Hubie in a nutshell When the Rockets score - " oh come on now (with a sigh)" When the Mavs score - "great offense, great ball movement blah blah blah"
Exactly, I cannot believe people defend him. Like the other poster said, with Brewer's threes he was like 'oh my' as if disappointed that the Mavs cannot win and it was just luck.
"Alright, that was a foul ... alright .... ok" I used to like Hubbie as a commentator. Not sure if iti s his age or something else, the guys has been ... "I say so" for a a while. Give me JVG and his quick witty comments all day long.
Yeah. I'm guessing you weren't a fan during the championships? His voice was with us that whole time. I'll never forget how it sounds. I'm with you. If you don't think he's fair, listen to him make fun of the double team on Harden where Amare wanted a traveling call. He straight makes fun of him. The dude is fair. Ya'll act like it's Shaq or Charles calling the game where they very obviously hate our team.
Well, sort of... his voice was with you for the non-nbc playoff games... and basically all games on weekends, all game 7's, and the WCF + NBA Finals were on NBC. Also, if you wanted to watch the home non-NBC playoff games, they were only available through pay-per-view back then. Given these parameters, Gene Peterson is far more "attached" to those championship teams, because for some of us... that's the only venue to had available.
Back in the day we always turned down the tv and listen to Peterson ,didn't matter who was calling the game .
I have always thought Hubie was knowledgeable and pretty unbiased, but I do admit -at times- this year he has seemed to be a little pro-whoever is playing the Rockets... and it seemed worse during the game the other night. Being a fan who's pumped up about the playoffs, it's hard not to be sensitive to such things, but he did at times seem to be hoping the Mavs would get over, I thought, and it wasn't the first time this year I thought he was being that way. This was the first year I've ever thought that about Hubie, though.
Yeah this was the first year I actually noticed how horrible Hubie is. I think he used to be better, not sure if it's his age or some built in Houston hate, but he was pretty bad the other night. He appeared to be really disappointed when Dallas couldn't get over the hump on the come back. And was praising everything they did even while losing by as much as 19. He wouldn't give our guys any credit for anything they did positive. And he led the whining about the number of free throws Harden was taking. Funny I don't seem to remember such whining when Durant or Lebron won MVP shooting even more free throws, but they don't have beards. GIVE ME JVG ANY DAY = Greatest Of All Time
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=264747 "Notably, Fran Blinebury, Sam Amick, and Hubie Brown voted for him." LOL at all the opinions here who think Hubie is biased at the Rockets.
I just don't see any anti-Rockets bias by Hubie. As people have said, he tends to talk about what teams playing behind need to do to catch up. If he sounds like he's pulling for the Rockets' opponents, I guess that's good for the Rockets because it means they're doing well in most of the games he calls. I do think he's pretty bad when it comes to some of the replays. "Well, you see here he fouled him..." *Replay shows no foul* "A clean block..." *Replay shows guy getting his arm chopped in half*
Not sure what you all were listening to.. Hubie was giving props to the Rockets most of the night.. still alertly calling the game!
Count me among those who like Hubie but think JVG is the best. If we could somehow have every game be Kevin Harlan doing PBP with JVG as color, that would be perfect.
Hubie isn't biased. He is old and not as sharp as he used to be but he still seems impartial to me. He is still a hell of a basketball mind too.
