Didn’t Draw Iron - an NBA Basketball Blog

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.

I love NBAtv. Watch it relentlessly despite the jeopardy it puts my marriage in.

Here’s an hilarious moment from December 12. Rick Kamla and Steve Smith were discussing the troubles the Pistons are having since acquiring Allen Iverson. Kamla starts to ask Smith if he thinks Iverson would accept a bench role. As he does, they cut live to the Pistons game. The timing is perfect, and Steve Smith’s reaction is classic.



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