired of the slick production of today’s NBA and would like to take a 2 minute trip back in time, here’s Dick Stockton with your 2009 NBA All Stars…
Tomorrow I’ll post the actual 1986 version. Enjoy.
Classic (literally)!! Well done Lands!
You certainly fit most of it in pretty well with the commentary.
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Thanks man. Some of it seemed to fit perfectly and I found that didn’t fit at all (which I liked even better).
Pretty awesome.
Ah man…radical!
Seriously, the Jameer Nelson pick cracked me up…LOL.
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