Marv Albert Is Calling It A Career After The Eastern Conference Finals
https://twitter.com/TurnerSportsPR/status/1394276526166708228
(Source)- Hall of Fame broadcaster Marv Albert, the long-time voice of Turner Sports’ NBA live game telecasts, has shared his plans to retire following his call of TNT’s exclusive coverage of the 2021 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. For more than a half century, the iconic Albert has entertained sports fans with his unique style and original catchphrases on both television and radio. He has called 25 NBA All-Star Games, 13 NBA Finals and the Dream Team during the 1992 Olympics, among many significant moments in sports history.
“My 55 years of broadcasting the NBA has just flown by and I’ve been fortunate to work with so many wonderful and talented people, said Albert. “Now, I’ll have the opportunity to hone my gardening skills and work on my ballroom dancing.”
Another day, another absolute cog of our childhoods fading away from the public spotlight. I think Marv Albert was the first person that when I heard his voice, I knew it was a big game. Mayyyybe John Madden. But still, Marv being in the game for 55 years seems crazy short considering he was already considered a living legend by the time I started watching hoops. Marv was just as big a part of the NBA On NBC as Roundball Rock, which is about as good a compliment as I can give to anybody or anything.
That hits the feels every damn time
Marv may have lost a step or two over the years (understandable for anybody that had to announce with Reggie Miller) and has been replaced by Mike Breen as the voice of big NBA games. But Marv was at his best when the NBA was at its best, which led to some of the greatest calls ever with "YES" being Marv's weapon of choice to call them.
If basketball is poetry in motion, nobody read it better than Marv Albert and if you don't think I am convincing myself right now that his hometown Knicks aren't going to make an unlikely run to the Eastern Conference Finals to send off Marv on a high note after calling their heartbreaking exits for years, you don't know anything about how my stupid Knicks fan brain works.