Nique

[AHF]

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

Geez man, can't you see that's Nique talking.  Not me.

Ah well, this level of fail is typical of the site mods.  Here's @AHF simply attempting a leisurely stroll ...

 

Try again.

You know when I walk by.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, AHF said:

Try again.

You know when I walk by.

Let's be honest.  You're more like ...

 

[Guest]

Nothcyde got me feelin bad. I love Nique except for the jinx thing. He definitely understands the game and I love his mispronunciation, it's comedic genius...it's like watching @kg01 pick up on women, you know it's a classic laughing moment, you're just waiting for it. 

 

Im sorry North, again I love Nique, I'll start being more respectful, but I would like to see if he continues to jinx us or not.

[High5]

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

None of us actually hate hate Nique.  Lighten up, Francois.

Well...

 

 

 

Ok, ok, I don't hate him, but I'd rather get basketball analysis from Chip Caray. And Chip Caray annoys the hell out of me. 

[AHF]

36 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Let's be honest.  You're more like ...

 

Maybe more like:

 

(RIP Mr. Bowie)

[Guest]

32 minutes ago, Spud2Nique said:

Nothcyde got me feelin bad. I love Nique except for the jinx thing. He definitely understands the game and I love his mispronunciation, it's comedic genius...it's like watching @kg01 pick up on women, you know it's a classic laughing moment, you're just waiting for it. 

 

Im sorry North, again I love Nique, I'll start being more respectful, but I would like to see if he continues to jinx us or not.

Wha?  Nah, I used-ta get a lot of these kinds-a looks when I was on the prowl ...

Don't hate.

[Guest]

29 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Wha?  Nah, I used-ta get a lot of these kinds-a looks when I was on the prowl ...

Don't hate.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Don't hate, guuurl ...

I had 'em up in the grocery store like ....

Ok, might've been more like ...

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 hour ago, Spud2Nique said:

Nothcyde got me feelin bad. I love Nique except for the jinx thing. He definitely understands the game and I love his mispronunciation, it's comedic genius...it's like watching @kg01 pick up on women, you know it's a classic laughing moment, you're just waiting for it. 

 

Im sorry North, again I love Nique, I'll start being more respectful, but I would like to see if he continues to jinx us or not.

Well let's keep track of the "jinx thing".  Let's see how accurate or inaccurate Nique is.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Well let's keep track of the "jinx thing".  Let's see how accurate or inaccurate Nique is.

[hazer]

I love 'Nique. He's a legend and the face of the Hawks. But hilarious, and a terrible announcer. Wish he/they could find something else for him, bigger and better.

[Guest]

Love Nique and most of his commentary is funny.  But sometimes................

 

 

He should have taken up Ferry on his suggestion for training.

[AUhawksfan]

3 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

It's disrespectful.

As bad as Tommy Heinson is, Celtic fans defend him to the death and love his homerism.

Even the extra horrible Stacy King and Austin Carr get more love from their fan bases, than Nique gets from Hawks fans.

It's one thing to talk about how he mispronounces names.  But to act like the guy doesn't know what he is talking about and is generally clueless with his analysis, is flat out disrespectful.

The one thing Bob and Nique has as a broadcast team, is chemistry.  When you listen to them, and compare them to the rest of the league, they're easily in the top 12 of TV announce teams.

So what you're saying is to throw logic out the window and proclaim how great Nique is as an announcer just because he's "our guy"?  I guess I'm just too honest but I'm not going to sit here and act like he's an amazing announcer and someone that truly respected him would tell him he has some work to do on this part of his "game."  I think it's more of a disservice to make him think he makes an awesome announcer.

I love Nique as a player and person.  He has his own statue, and this city embraces him for his basketball legacy but I'm not going to sugarcoat it like he's some sort of Marv Albert behind the mic.  This guy definitely has a role with the Hawks but I think it would be better suited somewhere else.

[benhillboy]

I wasn't going to rant but North did and I feel strongly so yeah.

You got your opinion @TheNorthCydeRises, we all respect it.  But most agree he's God-Awful.  King and Heinson are much more observant and articulate.  Carr may be Nique's equivalent.

It's phenomenal to see the conversations on every other teams' message board when they have to watch the Sports South feed.  I did it after almost every game last season to get opposing fans view of what we were doing.  Around the 2nd quarter they usually go like this:

Poster A: Who in Gods name is their color analyst?

Poster B: Believr it or not, it's Dominique Wilkins.

Poster C: Yeah, he's dreadful. 

Poster A: Really!!!  He has to be drinking up there

Poster B: He was such an underrated, great player.  You'd never know it by listening to him.

Poster C: If I hear him call Niko's shot awful agin

Poster A: Somebody please tell him it's "Kirk"

Poster B: if Niko shot was terrible what are Bazemore's air balls!!!  This guy lol

Poster A: the other guy is really struggling too

Poster C: the other guy sounds like a car auctioneer from the 70's

Poster D: Dominic sucks balls

Poster A: heat check lol

Poster E: finally a guy worse than Stacey

Poster C: much worse

...and so on.

