AA Podcast #118 - Mike Breen
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English - May 12, 2015 20:24 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MB - ★★★★ - 36 ratingsSports awful announcing sports media sports media awful announcing the comeback comeback media brandon contes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today we welcome the voice of the NBA Finals and one of our favorite guests, Mike Breen. The voice of the Knicks has also doubled as ESPN and NBA's lead announcer for almost a decade now. In today's podcast we talk about his illustrious broadcast career, the memorable Bulls-Cavs series that saw back to back buzzer beaters, and the overall state of the game. Topics include..
- The back-to-back buzzer beaters in Game 3 and Game 4 being the first that Mike has called in his career.
- How the second round of the playoffs has led to much more excitement than the first round.
- The physical nature of the Bulls-Cavs series and the health on both sides.
- How far Cleveland can go if Kyrie Irving is far from 100%.
- JR Smith as the potential X-Factor of the series.
- Being reunited with Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy together again and how Jackson has approached Warriors games this season.
- The challenges to Golden State and Atlanta and how many teams left have a realistic hope of winning the title.
- New stars rising up and the overall state of the league.
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