Basketball Trivia

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by sseltser

My guess would be Rick Barry. He seems like he could be a very "detailed" guy.

Barry used to work NBA games on CBS on Sundays with Don Criqui doing the play-by-play. IMO, they were the best announcing team ever. Criqui described exactly what was going on in the game while still letting the viewers enjoy the action and Barry gave true in-depth analysis of the plays and strategies. The "problem" was that Barry was too detailed for the "average" fan and he would also explain why players made mistakes - usually because they weren't as smart about the game as Barry was.

I guess they couldn't "dumb it down" enough for CBS and the American public (what H.L. Mencken called "the great unwashed") . Too bad.