Most cliche phrases in NBA?

[KG5MVP]

What phrases are the most cliche in the NBA?

"Good defense leads to good offense"

"Now that was good defense, but better offense"

[OneMoreSucka]

Momma there goes that man

[Manute for Ever!]

Momma there goes that man

Beat me to it :oldlol:

[KG5MVP]

"[Player] with no regard for human life!"

[Solid Snake]

"[Player] with no regard for human life!"

I've only heard this once, has he ever said it other than that time KG dunked like 8 years ago?

[KG5MVP]

I've only heard this once, has he ever said it other than that time KG dunked like 8 years ago?

KG had 1

kobe had 2

lebron had 1

[Manute for Ever!]

"Get out of my way, I've got an appointment with the rim!" - Mark Jackson

"Throw it down, big man, throw it down." - Bill Walton

"Yessssssss." - Marv Albert

"He fiddles a diddle... daddles a doodle...gets caught fiddling and diddling again and passes it off..." - Johnny Most (RIP)

[phoenix18]

"[Player] with no regard for human life!"
Nah, that is one of the best catch phrases I have ever heard.

[Shepseskaf]

"Both teams played hard".

[Solid Snake]

Ah ok, I must've missed those.

Some of these Marv and Walton ones, some of you guys are mistaking Cliche' phrases with SIGNATURE, trademark phrases.

For example, a cliche' phrase is the following: "The most dangerous man on the inbounds pass is the inbounder."

Signature phrase = [Insert player name here] is a dark horse all-star (Clyde Drexler apparently uses this every game according to Clutchfans).

[KG5MVP]

Ah ok, I must've missed those.

Some of these Marv and Walton ones, some of you guys are mistaking Cliche' phrases with SIGNATURE, trademark phrases.

For example, a cliche' phrase is the following: "The most dangerous man on the inbounds pass is the inbounder."

Signature phrase = [Insert player name here] is a dark horse all-star (Clyde Drexler apparently uses this every game according to Clutchfans).


half of ISH are retards so it's normal that they confuse cliche with signature quotes

[w00terz]

"We are just going to take it one game at a time."

[red1]

"first team to 100 points wins"

[Solid Snake]

"We are just going to take it one game at a time."


lol, simple, yet soooo cliche', I like this one. There's a 89% chance that at any post game interview, this phrase will be uttered.

[west]

He just sucked the gravity out of the building!!!

[KG5MVP]

He just sucked the gravity out of the building!!!

yea that has been said alot

[Manute for Ever!]

Ah ok, I must've missed those.

Some of these Marv and Walton ones, some of you guys are mistaking Cliche' phrases with SIGNATURE, trademark phrases.

For example, a cliche' phrase is the following: "The most dangerous man on the inbounds pass is the inbounder

Signature phrase = [Insert player name here] is a dark horse all-star (Clyde Drexler apparently uses this every game according to Clutchfans).

We know what cliche means, we're just having some fun.

[Manute for Ever!]

half of ISH are retards so it's normal that they confuse cliche with signature quotes

And you are in that half, so I wouldn't comment if I were you.

[Pursuer]

KG had 1

kobe had 2

lebron had 1

Kobe had 2? I know the New York one, but what was the other one?

[Brujesino]

from downtown

[phoenix18]

from downtown
NBA JAM. From Downtown!!!!

[chazzy]

hand down, MAN DOWN

and whenever a big man hits a jumper, "[team] will live with that shot, that's a shot they WANT." Every single time.

[Hammertime]

"We just need to play our game."

1 in 2 chance this will be the response to "What do you think your team needs to do to win tonight?" Conversely, also used in justification after a win. "Yeah, well, we just played our game and executed our plays."

[ShoeGuy]

since we strayed from the topic to talk about signature quotes...gotta quote one my favorite play-by-play announcers

the first to coin the terms "slam dunk," "no harm, no foul," and "air ball"

and my fav.
"This game's in the refrigerator: the door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin'!"

