Hell yea Mike Breen. Resonates even more since he’s kinda criticizing one of his employers.

This is coming from Mike Breen, who is also the commentator for ABC/ESPN moving forward. He is saying solely for the fans behalf because he will continue to call games as the playoffs continue.

Breen is a stand up guy.

The decision to make the playoffs all national-tv exclusive really does blow…

Mike Breen is an absolute treasure and he’s 100% correct on this one

Yea man wtf is this I wanna hear Sean Elliott explain plays not obvious ass Reggie miller talking about “whoever scores more points will win the game” gtfoh

BANG take. Couldn’t agree more.

The nba genuinely makes every wrong decision

Mike Breen is the gold standard and he’s right

Especially when games are on NBATV and it’s considered a “national broadcast”

Never ever feel bad for pirating sports. 

Rich people ruining even more stuff for everyone 🫩

Well, at least the Toronto Raptors will get their own broadcast crew.

100000% if i have to hear reggie miller on national tv call a knicks playoff game i might stab my ears

Tommy Heinsohn rolling in his grave

ItS a HiGhLiGhT LeAgUe. warriors have the worst announcers and also we arent making it anywhere this playoffs (or maybe we go on a run and win a 5th ring) but i feel bad for other fans. nba announcers should get with the times and just costream or liveview on twitch. im sure ppl would be willing to tune into that

What this means is no replays of controversial calls.

Can’t believe how lucky Ive been to have Breen and Clyde call my team’s games. Typical Breen W.

🫡 breen always a real one

Standby for espn to not put him on the Knicks

This is how I’m learning about this. What the fuck NBA

Breen man of the people

Our fanbase has suffered through so much in the hope that one day we’d get to listen to Eric Collins in a playoffs series :(

We might be the one fan base that would much rather hear the national announcers.

Breen is exactly right about everything and yes these greedy fucks do look at us a dogs that aren’t even worth throwing a bone at, and that’s the rub.

So dang true man I wanna hear George blaha and special K! Not some people I don’t care for!

Corporations only concern is getting money. NBA doesnt care about fans all like that.

Fucking nuts that it’s Breen saying this. No contest the current best play by play guy. And he has to say while live, that fans are being screwed over.

Every basketball decision since Silver took over has been about owners and broadcast partners and less and less about the people who actually watch the games

Sometimes, change isn’t good.

It really does suck the local broadcast doesn’t get to call the most exciting games of the season.

Hate that he has to say “they paid a fortune for it” WHY SHOULD FANS CARE THEY PAID A FORTUNE FOR IT??? TV networks do nothing for us besides hold basketball hostage with absurd tv deals and blackouts. Screw them and their money! 

Means more coming from a name like Breen

No Bill and Stu :(

Soon the regular season will be on national carriers all year long with the demise of RSNs

I will go on 20 different websites to just find the lakers local guy

Strong agree. I’d like our local guys for every game - regular season and playoffs. The national broadcasts are worse quality and they get the most important games.

George Blaha on his 50th season calling Pistons games. Team wins 60. Doesn’t get to be heard on their playoff television games. It isn’t right, and I’ll never feel bad for a corporation.

We are so spoiled to have Mike Breen compared to a lot of other regional broadcasters. He’s extremely good at his job and this is a fair and balanced take. Home stations should still be able to cover the first round. Corporate greed wins out. A shame and disappointment.

Wow he rarely says something like this.

as a knicks fan im just learning about this and im pissed

Does that include the Raptors

Wait… this was Clyde Fraziers last telecast of the season?!?!?

The local team should be able to cast the whole damn playoffs. Why not?

Most national broadcasts make me want to gouge my ears out.

Adam Silver doesn’t care about the fans. When he said “watch the highlights” he lost all credibility

The NBA stopped giving a shit about the fans two decades ago. Shareholders are all that matters now. Same sickness the rest of America has.

Adam Silver and his backers are really ruining the damn league man

Mike Breen is a legit fuckin’ GOAT man. Props to him for speaking up, i doubt it will move the needle at all but I can tell you as a spurs fan I want to be hearing the home announcers for the first playoffs in many years. Nothing is guaranteed and hearing those familiar voices and feeling that sense of community is one of the things that makes sports so special.

I’m so lucky I get to listen to Mike and Clyde for the majority of the games.

Yet another example of adam silver having zero back bone or morals

mlb used to always have one local announcer with the national guys in the booth for the world series, idk if they do it anymore though

I agree. Bad decision.

They do the same thing in MLB and it sucks there too

Adam Silver has been awful for the NBA fan

Huh? Shouldn’t we want more eyes on the game.

