IndyPacers67 wrote:He's a personality, get over it.
Granted, but given the importance personalities are in the NBA it's worth talking about in my opinion. It's not unlike disliking a character or even an actor on a TV series.
I don't care for him myself. I don't mind analysts who are "animated" but he does annoy me because he seems to make comments that go beyond disagreeing for the sake of having a discussion. Some of his points seem to be observations he's decided on making before the game even begins, completely irrelevant and/or incorrect.
#12 wrote:He's worst then Tom Tolbert. Stephen A Smith has never played in the NBA for pete's sake
I have to disagree there, I don't care for Stephen A. but Tolbert's terrible. Can't stand him, even though his birthday is October 16th as well. What an honour.
One of my favourite Tolbert comments from this season was during a Heat game when his broadcast partner (possibly Breen or Tirico) commented on a dunk by Shaq that threatened to pull down the backboard. Tolbert commented along the lines of "It's not going to happen. If it hasn't happened yet, it's not going to."
What I find really entertaining about that is not only did Shaq destroy
two backboards in 1993, his rookie year, but
Tom Tolbert actually played for the Magic that year, starting 61 games alongside Shaq.
Another favourite from this season was Tolbert dismissing the idea of buying replica jerseys. "The only jersey I'll ever wear is my own." It's nice to know that somebody will.