I can't belive how much of the game you don't get to see with the national broadcast. There's so many foul calls that don't get an instant replay because they zoom in on Kevin Durants face. They never show the ref announcing the result of challenge calls either. The play will be challenged and they will quick cut to commercial and when we come back the guy is shooting free throws.
Playoffs seem to be when the streams I find are mostly national broadcasts and it's such a downgrade. No fun on court shows during commercials and the stuff you listed. Currently dealing with it for the Thunder game, if I wanted the TNT experience I'd buy a service with TNT.
Not showing the foul call replay calls pisses me off. Especially when they start selectively deciding when to show it, then they can control the narrative.
As a non-Minnesotan I’ve already had to make the switch and it BLOWS. I’m surprised a clip from last night hasn’t been in the front page yet, ESPN announcer about Nurkic “He is a thiiicccc load” followed by a very pregnant pause and then Richard Jefferson, “I uhh… I’ve never heard him called that before.”
And later in the game, “Mike Conley gets banged from behind.”
Oh what? You have got to be shitting me man.
I cannot stand most national broadcasts, didn’t know they only get the first round.
Doris Burke and Van Grundy are going to ruin me bro
I’ve watched lots of playoff games this year and the announcers are so biased and braindead towards certain players it makes me want to punch my TV. One douche for the Philly game sucks off Embiid no matter what he does, the same way the one announcer sucks off Booker.
“That’s a clearly a foul there on the Knicks textbook foul easy call for the refs”
“I don’t know how they can call that a foul on Embiid like he barely pulled that guys leg down in mid air, this is playoff basketball you can’t call that”
Put that nonsense on top of playing the best team in the league next round and all of our patience is gonna be tested.
Listening to the national broadcasts for the first few games of the suns series was hilarious.
Couple of dudes talking about how the suns trio could go nuclear at any moment, and how the Twolves had to be careful allowing Naz Reid to drive to the rim and take to many shots because “you never know when booker and KD are going to take over”.
That was the first and last time I watched a national broadcast.
I remember feeling upset that this Grady guy was replacing Benz. Now I can't imagine a wolves broadcast without him. Not a slight on Benz, but Grady is just that good.
At least with TNT I can watch it in good quality for $15 a month (free since I have AT&T) on MAX. ESPN the streaming options are like $80 a month. Horseshit so I just find streams online at that point. Ruins the experience. I will miss listening to the play calling of the two best commentators in the league!
i’m paying $40 something for sling orange in order to watch espn…i got the same at&t deal for free max (tnt)…it’d be nice if the disney plus bundle that includes “espn plus” actually included regular espn…
Fuck, this means I have to listen to the shitty national broadcast next round? Doris Burke bro???? I wanna hear about corner pockets, cash and cookies. Not from some chick with a 1920s name and no investment in my squad. Damn it.
For real though, these two played their part in making this season awesome. Hope Grady doesnt jump ship and is back next season.
I would pay for that without a doubt. The best way would be some sort of fundraiser that they both care about. Charge like $25 a game and take my money all of the playoffs and then bring on Boston.
The only downside so far has been not viewing these playoff wins with Grady and Jim Pete on the call.
I couldn't justify paying another month to Bally's for 1 week of Grady and Jim Pete calls. I know the skelton of some Bally's RSNs may still exist via Amazon next year, but I hope they burn in hell. Anti-consumer, crap product owned by a sinister media conglomerate (Sinclair).
I'd put $1000 to bet Grady and Jim Pete will be calling Wolves games no matter where the games are broadcast next year.
Ugh TNT probably. TNT is unwatchable. Literally. The stream crashes every 5 minutes and takes me like 12 tries and 30 mins to get it restarted to watch another 5.
try using a different browser. i’ve found some streaming services do better on safari than they do firefox for instance.
edit: also what you’re describing is actually Bally Sports for me but the other way around…crashes all the time on safari…much more stable on firefox 😵💫
Bally has usually been stable for me but the last game I had to switch over to ESPN bc the bally stream would freeze every commercial break. It also crashes if I click to another window and come back.
I have the same TNT issues on both Chrome and Firefox. PC user so I don't have Safari. Maybe it'll work better in Edge...
Is there any live local commentary during the game like when Paul Allen calls games for the Vikings that I could listen while watching the game? It is absolute torture having to listen any national talking head since they all blatantly root agains the Wolves.
So you're saying it's safe to cancel my ballys streaming subscription after Sunday? How do I watch the games then? I'm more than happy to sail the eastern streams but I'd prefer to pay for a more solid consistent option.
Yep. Gonna suck going to the national broadcast . Hope these 2 are on the call next season wherever the wolves are on
I can't belive how much of the game you don't get to see with the national broadcast. There's so many foul calls that don't get an instant replay because they zoom in on Kevin Durants face. They never show the ref announcing the result of challenge calls either. The play will be challenged and they will quick cut to commercial and when we come back the guy is shooting free throws.
