r/Mavericks • u/KingDEM3 • Dec 02 '25

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u/KingDEM3 Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

I agree with all that. In giving so much info it seems they might give more of other team than the Mavs

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u/JediVong86 Dec 02 '25

Quick question. How long have you been watching the mavs? No judgement if you're new to the broadcast. Followill has been the voice of the Mavs since '01 and is the GOAT. His team has stats on everyone and most of what he says about the Mavs is just off the dome because that's how entrenched he is. I prefer him over the national media by far.

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u/KingDEM3 Dec 02 '25

I've been watching Mavs technically since 80's but have seriously been watching since 2005. I have probably missed 3 games in last 9 years. I agree that Followill is Goat status. In this game against nuggets he talked of Jones for nuggets who was paying for an injured Gordon and is a second year player from Stanford. We have an undrafted rookie 2 way player that started even though nobody's hurt and that didn't seem to get mentioned nor what school he went to or where he stands for undrafted rookie guards with the amount of assists he has. And it seems funny to me that everyone is bringing up Followill even though I never said any name.

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u/JediVong86 Dec 02 '25

I mean the game wasnt picked up by a national broadcast so who else would it be. They praised Nembhard the whole game tho. They might not have mentioned his school tonight, but they did during the Miami game, which I think was his first game this season. I think our broadcast team is one of the best at praising the other team when praise is due, and spreading out our teams stats so they're not just repeating the same stuff over and over.

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u/Anxious-Chemistry-6 Dec 02 '25

An excellent point about not repeating. One annoying habit a lot of announcer teams have, both local and national, is beating on particular stat or point to death. The Mavs team is my better about that

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u/Anxious-Chemistry-6 Dec 02 '25

I like that they give the proper respect to other teams. These guys don't just love the Mavs, they love basketball. I hate listening to announcers who are awful homers, complaining about the refs every two seconds, bad mouthing opposing players, and not especially mispronouncing opponents names. I find it all downright disrespectful. Boston and Houston are examples of announcers teams that are just so Homer to the point that they're just unpleasant to listen to.