ESPN announcer Mark Jones has a reputation for dropping colorful calls and phrases when he’s working a broadcast.
The fact the play-by-play man was working a mere NBA Summer League game Friday night didn’t stop him from trying out some fun one-liners.
Jones got started early in the first quarter, when Los Angeles Lakers guard Tommy Kuhse put a move on Houston Rockets rookie Reed Sheppard, who slipped and fell.
“Sheppard fell. Got dropped like a diss track, from Kendrick Lamar,” Jones explained.
Jones had an even better call for Sheppard in the third quarter, after the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft drove the lane and knocked down a nice floater.
“Oh wow … he was deep in his bag, like the fries were at the bottom,” Jones called.
Jones has a knack for dropping calls like that with ease. Earlier this year, Jones, who calls Sacramento Kings games for NBC Sports California, went into full thesaurus mode to describe a last-second turnover that doomed the Kings.
“And that’s going to be a pejorative, hurtful, deleterious turnover,” Jones lamented.
Nice to see Jones honing those already considerable PBP skills in summer-league action.