Can't stand Bill Walton. I'd rather listen to Beth Mowins.
He's a little weird. I disagree if y'all are saying he's bad at calling games. I think he gives good analysis. He sounds like he's rambling some times. Yeah he's really laid back and maybe he smokes pot. But who is he hurting? He's just calling basketball games.
There's a lot of bad announcers out there. Walton is a lot better than a long list of annoying, dumb announcers.
I get that it's a message board and that opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one. But let's get real here. Good analysis?!
My opinions:
I too, would much rather listen to Beth Mowins. I can't stand either one of their commentary. Both have incredibly annoying voices, but Walton is just insufferable.
Walton does sound like he's stoned or drunk and makes little sense half the time.
He also doesn't enunciate well for a sports broadcaster.
Again, all opinions.
Now for the facts:
While he does know a lot, it's generally a lot about nothing. It adds nothing to the game he's supposed to be commentating on.
I can't tell you how many times I watch games that this guru is commentating on, and incredible play after incredible play happens and nothing is said about the game we are watching because he's gone off on some tangent about something that happened to him 30 years ago that has nothing to do with anything! It's nearly two hours of commentary with maybe 10 minutes on the actual game we watched. Ridiculous.
Talk about the game you are broadcasting, Bill! That is what you're supposed to be doing. It's your job!
I don't care that he once was an amazing basketball player. That's not his job now.
