that’s arguably the 2nd best player in franchise history you’re talking about.

with the way the Knicks have been the past four years, what is there to be positive about? i think the negative far outweights the positive. would you rather have a sugar-coating, Yes-man controlled by James Dolan to be Mr. Positive during Knicks’ games? if you want a candy cane and gumdrops broadcast, maybe the Knicks can lure the Yankees broadcast team from YES to do their games.

First of all, Clyde gets giddy and over-animated at the slightest sign of life, so I’m not really sure what you’re talking about. “David Lee with the resounding rebounding!”.

That said, I think there’s an unsavory trend of “color” announcers devolving into the “homer” announcers for a given team. For a playoff team, perhaps that excusable. The Knicks, though, have been awful for nearly a decade now. Clyde’s just calling it like he sees it. The fact that the man has maintained his usual gusto and penchant for the ridiculous is stunning after working with such turmoil on a nightly basis. If you find him corny or irritating, I guess I follow that, but accusing Clyde of not celebrating a perennially lottery-bound team doesn’t make sense to me.

I don’t think I need to my thoughts on Clyde, but just in case:

I guess everyone’s entitled to an opinion, but just know that I couldn’t possibly disagree with you more wholeheartedly.

http://www.postingandtoasting.com/2008/6/9/549072/don-t-read-unless-you-re-s

because you got the word “neophyte” from the man in question. so it negates your argument. clyde is critical, but not negative.

i would argue that mike breen is infinitely more negative than clyde, becuase he is constantly bringing up any minor altercation a player has had, even if it was ten years ago or more. he talks about people’s problems, that don’t really involve basketball – that shit is pretty low if you ask me.

I agree with the notion that if you have nothing good about one of the best players in franchise history, you need to keep his name out of your mouth.

I always thought Clyde was always TOO positive when it came to these terrible teams. Do you keep track of the shit Breen says? And if you’re so worried about boo agitators go read some of the beat writers blogs, they spew the shit you’re looking for.

Clyde doesn’t give out Tommy Points to all the shit players on the knicks, like This Fool did for boston b4 Paul/Ray/KG Happened.

Unbiased Announcers > Biased announcers

Unbiased Announcers who rhyme, are funny, and have the most awesome outfits ever > Biased Announcers.

have met the man an absolute gentleman ( him saying shaking and baking in a conversation 2 me : life changing) besides that u can tell he really has a good feel on the game and can relate with things most other announcers cant. He’s not gonna talk up this team because he was a winner and he wouldnt go over board bigging up something mediocre

if I had one criticism of clyde, it would be that he’s almost too much of a homer.

just kidding. he is 100% wrong.

every time clyde mentions “heroes” it goes something like this: “sooo, the garden now on their feet, cheering on their heroes.”

xoxo,

Blazer fans.