couldnt agree more

I am unsure if the commentators know it's not about them anymore.

Give the lead role to Bear who dose a great job in WA. Then use Maher and I hate to say it, Heal. Considering the way Heal use to carry on as a player he is great as a commentator.

JVG is great on the Gold Coast too. Carfino's disdain for today's NBL is just too obvious, he simply cant do the job to the level it needs to be done.

Record and watch the game later, get to skip thru all the garbage

Record and watch the game later, get to skip thru all the garbage

Record and watch the game later, get to skip thru all the garbage

Totalllllly agreeee! Arrggghhh cringe

Triple post for extra effect.....

What do you do Alex? Something about recording garbage?

Carfino is not great for the sport.

He wont accept the TV play by play background role,
he always has to be the up front in your face "colour" guy, but he does not have the appeal, knowledge or communication skills to do that.

Sports broadcasting only works when you have a knowledgable background play by play guy, Bruce Mac is the perfect example.
He was very good hosting a weekly basketball talk show, but he cannot do basketball match broadcasts, because with him its all about him.

What about the guy who did the sideline interviews in last night's game. Everytime he is on, he impresses me. Sounds like he does a fair bit of homework on teams playing.

Maybe a future play by play man?

I actually enjoy their commentory lol.

agree with the cheerleader...as much as I love looking at them. NBL coverage has almost turned into cheerleading performance than a pure basketball game

Commentators I have liked so far

Bear in WA
Maher in SA
Derek Rucker in QLD
Gaze in Vic
Heal in NSW

Get rid of carfino and I have no issues with the commentating. When Hinder retires add him to the Nth Qld games

Gaze and Heal are decent, but do some homework on the game for God sake. Gaze constantly mis pronounces names and Shane Heal, who once played in the NBA, didn't know who Harvey Grant was....WTF?

All in all I Can't stand players names being mispronounced, it just shows that no homework is done what so ever....

I'm so glad you guys mention the Pre game Skits because I totally agree that the Skits are HORRIBLE! Its makes the NBL looks 2nd rate in the worst timeslot for sports which unfortunately is a reflection of what Packer & Murdoch thinks of the NBL!

True

Heal is pretty decent. Maher always surprises me - never thought he would be as natural a commentator as he has been.

The dvd is my friend. Timeslot is ridiculous and designed to make sure that BBall never gets ratings.. then they will put it on even later because of the 'engineered' low ratings...

Pet peeve is the commentators making a call, then when the slo-mo shows them to be totally wrong, keep insisting they are right (that's what we have the refs for...)

I just laughed . I got the impression of One evidently reading this and giving it back to you , pregame intro tonite.

While number 45 , just off the plane today , started pretty good and helped number 7 a lot , as I watch this 'live' .

if One reads this, please give back to us live games

To those who wanted NBL on free to air thanks?
What few games get all done late at night well after game .
Record it or watch it live . I wonder what I would prefer.
Please please give it back to Fox as used to watch at least 2 games live each week.

Do some maths on this. The average NBL game on ONE is watched by well over 30K. In the last year on Fox it was apparently less than 10K.

In Fox's last year they showed 42 games plus playoffs. ONE are showing 71 games plus playoffs. So that's nearly twice as many games being watched by 3-4 times as many people.

If the NBL was still on Fox do you think iiNet would have pumped in their hard earned money to reach that few people? And if the NBL didnt have the iiNet sponsorship what sort of shape do you think the league would be in?

the skits are funny

It's all about entertainment these days - stuff the genuine fans! Hey, if you want to experience BAD, go to a Tigers home game. It's real small-town America family day stuff.

Paul you are on the money.
At least it is on air and I find myself now watching more teams and more games than ever.
Skits can be a bit of a cringe but do give the occasional laugh.
Carfino does not seem to have his heart in it any more while Gaze, Heal, Maher etc still sound enthusiastic.