TNT also is using Pelicans velvet-voiced play-by-player Joel Meyers (the former NBC NFL announcer) and Golden State Warriors announcer Bob Fitzgerald to call first-round games, with former Heat guard Jim Jackson and ex-NBA point guard Greg Anthony as game analysts.
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New Orleans Pelicans broadcast ranked in top half of league in The Athletic fan survey
In a fan survey conducted by The Athletic, the Pelicans play-by-play duo of Joel Meyers and Antonio Daniels ranked inside the top 10.
Joel Meyers, the New Orleans Pelicans’ play-by-play voice for Fox Sports New Orleans, is one of the more experienced broadcasters in the NBA. Once the voice of the Los Angeles Lakers immediately after the passing of Chick Hern, Meyers came over to the Pelicans after the 2010-11 season.
Along with new color analyst Antonio Daniels, the duo have quickly garnered respect around the league by fans. The Athletic’s Zach Harper conducted a fan survey by subscribers of the site and received over 800 results back from NBA fans.
The results showed that Meyers and Daniels rank not only in the top half of highest-rated broadcasters but are inside the top 10 as well at No. 6. The process saw voters list their top five broadcasts as well as up to five broadcasts on the opposite end of the spectrum.
The result saw the Nets (+147) and Knicks (+106) take first and second, respectively, with both local broadcasts anchored by national announcers. Mike Breen does Knicks games when not covering games for ESPN while Ian Eagle does Nets games a host of other sports on TNT, CBS and the Tennis Channel.
The Trail Blazers (+56) were third, the Raptors (+31) were fourth and the Timberwolves (+29) were fifth. The Pelicans finished with a rating of +28, one out of the top five. On the other end of the spectrum, the Rockets (-59) and Celtics (-56) took 30th and 29th, respectively.
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