Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Voice of the Hawks

Atlanta Hawks play-by-play man Steve Holman makes listening to Hawks games enjoyable because he's not only descriptive; he's a homer and clearly loves the Birds. I also admire the fact that he's not afraid to call out the Birds when their playing bad, especially Josh Smith. Holman's not afraid to criticize Smith when he takes an ill advised 3-point shot or fade away, which happen more than I'd like to admit, and if Smith's playing poorly, Holman will quickly question why he's still in the game.

I also like the fact that Holman isn't afraid to make fun of the opposing team and their fans. His criticisms of Dwight Howard's "illegal moving screen" and "I'm superman" were good. Another example was Monday night when he called out the "loyal" Chicago fans for leaving the game early when it became apparent that the Bulls weren't going to win.

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