Shortly after dismissing longtime announcing duo Mike Barrett and Mike Rice, the Trail Blazers have announced the hiring of Kevin Calabro (via Casey Holdahl). Calabro is a highly respected announcer who was widely known as the play-by-play announcer for the SuperSonics before they left for Oklahoma City. While he is certainly a huge snag for the Trail Blazers, his hiring can only further add to the misery of Seattle NBA fans.
As if the heartbreak of losing the Sonics wasn’t hard enough for their former fans, Portland has done a proper job of “poking the bear” in recent years.