A few thoughts on the state of national NBA broadcasts while waiting for Reggie Miller to tell us another dozen times that Jalen Brunson won the Clutch Player of the Year award …
· The overall play in the NBA postseason has been consistently compelling. The same cannot be said for most of the broadcasts, in part because of a dearth of top-notch color commentators.
Miller, who was paired as usual with the always superb Kevin Harlan for Games 1 and 2 of the Celtics-Knicks series, is perplexing. He’s an A+ talk show guest, especially during his regular appearances on “The Dan Patrick Show,” but as an analyst, he talks incessantly without a whole lot to say.