Tag: Marv Albert

The Timberwolves veteran — who played …

The Timberwolves veteran — who played for the Los Angeles Clippers for four seasons before heading to Minnesota — insisted to JJ Redick on ESPN that the Lakers’ 2020 title deserves an asterisk and that it’s a “Bubble Championship.” Here’s Beverley making his case. Kevin Harlan will sit in a chair courtside Wednesday night that, he feels, does not belong to him. It’s the same way he felt at the All-Star Game in February.  “I may be broadcasting this game tonight,” Harlan texted Marv Albert that night. “But this will always be your seat. This will always be your chair.”  Harlan is Turner Sports’ replacement for Albert as the play-by-play voice of the conference finals. He’ll be joined by Hall of Fame player Reggie Miller and ex-coach Stan Van Gundy as the Dallas Mavericks face the Golden State Warriors in the opening game of the Western Conference finals.

Reggie Miller and some fans gave Marv Albert a standing ovation after his final NBA farewell

He called his first game in 1963.

Marv Albert, the 80-year-old known as the voice of basketball, signed off for the last time Saturday night after the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks 118-107 to earn a spot in the NBA Finals.

Albert made his first appearance on an NBA radio broadcast in 1963 — when the league had nine teams, including clubs in Baltimore, Cincinnati and St. Louis — and was the New York Knicks’ play-by-play announcer on both TV and radio for 37 years. He rose to national prominence on NBC’s basketball coverage starting in 1990.

Though his career was briefly interrupted by sexual assault accusations, he remained in prominent positions and earlier this year announced his intention to retire after the season.

Here’s his final sign-off.

There was a standing ovation from the fans left in the stands.

And here’s a tribute video to watch, if you’d like.

You’ll find plenty of tweets of admiration, too:

It would be wrong, though, after what was truly an awful week for women in sports — with the NFL giving the Washington Football Franchise barely a slap on the wrist for cultivating a horrifyingly violent and repressive environment for women, and the Portland Trail Blazers showing how little they care about women in the wake of hiring Chauncey Billups, and the Los Angeles Dodgers originally planning to allow Trevor Bauer to pitch in the wake of sexual and physical assault allegations — to not mention Albert’s past here.

Albert was fired by NBC prior to the start of the 1997-98 season after he pled guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges stemming from an incident in which a woman accused him of biting her, throwing her onto a bed and forcing her to perform oral sex. During the trial for that case, another woman also accused Albert of biting her against her will.

NBC brought Albert back before the 2000 season.

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Marv Albert to sit out Disney World restart

Marv Albert, arguably the greatest NBA play-by-player of all-time, will not be part of TNT’s on-site coverage when the NBA resumes its season in July at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., The Post has learned. Albert, 79, has been the longtime lead voice for Turner, but will not be a part of the coverage with the NBA planning to have its national announcers on site in the league’s bubble.

Before the NBA suspended its season in …

Before the NBA suspended its season in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Knicks were set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their 1970 championship. But Albert, the team’s longtime radio voice who had a legendary call for the final, did not make the guest list. “I expected it,” Albert told the New York Times’ Marc Stein for his weekly newsletter. “[Knicks owner James] Dolan and I disagreed, let’s say, on the philosophy of broadcasting.” Albert lost his job in 2004 after a dispute with Dolan, who reportedly believed Albert was too critical of the team. The 78-year-old remains an iconic voice and the lead play-by-play man for TNT’s NBA coverage.

It is not what Marv Albert had in mind. …

It is not what Marv Albert had in mind. The Knicks, for the March 21 celebration of the 50th anniversary of their 1969-70 championship, chose not to invite Albert — the radio voice of the team and the author of one of the most legendary calls in sportscasting history. “It would’ve been nice to see the guys,” Albert said when contacted by The Post. “I was not invited.”