[catzhernandez]

"[Player] with no regard for human life!"
lol, I've only heard that in NBA Live 2002...

[Solid Snake]

"We just need to play our game."

1 in 2 chance this will be the response to "What do you think your team needs to do to win tonight?" Conversely, also used in justification after a win. "Yeah, well, we just played our game and executed our plays."
:lol
LMAO, these are the type of responses I love, let's get more.

[HisJoeness]

Ish = #1

[itsGameTime]

Is it just me or are half of the replies in this thread taking shots at Marc Jackson? :oldlol:

[Solid Snake]

Oh I just thought of one. When a Superstar was relatively held in check for a game, and his team loses, in the interview that proceeds shortly thereafter, the player who was seen as having stopped that opposing star player will respond with the following phrase, no less than 66% of the time:

"Well, it was a team effort. You can't stop Player X, but if we help each other on defense, we can contain him."

Unless the interviewee is Ron Artest...

[stephanieg]

Mark Jackson drinking game. (http://basketbawful.blogspot.com/2009/03/mark-jackson-drinking-game.html)

There's also some good stuff in the comments for other announcers.

[RoseCity07]

The inspiration for this thread had to be Mark Jackson. Everything he says is a cliche.

[Hammertime]

Oh, any claims or promises to give more than 100%. I love those.

[Manute for Ever!]

Oh, any claims or promises to give more than 100%. I love those.

And references to turning teams around 360 degrees :oldlol:

[Hammertime]

And references to turning teams around 360 degrees :oldlol:

Once, I was playing on my HS basketball team in some important game, and we were down double-digits and the coach had called a time out to chew us out. He was screaming all sorts of stuff, and at one point he says "And when you go back out there, I wanna see a 180 degree turn around." I then said "Wouldn't we be shooting at our own basket then?"

He threw a water bottle at me and benched me for the rest of the game because I was taking the piss.

[Ramza]

Puts it up! PUTS IT IN!!!

[Manute for Ever!]

Once, I was playing on my HS basketball team in some important game, and we were down double-digits and the coach had called a time out to chew us out. He was screaming all sorts of stuff, and at one point he says "And when you go back out there, I wanna see a 180 degree turn around." I then said "Wouldn't we be shooting at our own basket then?"

He threw a water bottle at me and benched me for the rest of the game because I was taking the piss.

:oldlol:

[Kjeldar]

"there is no I in team"
and i heard michael say it best "but there's an I in wIn".

Also, you could look up any interview in youtube, most players give out the same crap anytime.

"Uh, i thought we played well..."
"t'was a team effort"
"it's a learning process" (Mastered by vinny del negro)
"we have to get back on D"


and the announcers... many have already been said, but...
"<name> for threeeeeehhhhBAM!"
Actually, i could say the most cliche thing i've heard is "kabum".

[godofgods]

Defense wins championship.
**** defense.

[Manute for Ever!]

Defense wins championship.
**** defense.

Yep, D'antoni has a lot of rings from his coaching style. Detroit on the hand...

[smith]

And references to turning teams around 360 degrees :oldlol:Damn, came here to say that, props dude.

[Human Error]

He always gives 110%.

Damn... why only 110? What about 200?

[Micku]

"Y'know, that move kind'a reminds me of Jordan."

Something like that or any Jordan comparison related.

[momo]

"You cant double off the box"

"Miss a layup and the other team 99% of the time will get a layup on the other end"

"Good scorer's find a way to draw contact and get to the free throw line"

[Dresta]

Where caring happens (no one ****ing cares)

[kidcoolangot]

Daaagggeerr!!!!!

[ROCSteady]

"AND.....BOOM goes the dynamite."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyAGZ41btx8

[KB2clutch]

whenever a team has goes for a fast break but doesnt take the shot and sets up teh offense the announcers always says "[player] wisely takes it back to teh top" or something like that

[xx03xx]

steve nash for the threee......

