Let's talk about the Commentary for the FIBA World Championships.

Long story short: It's incredible.

None of the shmultzy Marv Albert impersonations that permeate NBA commentary,  just pure, unadultered excitement about the game. Take, for example, this dunk by the one and only Nicolas Batum.



That is not something you would hear in an NBA game. Team-based commentators have been known to deviate from the script on occasion, but for the most part, you've got your Mike Breens and your Kevin Harlans spouting off catch phrases, trying to make the fact that David Stern has them by the balls as unobtrusive as possible. (For the record, I'm actually a huge Kevin Harlan fan)

I would love to hear them lose it like the guy above. Maybe drop a "GOT DAMN!" after something particularly dunktastic. I understand that composure is key to their job performance, but there's something cool about having announcer that is so excited about the game that he can't gather his thoughts into anything terribly cohesive.

Sometimes, "BANG!" just doesn't cut it.