Episode 145: Mike Breen
The Young Man and the Three
ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
BANG. We are so psyched to bring you this interview today with legendary NBA broadcaster and hall-of-famer Mike Breen. There's so much we covered on this episode. First up, JJ and Tommy discuss the upcoming NBA trade deadline the teams looking to make moves. Then we get to Breen. Topics include: Mike's take on what makes a good broadcaster and what it's really like to call games with JJ, he he approaches each game in term sof preparation, how he got into broadcasting in the first place, when he first started using his catch phrase "BANG", how the NBA has evolved as a sport, his favorite all time calls including the block from LeBron James on Andre Iguodala in The NBA Finals, his worst calls ever including last year's Jayson Tatum game winner in the playoffs between The Celtics and The Nets, what it was like calling play-by-play for The Malice In The Palace, his favorite memories from calling Knicks / Bulls games during The Michael Jordan era, his favorite BANG calls including The Stephen Curry shot against The Oklahoma City Thunder, The Luka Doncic shot against The Los Angeles Clippers and of course, The Kobe Bryant shot, when and why he's ever busted out the DOUBLE BANG and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the old man in a three add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:07.3 | Welcome to the old man in a three with JJ reddick and Tommy alter brought to you by three four two productions |
| 0:12.2 | This is episode 145 Mike brain Tommy. We were blessed a couple weeks ago to sit in this room with Mike just an absolute legend |
| 0:23.6 | in broadcasting |
| 0:25.4 | He's a hall of famer |
| 0:27.4 | He's won numerous awards |
| 0:30.7 | He's the most iconic voice in the NBA. Yes, and he's been and we get into this |
| 0:36.4 | But he's been doing this since the 90s in New York |
| 0:39.7 | You've seen it all he's been a part of so many great games great moments. It's crazy |
| 0:45.1 | We wouldn't have time to go through everything. Yes, but we did go through a lot |
| 0:49.2 | I would say so we we get into his backstory |
| 0:52.3 | We get into the origin of his signature bang call |
| 0:56.1 | We also talk about some specific moments that he's called the Malice in the palace game six of or game seven |
| 1:03.1 | I'm sorry game seven of the 2016 NBA finals |
| 1:06.5 | He has so many great stories. This was one of my favorite episodes that we have ever done |
| 1:12.4 | We were recording this on Tuesday just 48 hours |
| 1:17.0 | Basically before the trade deadline already |
| 1:20.3 | Fireworks over the weekend we touched on the Kyrie Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks on our weekly episode the old men of the three things |
| 1:29.4 | Which is available exclusively on Amazon music? |
| 1:31.8 | I don't want to go into that trade necessarily too much, but Tommy it feels like a lot could happen over the next 48 hours |
| 1:41.0 | When do you think it's gonna get going? |
| 1:43.8 | I'm hearing there's a specific trade that's close and it's been reported on Twitter |
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