Episode 294: NBA PA Announcers Part 1

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant Napear

Sports, Football, Basketball

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode we listen to some of my favorite NBA PA announcers. For me growing up in New York, I loved John Condon, the voice of MSG. He was a very popular figure in New York and his intros of the 1973 Eastern Conference Finals were great! If you are a Sixers fan than you know of Dave Zinkoff. The Zink was legendary in Philly and the fans loved him! For Lakers fans the voice of Lawrence Tanter is synonymous with Laker home games. I never heard any other voice in my 32 years of calling games in LA involving the Lakers. If you like high energy and a guy who is very unique there is Mason in Detroit! Ask any Detroit sports fans who is Mason and they know! Coming up on Friday's show I will tell you who my favorite of all time is! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now Grand Napeer! And hi again everybody, hope you are doing well. Welcome to another episode of if you don't like that.
0:25.4	Today, I am going to let you listen to some of my favorite public address
0:31.3	announcers in the NBA going all the way back to when I was a kid
0:35.9	growing up in New York with John Condenden a great public address announcer of
0:41.2	Madison Square Garden all the way up to the current that's
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1:16.2	job as the Sacramento King's public address announcer, but you get a chance to listen to Scott,
1:21.6	but you may not have heard some of the PA guys that I am
1:25.2	going to let you listen to on this show and I talk to you about John Konden
1:31.1	the great voice I love going to Madison Square Garden when the Rangers played or watching the Knicks on TV.
1:39.7	I said many times I didn't go to many Nick games growing up.
1:42.2	I couldn't get a ticket to go to the game but loved
1:46.4	John Kondon he was great whenever the Knicks would score a basket that was
1:52.2	Walt Frazier, next laid, 60, 60.
1:56.8	You know, or that was Willis Reed.
1:59.6	But here are the starting lineups.
2:02.4	I'm going to take you back now to 1973.
2:07.0	Good afternoon everybody.
2:11.0	Welcome to the magic world of Madison Square Garden Center.
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