Yeh it's the same stuff each game, my cringeworthy one is .... Anything you can do I can do better!

Found Williams ear splittingly frustrating Saturday night as a Sixers fan. Talked a whole lot about what Sydney had to do to hold its lead in the last quarter, not what Adelaide needed to do to get over the line. Also referred to Sydney as "we" a bit. A cardinal sin in sports commentary when you're going into both markets

Also the continual referring to him as homicide by Casey. Do I really need to try to explain to my young basketball mad kids that nickname?

Homicides dribbling on the court is rivalled only by his dribbling in the commentary. He's grown on me a lil but I can handle him only in small doses. Why the hell Rucker isn't getting more gigs is puzzling, he is brilliant. He should be doing every game.

I thought Williams was perfect for Saturday, crazy commentary on a crazy game, but I'm with those who say only in small doses.

I hope this thread is a joke...

Does anyone know what happened to Anthony Hudson? I think I've only heard him once or twice!

I liked some of Coreys comments, like "Julian Khazzouh is eating Daniel Johnsons face". And "Ant man"/The mosquito.

Dwayne russell needs to stop kissing Corey's ass all the time, though. It is looking... well.... a little gay, frankly.

Based on those first 3 examples alone, the NBL may as well shut up shop I reckon. Don't see how it can recover from that type of shame.

I think Corey Williams is a good colour guy. A bit like Stacey King for the Chicago Bulls. Problem is he needs a good straight play caller to go with him. A bit less "have you heard I am here with Corey "Homicide" Williams" and a bit more calling the game. Seriously the commentators name shouldn't be said more than all the players on the court combined!

Homicide adds some excitement to the commentary which has probably never been seen before in the NBL. The problem is, if you actually listen to what he is saying, there is little substance.

Chris Goulding is to Dwayne Russell what Cyril Rioli is to Bruce McAvaney

OP's three examples are about as petty as it gets.

The non-basketball commentary I've heard has been quite solid.

Dwayne Russell has some odd statements at times (like the Chicago/Bronx statement, as well as his 'I'll take your word for it' comment re: Beirut), but in general I've been pretty happy with just about everyone...... except CJ.

Guess we can just go ahead and mute the tv or go back to just following live stats with no coverage? C'mon pretty petty things people find to ruin their NBL experience! Basketball fans just need to chill and enjoy the positive stuff that is happening.

Commentary has been great I reckon.

Williams is exciting.

The only thing i do get annoyed with is one of the commentators always says "X puts up the shot and it just rims out" - when the shot hit the front of the rim. Petty complaint on my part though really

Greer is also very good. Rucker superb. If anything our own MZ commentators need to up their game.

Twas nice to have Mulls back last week.

Andrew Mulligan. The play-by-play guy in New Zealand.

And yes, it very much was. Wasn't a fan of the guy they had filling in.

I don't find Dwayne Russell too bad and he generally has a good command of the more minimalist approach to commentary. Some commentators tend to over-commentate each possession as though it's a radio broadcast, which can become grating, especially if they're not totally familiar with basketball terminology.

He could tone down some of his excitement and exaggeration sometimes. It can sound a little patronising to be told constantly that a team down 20 is 'still in it' after scoring a couple of consecutive baskets.

Also there are a couple of 'facts' he keeps repeating that have gone uncorrected, like saying Jawai is the first Indigenous player to play in the NBL (Danny Morseu was playing back in the 70s/80s.) Perhaps he got this 'fact' confused with Jawai being the first Indigenous man to play in the NBA. He's also said a few times that Stephen Holt played with Kickert in college even though Kickert finished college almost a decade ago.

But overall I haven't minded the commentary. I hope they keep rotating the commentators every now and then for some variety.

I generally haven't minded Homicide, although he really started grating on me in the 36ers/Kings game. Agree with @Slammin08 that he needs to be paired with more of a straight play caller. Heck, for most of the second half it felt like he became the play-by-play commentator (although admittedly it was an exciting game). His 'street talk' e.g 'alright Ant Man, whadaya got?' on every Sixers possession, 'Ant Man Ant Man Ant Man' etc. is cool in moderation but in this game it went over the top and made me want to press mute. I miss Steve Carfino's colour commentary, and that's coming from a Wildcats fan.

I like Brad Robbins as the special comments guy. Obviously he doesn't have the 'flair' of Homicide but he can articulate his thoughts much more clearly for one. Also he really compliments the play-by-play rather than overpowering it simply by timing his comments well and keeping them concise, and he doesn't constantly repeat himself the way Homicide tends to do.