These are mostly teens to mid-twenties.  They shouldn't even notice the commentators unless they exclaim.  For them to notice how bad he is means he's really f$&kin bad.

I don't believe in the jinxes, they're just embarrassing.  But "color" means inject life into the broadcast.  

His X's and O's perspective is as simple as you can get, and that's fine for kids I guess.  I understand everyone can't be Walt Frazier in terms of vernacular.  But I've never once heard him mention any information that would take some actual research and rubbing shoulders with other basketball men.

A great analyst knows if a player went to Wilt Chamberlain's high school.  Or if he majored in Rocket Science.  Or if his parents were killed in front of him.  Or how he takes more mid-range shots than any other 2 guard.  Or how many deflections he has on the season.  Or how he changed his offseason training.  Or how he's speaking out against  gun violence in his hometown.  

Nique NEVER provides information that brings extra facets to a game and endears you to the players.  He's lazy, plain and simple.  I'm lazy when it comes to washing dishes.  How can someone pay me well to talk basketball and I not totally immerse  myself in everything related to tonight's game?  

We all love the guy without question, disrespect isn't the issue.  But the Hawks follow us, as evidenced by Koonin's correspondence with Dol.  I'm pretty sure Ferry pointed to criticism of Nique here to support his complaints to the franchise about his commentary as well. He negatively effects the game for me and it's just not becoming of a franchise trying to be a progressive-thinking organization.

 

[Hawkmoor]

What i noticed about Dominique is his pregame and his postgame talks are on point. Seems like he transforms to a different man. He goes COMFORTABLY into breaking down the game. Its as if the network muzzles him DURING the broadcast.

[Gray Mule]

Bob and Nique have chemistry in their broadcast.  OK.  Fine.  If you ever watch

the Atlanta Dream's games, LaChina and Bob have great chemistry.  So much for that.

DOM.  I object.  A man I am.  Old?  Well, I admit that.   Dirty?  Just because I admire a

beautiful, talented, articulate lady, that makes me dirty?  If so, I'm guilty.

Do I hate Nique?    No.  Let me ask you this:  If you owned a team and had a good player

that you could trade for a better player, would you make the trade?

Nique is good.  LaChina is better!!

[Admin]

Why can't we dislike Nique as an announcer while loving who he was as a player? The two things are not one in the same right? He's among the worst announcers but he's still better than listening to any other teams announcer. My old lady is usually yapping so much during the game I can barely hear him anyway lol

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[Guest]

1 hour ago, Dolfan23 said:

Why can't we dislike Nique as an announcer while loving who he was as a player? The two things are not one in the same right? He's among the worst announcers but he's still better than listening to any other teams announcer. My old lady is usually yapping so much during the game I can barely hear him anyway lol

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Check her....:-X I like advising people to "check" their gf's and wives but don't like doing it myself...lol...it's not worth the drama. Lol

[TheNorthCydeRises]

23 hours ago, AUhawksfan said:

So what you're saying is to throw logic out the window and proclaim how great Nique is as an announcer just because he's "our guy"?  I guess I'm just too honest but I'm not going to sit here and act like he's an amazing announcer and someone that truly respected him would tell him he has some work to do on this part of his "game."  I think it's more of a disservice to make him think he makes an awesome announcer.

I love Nique as a player and person.  He has his own statue, and this city embraces him for his basketball legacy but I'm not going to sugarcoat it like he's some sort of Marv Albert behind the mic.  This guy definitely has a role with the Hawks but I think it would be better suited somewhere else.

No one said that Nique was an amazing announcer.  But he's nowhere near the worse.  His game analysis is right on point the vast majority of the time.

Like most color commentators, he has his catch phrases and normal talking points.  But a bad announcer to me is a guy whose analysis is off base, or is just so much of a homer that it becomes sickening.

But nope. People are too busy making fun of how Nique mispronounces names, or how he calls a game early ( correctly 95% of the time ) as reasons why he's a bad announcer.

It could be much worse.  Jon Barry could be our color guy.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

No one said that Nique was an amazing announcer.  But he's nowhere near the worse.  His game analysis is right on point the vast majority of the time.

Like most color commentators, he has his catch phrases and normal talking points.  But a bad announcer to me is a guy whose analysis is off base, or is just so much of a homer that it becomes sickening.

But nope. People are too busy making fun of how Nique mispronounces names, or how he calls a game early ( correctly 95% of the time ) as reasons why he's a bad announcer.

It could be much worse.  Jon Barry could be our color guy.

Omg....if Jon Barry is ever announcing I mute that shit asap...he is a Hawk hater because Woody buried his no talented ass on the bench. He is a has been never was...he acts like he was a huge part of the Sac Kings success....he was a minuscule part of it. Straight idiot.