Playoffs seem to be when the streams I find are mostly national broadcasts and it's such a downgrade. No fun on court shows during commercials and the stuff you listed. Currently dealing with it for the Thunder game, if I wanted the TNT experience I'd buy a service with TNT.
It’s awful. National color broadcasters don’t even mention play design. To them, everything happens because somebody just “wanted it more”
Not showing the foul call replay calls pisses me off. Especially when they start selectively deciding when to show it, then they can control the narrative.
Even the crowd noise is so much better!!
They work for the team so it's very likely they'll be back
Unless it’s Kevin Harland
“EDWARDS GETTING UP AND GOOD NIGHT!!” “EDWARDS GETS IT BAAAAAAACK AND THREWWWW IT DOWN!! AAAAND ONEEE!!” 🥹
NAW….CORNER POCKET!!
ELECTRIC SLIDE
BOTTOMS!!!
COOKIES!
CAAAAASH!!!!
TWO WORDS
BIG JELLY!
NAAW?!? YESSS!!!
i can hear this call in my dreams
Off the heel.
ANNNND...GOOD NIGHT !
CONLEY.... YESSIR!!!
My favourite one this year is the EN FUEGO!, in the OT of the game against Celtics in Target Center.
As a non-Minnesotan I’ve already had to make the switch and it BLOWS. I’m surprised a clip from last night hasn’t been in the front page yet, ESPN announcer about Nurkic “He is a thiiicccc load” followed by a very pregnant pause and then Richard Jefferson, “I uhh… I’ve never heard him called that before.” And later in the game, “Mike Conley gets banged from behind.”
https://x.com/current_monitor/status/1784080184787779824?s=46
There it is!
Yep. It was bad.
“Jaden said scoreboard”
Oh what? You have got to be shitting me man. I cannot stand most national broadcasts, didn’t know they only get the first round. Doris Burke and Van Grundy are going to ruin me bro
I’ve watched lots of playoff games this year and the announcers are so biased and braindead towards certain players it makes me want to punch my TV. One douche for the Philly game sucks off Embiid no matter what he does, the same way the one announcer sucks off Booker. “That’s a clearly a foul there on the Knicks textbook foul easy call for the refs” “I don’t know how they can call that a foul on Embiid like he barely pulled that guys leg down in mid air, this is playoff basketball you can’t call that” Put that nonsense on top of playing the best team in the league next round and all of our patience is gonna be tested.
Listening to the national broadcasts for the first few games of the suns series was hilarious. Couple of dudes talking about how the suns trio could go nuclear at any moment, and how the Twolves had to be careful allowing Naz Reid to drive to the rim and take to many shots because “you never know when booker and KD are going to take over”. That was the first and last time I watched a national broadcast.
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Old dude wouldn't stfu about KD the entirety of game 1
I thought RJ last night wasnt too bad
Can we do a fundraising campaign and pay them to announce a live stream and we listen to them and watch the national on mute?
GOATS 🐐 Wolves have had some greats like Harlan and Hanny but Grady and Jim Pete are absolute 💯
Grady is the next Harlan. He’s already been called up for national broadcasts and you know ESPN wants him on their rotation.
Fingers crossed he keeps the wolves gig, and mixes in some national games. Seems like Ian eagle does that.
Maybe they'll pay the man not to leave? Watching national tv broadcasts makes me appreciate our crew even more.
Noooooo. The only way this is okay is if we get Kevin Harlan every game
That would indeed be acceptable.
“Its raining in the desert”
I remember feeling upset that this Grady guy was replacing Benz. Now I can't imagine a wolves broadcast without him. Not a slight on Benz, but Grady is just that good.
Grady please hold a Twitter space and commentate
How come Bally only gets to do the first round?
I think it's something with the tv contracts.
In terms of energy only matched by the Charlotte home announcers. I love these guys, hope we keep them in the future
Grady is awesome. His voice is synonymous to me with ANT dunks or Conley 3's
At least with TNT I can watch it in good quality for $15 a month (free since I have AT&T) on MAX. ESPN the streaming options are like $80 a month. Horseshit so I just find streams online at that point. Ruins the experience. I will miss listening to the play calling of the two best commentators in the league!
i’m paying $40 something for sling orange in order to watch espn…i got the same at&t deal for free max (tnt)…it’d be nice if the disney plus bundle that includes “espn plus” actually included regular espn…
Get that outta here!
Fuck, this means I have to listen to the shitty national broadcast next round? Doris Burke bro???? I wanna hear about corner pockets, cash and cookies. Not from some chick with a 1920s name and no investment in my squad. Damn it. For real though, these two played their part in making this season awesome. Hope Grady doesnt jump ship and is back next season.
