I know it is a little thing, but does it bother anybody else when Bolerjack says this? To me, hammering down some points = dunking the ball. But he uses it all weird. For example, I would never say, "AK hammers down the free throw." You can hit, drop, make, put in, etc. free throws, but you don't hammer them down.
"Hammers down the free throw"
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I'm the tiresome resident Bolerjack hater on this board. I'll agree with you and let you know what's coming. Bolerjack is an extremely knowledgeable basketball commentator with an incredible voice. Let's ignore the ignoramus when he says such stupid things. After all, he's not a professional and should not be expected to act as if he was. His voice excites many jazzfanz. That's all that matters, don't you know? Basketball knowledge doesn't matter for the main commentator. Their job is to speak with such great bravado that you hardly notice what they're actually saying. That is, discussing what is going on in an intelligible manner is not only unimportant, but should not be expected at all. "What do you want from a commentator?" Listen to his great voice you complaining *******.
Maybe they're copying some MLB broadcasts. Teams like to get fans personally involved, even in such a trivial way. Last year the Colorado Rockies broadcast had a game foods tournament--hotdog vs. hamburger, nachos vs crackerjacks, etc. The Rockies broadcasters were able to fit the poll results, "here's how to vote", and a little personal commentary in without distracting from the game too much. Slower paced baseball games allow a broadcast to incorporate this stuff quit a bit better than NBA broadcasts. Still, the Rockies broadcasters seemed to keep it to a minimum much better than Bolerjack and Harpring (for president) have.
You're basically arguing that if only piss water and brackish sludge is available to drink then we should be happy if we're lucky enough to have the piss water. Been there, done that:
https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php...-are-just-terrible./page2?highlight=bolerjack
I really really want Harpring to stop talking about his M&Ms and giving me a play by play of what the Bear did during the time-outs.
I thought you were known for your "Nail" impersonations.
Don't you get hammered all the time?
Hopper
Banned
Hammered like a big-*** boxxa nails, sho nuff. It ROCKS, eh? I been studyin on it tho, on how to say "internal combustion engined a Babe." Don't sound quite right, sumhowze. I dont wanna run round sayin I 'pistoned" a Babe, because that makes me think of that baby-faced whiner, Billy-Bob Laimbeer.
Like good ole Brownie McGhee usta say:
"They sumthin wrong wit yo motor, Darlin, Imma hafta look up under yo hood...
I gotz this here feelin that ole Brownie can do yo motor sum good."
Sumthin bout a car, cuz, like, the onliest thang close to bein a purty as a Babe is a hot rod Lincoln, I figure.
Hitman
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Well, after the last game, you couldn't say AK hammered down any other sort of shot, but I digress. Yes, it annoys the bejesus outta me when he says that someone "hammers down the jump shot", or worse "hammers down the three", because like you, I associate hammer with drunk, er, dunk, so you could say "Evans hammers down the alley-oop" or "Price with the two-handed hammer" or "Hundley hammers down the play-by-play". Or you could use hammer to describe a block or a hard foul, like "AK hammers that shot into the stands" (hmmm, that one could be used for his own shot, actually), or "Fesenko with the hammer on a guy a foot shorter and a hundred pounds lighter", or "Boozer with the defensive hammer, that's out of there!" - oh, wait, I mis-heard, that was actually "Boozer with the defective hamstring, he's out of there". But yes, I agree.
MrBlue
Member
Which is why Hot Rod was the best. All killer, no filler.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
A nail? I thought your kind had a liking for nooses?
billyshelby
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Hammers down the skip pass doesn't bug me half as much as Harpring calling players "hot." In the Memphis game, Raja missed his first 3 in the third quarter. He was 2-2 from 3 in the first half. In Harplogic, he was "hot" from 3. I think I'll be waiting a long time for Harp to be hot. Which I should be used to, but I thought I was over that.
PearlWatson
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keep your fry sauce off the jello jigglers