awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 4/28/2008
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Last week it was another announcer, Mark Jackson, who was being talked about in regards to the Knicks. This week it's a TNT analyst who's expressing interest in working for the Front Office of the team. Via Newsday.... “It’s a good possibility,” Smith said during TNT’s pregame show before the Detroit-Philadelphia playoff game. Smith, who also works part-time on the Knicks’ local broadcasts, ...
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The Knicks Want to Ruin Our Thursday Nights
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... coach Mark Jackson, who has zero bench experience. But any personnel decisions he makes will pale in import to the void his move to Madison Square Garden will leave in TNT's Thursday night (and in the playoffs, more frequent) studio. So how about some replacement ideas?
Chris Webber. Webb got mixed reviews for his work last night, with Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer opposed and Awful Announcing's Brian Powell in favor. He has the attitude and chops to hang with Charles Barkley, but remains a bit ...
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... ] Kenny Smith is interested in the Knicks general manager job. [ Awful Announcing ] Mark Jackson wants to make sure the Knicks offer more money. [ ...
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