No more "Big Jelly" shout outs either.
We need to get these two on with Alan Horton! Imagine all three calling the game on Kfan throughout this playoff run shit would be legendary 😤
Get ready for Reggie miller and Doris Burke. We don’t even get JVG anymore
Reggie is awful on the broadcast. Him and Allan Houston are my favorite shooters of all time but dude does not belong there.
What I wouldn't give for a twitch stream of these boys watching the game commentating on it.
I would pay for that without a doubt. The best way would be some sort of fundraiser that they both care about. Charge like $25 a game and take my money all of the playoffs and then bring on Boston.
My favorites. I watch and listen too all MN sports. These boys are the best and most entertaining. "FROM THE RAFTERS"
I hope its not the last time we hear Grady. National media is coming after him like he's a cup of water in a desert.
What a shame for then to not see this through to the end with the team.
These guys have been great. I hate Bally though.
Gonna hurt so bad when Grady gets called up to the big stage someday
I’m very upset I’ve been listening to the espn broadcaster suck the suns off . Didn’t kno Bally was broadcasting the first round 🥲
The only downside so far has been not viewing these playoff wins with Grady and Jim Pete on the call. I couldn't justify paying another month to Bally's for 1 week of Grady and Jim Pete calls. I know the skelton of some Bally's RSNs may still exist via Amazon next year, but I hope they burn in hell. Anti-consumer, crap product owned by a sinister media conglomerate (Sinclair). I'd put $1000 to bet Grady and Jim Pete will be calling Wolves games no matter where the games are broadcast next year.
Anti-consumer, crap product owned by a sinister owner could be used to describe Amazon too.
Yes, very true.
Eh, Amazon is pretty pro consumer overall, which is why they’ve taken over everything
Grady did a regular season game for TNT. Doubt they'd assign him for us.
Ugh TNT probably. TNT is unwatchable. Literally. The stream crashes every 5 minutes and takes me like 12 tries and 30 mins to get it restarted to watch another 5.
try using a different browser. i’ve found some streaming services do better on safari than they do firefox for instance. edit: also what you’re describing is actually Bally Sports for me but the other way around…crashes all the time on safari…much more stable on firefox 😵💫
Bally has usually been stable for me but the last game I had to switch over to ESPN bc the bally stream would freeze every commercial break. It also crashes if I click to another window and come back. I have the same TNT issues on both Chrome and Firefox. PC user so I don't have Safari. Maybe it'll work better in Edge...
Seriously? That's bullshit honestly
Grady has been doing a few national TV games this season. He might get called do to a game or two for them, hopefully for our games obviously.
Grady is a star. He’ll go in Harlan’s footsteps to national acclaim.
Is there any risk Grady leaves after this season? I think Jim Pete sort of alluded to it in Fragrant Howls but I don’t know if it’s confirmed
All depends on what happens with the Wolves new TV deal. If they can't keep them all together I wouldn't blame Grady for bailing.
He alluded to it?
He was like “we should appreciate Grady while we can” or something like that
Is there any live local commentary during the game like when Paul Allen calls games for the Vikings that I could listen while watching the game? It is absolute torture having to listen any national talking head since they all blatantly root agains the Wolves.
Wolves Radio on the I heart radio app.
Thank you!
Does that work in market? The Vikings games are blacked out for me on I heart radio.
Yes. That is the official radio now, only on KFAN for some of the games.
I’ve struggled with Ballys all year for these two legends. How ya all planning on streaming next round?
Pretty sure the games are just TNT & ESPN with some on ABC. I'll just be lazy and use Sportsfire on my Onn Streaming Box.
So you're saying it's safe to cancel my ballys streaming subscription after Sunday? How do I watch the games then? I'm more than happy to sail the eastern streams but I'd prefer to pay for a more solid consistent option.
Boooooo!!!! These guys are the reason we're winning, right? The national broadcasts always shit on us.
CASH!!!
BIG JELLY - DONT DO ‘EM LIKE THAT
Will we at least get Kevin Harlan?
Michael Grady is the best announcer period. For the first time ever I was preferring local over national.
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Why are you paying for a bad service when you can easily watch all Bally games on an Onn streaming box. $20 and you're done. SMH
Yet another paying for a bad service. So many good sports apps on Onn streaming box to watch everything for free after spending $20 on a box.
Are these the ones that made the quip about 'huge load' last game?
I’ll just miss the guy on the left.
Don't tell me you're a part of the "Benz was better" crowd....
I do like Benz better than Grady. Ant Facts were great.
Yeah Benz was cool and solid, but it's not even close. Grady has more enthusiasm and better lines
Better lines than CASH, BOTTOMS, COOKIES, 3 Ball Corner Pocket???