OT: Vitale and Walton Tonight

[iommi]

This might be as sign of the apocalypse. Vitale and Walton doing commentary for the Pacers-Cavs game on ESPN at 7. I guess no play-by-play guy? This will be a train wreck of epic proportions.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Basketball Hall of Famers and ESPN analysts Dick Vitale and Bill Walton have a lot to say when it comes to men’s college basketball.

Tonight, they will get to expand their conversation during ESPN’s annual PlayStation Vue Crossover. The duo – who called the network’s first airing of a high school game, in which LeBron James was a senior at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School (Ohio) – will be courtside for the Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET). They will be joined by Dave Pasch and reporter Lisa Salters.

Additionally, ESPN3 will feature a secondary feed throughout the game that includes a camera solely dedicated to Vitale, Walton, and Pasch.

Vitale and Walton reunite with LeBron for tonight's Crossover - ESPN Front Row

 

[4evaOrange]

They do it yearly if I'm correct, not sure how long they've done it.

 

[iommi]

Okay, so Pasch will hold it together on play-by-play. It will still be a mess. Neither Vitale nor Walton will want to take a backseat to anyone.

 

[Forloveoforange]

You're Dick right?

 

[iommi]

You're Dick right?

Only in the chat room during games...

 

[Briancuse]

Dear lord, whoever the play by play guy is, I truly feel sorry for him.

 

[iommi]

You're Dick right?

Oh, I misread that. I thought, he had an "a" before "Dick."

cc: orange79

 

[orange79]

Oh, I misread that. I thought, he had an "a" before "Dick."

cc: orange79

Yeah, I changed it so it wouldn't seem as if he was calling you names.

j/k

 

[iommi]

Yeah, I changed it so it wouldn't seem as if he was calling you names.

j/k

I didn't really misread his post. That was part of my joke about the "a."

 

[orange79]

I didn't really misread his post. That was part of my joke about the "a."

{In his best Han Solo voice} I know

 

[pearl31]

good god will be like trying to listen to a conversation between a toddler and a dementia patient

 

[NineOneSeven]

Pasch is great and WAlton is unreal great

 

[iommi]

Pasch is great and WAlton is unreal great

Oh, I find Walton to be very entertaining but with Vitale, this will be a mess. Walton is much better doing the Conference of Champions, when he can unapologetically take out his tye died pompoms and spew total nonsense for 2+ hours, driving his play-by-play partner bat-spit crazy. Non-sequitur after non-sequitur.

 

[realorange]

Say what you want but this will be a classic in basketball announcing.

 

[Forloveoforange]

Maybe we should have a chat room for the play-by-play.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[NineOneSeven]

People get upset at vitale and walton for whatever reasons they have... But can you find two more people that love life and bball?

At the end of the day... We could all learn a bit

 

[cuseinseattle]

I remember McDonough saying and on Wednesday with no risk of losing his voice is Pasch.

 

[iommi]

They are pretty take so far.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

I had low expectations, it's still the first quarter, but I'm surprisingly amazed at how much I'm enjoying Bill & Dicky V right now.