"BAM!"

and the phoenix crowd goes wild :applause: :applause: :applause:

[xx03xx]

Puts it up! PUTS IT IN!!!
and one!

[Hawksauce]

Cliche Phrases:

"I just wanted to come out and be aggressive..."

"Oh, we were just taking what the defense was giving us"

Favorite Quote from Bob Rathun the other night against the Knicks:

"Al Horford just destroyed Mahattan!" :roll:

[U got Served]

"It's not about me, is about the team"

Right after scoring 81 pts......

"The important thing is that we got the W" :oldlol:

[Knoe Itawl]

"We knew they were going to come out with a lot of energy in their building, and we just wanted to weather the storm (or something similar)"

[kNIOKAS]

he is there for ya, and he shoots high percetage
looool

[Apocalyptic0n3]

Anything that George Blaha says. He's been saying the exact same freaking line every Pistons game for as long as I can remember (been the announcer since the 70's) and it is just annoying now.

"Count that baby and a foul!"
"Count it and a foul!"
"Sticks it!"
"Lays it up, lays it in!"
"And he air-mails it..."
"With the long deuce!"
"He hoists, and hits!"

There's about 50 more. Listen to a few Pistons games and you are bound to hear just about every single one of them. Watch another few games, you'll hear them all again. It's so repetitve that it is actually better to watch the Pistons without sound than it is to watch them with it. If I had to choose between getting a quality big man right now and Blaha leaving the team, I would choose the latter. Most annoying announcer ever.

[JohnnySic]

"We are just going to take it one game at a time."
That's great, except you really have no choice but to take it one game at a time. I have never seen a team take it 2 or more games at a time; I've never even seen an attempt at that.

Sometimes in spring training MLB teams split their roster for 2 games in different places, but that's baseball.


PS - as others have noted, Mark Jackson is the worst offender for cliches. Get rid of that guy and you'd be cleaning this up a bit.

[KG5MVP]

"there is no I in team"
and i heard michael say it best "but there's an I in wIn".

Also, you could look up any interview in youtube, most players give out the same crap anytime.

"Uh, i thought we played well..."
"t'was a team effort"
"it's a learning process" (Mastered by vinny del negro)
"we have to get back on D"


and the announcers... many have already been said, but...
"<name> for threeeeeehhhhBAM!"
Actually, i could say the most cliche thing i've heard is "kabum".


GOAT:applause: :applause:

[Sinox]

Kevin Harlan
Right between the eyes

Cliched phrase
They had better execution, we just couldn't make plays.

Luke Walton is a good passer

[bagelred]

There's a difference between a cliche and a catchphrase. Most people are spouting analyst catchphrases.

Cliches:

"We are going to take it one game at a time."
"It's not about the money."
"I don't care about playing time. I just want to win."
"Defense wins championships."
"I couldn't have done FILL IN THE BLANK without my teammates."
"We are going to go out there and give 110%."

[JustinJDW]

I actually like "Moma, there goes that man!" My brother and I joke around with that line a lot. I also like, "That's a grown man's move right there."

[stephanieg]

"Give up his body."

[enayes]

"Get out of my way, I've got an appointment with the rim!" - Mark Jackson

"Throw it down, big man, throw it down." - Bill Walton

"Yessssssss." - Marv Albert

"He fiddles a diddle... daddles a doodle...gets caught fiddling and diddling again and passes it off..." - Johnny Most (RIP)


I love when he says that.

[DrTheo]

If your'e afraid , buy a dog

[Solid Snake]

"You cant double off the box"

"Miss a layup and the other team 99% of the time will get a layup on the other end"

"Good scorer's find a way to draw contact and get to the free throw line"

Great ones right here, would rep if I could.

That bolded one I would put right up there with the one I mentioned on the first page about how "the most dangerous player on the inbounds pass is the inbounder himself." Those are some timeless, classic lines right there.

[no pun intended]

If your'e afraid , buy a dog
Theooo is that you?