The main issue I have is these national TV announcers and personalities for the most part barely know the teams they cover. We’re probably going to have Stephen A. Smith cover the Knicks games since he’s such a fan but barely watches games. The guy was playing solitaire during last year’s FINALS!! It’s not just him either. The Inside NBA crew have admitted that they barely watch any games anymore for years.

These are the type of people getting the job while guys like Breen and Frazier get cut out. For Breen despite being a national TV guy himself, he sounds more happy and into it with the Knicks. It’s especially so since it’s a dream job working alongside Clyde who was his childhood idol.

NBA making a lot of poor decisions for watchability. They’re clearly focused on the big spenders and forgot about average fans.

Breen is the GOAT.

Oh you mean another decision that puts money before the game and fans? Yeah F you Silver

great call Mike, feel awful for Clyde. He put up with countless bad seasons and this is the reward he gets.

Cant believe Im not gonna hear a “BANG!” in the playoffs what the fuck man

I want Bob and Nique along for the entire ride idc

Maybe if my hometown announcer was Mike Breen I’d feel this way but Alaa Abdelnaby does not inspire these feelings in me

Agreed, national TV exclusive playoffs is a travesty. NBA has been scoring own goals pretty much this entire season.

Between this, local blackout rules, games being broadcast on multiple streaming services that require subscriptions and/or accounts and not being broadcast on League Pass, and the actual cost of attending games….this shit is too much. Something’s gotta give at some point.

This is the first I am hearing of this and I agree that is total garbage. Can’t believe the NBA is this tone deaf.

We need Clyde and Breen for at least one game man.

He’s right bruh my team finna get shmacked a least lemme hear my boys

The Bulls used to be on Antenna TV on WGN, WCIU. Now it’s so annoying which channel they play nowadays.

Even worse is some games will be paywalled via streaming

Most fans dont even have access to their local broadcast

Wait, George Blaha doesn’t get to call any of our playoff games? That’s so unfair!

Wow so no Hastings and Marlowe!?!? wtf???

🏴‍☠️

Not hearing Austin carr in a single game will be a fucking crime.

He’s about as iconic as any other announcer to me.

Is this going to be the only benefit of the raps being the only Canadian team, or that not happening either?

Bang

Don’t have to worry about that. National broadcast for the Raptors is still the Raptors broadcast team.

PREACH! And this is coming from the lead PBP guy in the league.

Huge props to Mike breen, calling it what it is

I know these ceo’s and execs won’t see this but I’ll say it anyway: you all are genuinely pieces of shit. Like, not even smart ones. You do anything and everything you can for TODAY’s dollar knowing you’re going to ruin the next X amount of years, earning you NET LESS over time. You all are genuinely useless and Adam Silver and his team are doing the equivalent of taking a dump over and over again on a chunk of pure gold until it’s indistinguishable from the feces they dumped on it. Useless idiots.

I WANT ERIC COLLINS IN THE PLAYOFFS 

Unpopular opinion i guess but im fine with this. I don’t wanna spend the extra money for my RSN, id rather watch on national tv.

Based Breen

Good for him for saying it 

ONE BILLION PERCENT.

Eric Reid is Heat basketball to me. I miss Tony Fiorentino but Crotty is okay.

I hate watching with pretty much any other commentary.

r/titlegore

To be totally honest. This only applies to Knicks, Boston, hornets, the rest of the playoff teams home announcers aint great.

I DO NOT want to hear the thunder announcers on our games.

Mike, you are every single Knicks fan’s brother and you don’t want us to see being forced listen a clown that named as Reggie.

I worked the prior game and Breen had similar sentiments when we flew the MSG pre/post promo banner. Everyone is kinda bummed, not just for the job (I would love the hours!) but locally, it feels closer to home when it’s Mike and Clyde calling the first round of playoffs.

Doesn’t this also mean local fans won’t be blacked out?

Breen stays being a real one.

Toronto Raptors fans can’t relate

I actually didn’t know this and now I’m really fucking bummed.

Clyde + Breen is the greatest announcing team in the biz. They make watching the Knicks such a joyous occasion, even through all the trials and tribulations over the years.

That said, respect to Breen for calling it out - part of what makes him and Clyde so great is not only their incredible insight through years of experience, but also that they just flat out tell it like it is

Breen is exactly right and the fact that he said it on his final telecast of the season makes it land harder. Local broadcasts are part of the actual fan experience for a lot of people, the league trading that for ad money in round one is genuinely a bad call.

It sucks ostrich eggs but I’m also genuinely amazed that they’ve lasted as long as they did. MLB has never had local broadcast games afaik. It’s too bad cause I’d kill for some Don Orsillo/Jerry Remy playoff calls.

THIS IS COMPLETELY WRONG!

If there was a broadcast offering with no commentary, I’d prefer that