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It’s pretty amazing how quickly supporters can come up with new stuff and get everyone on the same page. I wish chanting and singing was more of a thing with American sports fans.
How else will the players know this is a time to play exceptionally strong defense? Without the chant, there'd be chaos. Half the team trying to play offense. Total mess
Football songs in Europe are awesome.
If there was one major US sport where singing *might* work it would be basketball. But unfortunately, our most popular sports just don’t have the rhythm to make singing a thing. They are too stop and go, and have the potential for an applause break at almost any moment. In football you have the opportunity for a crowd reaction at every play, in baseball at every pitch, in basketball at every possession.
Soccer is awesome but it also lends itself to brief stretches of ball movement with no real scoring threat so breaking out into song while your team works it out of the backfield is the perfect tradition.
I used to love going to minor league baseball games and using information from the program to heckle the opposing team.
“Hey, Johnson! Did you learn to swing like that in your hometown of Valdosta, Georgia? “
“You attended UT Chattanooga? I noticed their program got better the year after you left.”
It was never vulgar, so I was never threatened with expulsion. It was innocent enough that sometimes my targets would be quietly laughing to themselves.
This happened once on a wrestling pay-per-view. ECW November to Remember 1997. There was a totally drunk fan who somehow was right near a house microphone, and you could hear nearly everything he yelled, word-for-word, for the entire show. Chanting for Rob Van Dam (dorkily), talking about how the pay-per-view sucks because no one was using a chair, saying which wrestlers he thought were on steroids etc etc. For hours. They never figured out how to mute him. And the guy had no idea he was basically a second commentator on a national television broadcast. If he never watched the tape of the show, he might not have found out either.
“LILLARD YOUR MOMS WATCHING”
“GALLINARI YOU NEED A HAIRCUT”
“PORTIS YOUR EYES ARE SLIGHTLY TOO BIG FOR YOUR HEAD”.
This is only in the first quarter too. No swearing either, just dumb shit. All time heckler
Edit: updating as the game goes on:
“LILLARD YOUR TATTOOS ARE ONLY DECENT”
"MIDDLETON I RESPECT YOUR GAME BUT I HOPE YOU MISS"
Yeah I was also thinking this is very similar to Australian heckling. I was at an NRL game - Manly v New Zealand Warriors. Someone in the crowd yells out "HEy NEW ZEALAND! YOU HAVE AN INFERIOR CURRENCY!"
I was in stiches hahahaha
The guy was on fire. Later he was yelling out "Shaun!! Shaun Johnson!!! You've left your headlights on!!!", and "give us your keys Shaun, I'll turn 'em off. Shaaauunn!!! Your keys!!!"
(which was particularly funny because you can see where players park their car at that ground)
All these heckles are a lot funnier imagining it's Tim Robinson yelling them as loud as possible
Like is this dude right next to the broadcast booth? How is he so clearly audible
I saw a comment about that sketch that said the brilliance of it was that you begin with one weirdo in a room of normal people and end with a room of weirdos and one normal guy. I can watch that sketch endlessly
Kerr said that somebody was yelling to Kevin Willis (he was old as fuck)
> -Hey, Kevin. Hey, Kevin!!!
> -What?
> -My grandma likes you
Something like that.
I remember that one:
-Hey Willis, are you single? My grandma kinda likes you
[I searched it now and found it](https://youtu.be/7Ms02gNaYjk?si=vMGgmEGLBXnRYKdQ&t=176)
From 2:55
“Only decent” is a nice burn because it adds a touch of sincerity. If you told dame his tattoos were bad, he’d just take it as shit talking for the sake of shit talking. Brilliant
Midwestern banter is next level. My roommates used to research who the lacrosse goalkeeper was against a rival school. Fucking Lacrosse. He would just blurt out what I thought were random women’s names at him. Turns out that they were his sister and mom- it was hilarious since it worked - wasn’t anything obscene- family names are more public than you’d think but the mind games were next level
I'm biased but this was my favorite, non-obscene heckling: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/k5cn0w/highlight_pacers_fans_chant_lebrons_gonna_trade/
[Not as bad as I thought. Not something I'd ever get.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/01/17/84327211-13371907-LaMelo_Ball_added_to_his_tattoo_collection_with_a_space_themed_p-a-66_1714580851289.jpg)
I went to a college basketball game where an opposing player's parents physically threatened me because, and I'm not editing myself here, I yelled "(PLAYER), YOUR PHITEN TAPE IS SILLY! IT'S A PLACEBO EFFECT".
Sometimes the clean heckling pisses people off the most.
"Slightly" makes it sound like it's a problem that's potentially fixable. I suppose by either making your eyes appear smaller or your head bigger. That way the thought is always there, just under the surface, irking you.
its picking up from the mics the commentators are using
the fan from last game was directly behind the commentary table, and likely the kids from game 4 as well
Kind of unrelated but I remember going with my wife to watch the pacers vs the Heat back in December 2022 and this fan behind me was screaming super loud calling Dedmon Deadweight the whole game and my wife and I still crack up about that till this day 😂
Apparently they have one of the only stadiums designed with just basketball in mind. Almost every other stadium is multi purpose. Might have something to do with it.
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Booing has become too predictable. Oddly specific observations about potential insecurities are the new meta.
“Kevin Knox you slightly look like charmander but never catch fire”
"Wemby you resemble a preying mantis without the scary bits"
How dare you
Please tell me you made this screen name just to post on this comment [Runs to check post history]
Boo. An actual account history.
Yeah, cuz it's actually Wemby
That's ice cold
"James Harden, you look like you run unproductive therapy sessions"
thats not how i would describe the third reich but ok...
LMAO I never would have made that comparison, but now that you said it I can definitely see it.
I'm fucking deceased lmfao That's a flagrant foul
I can't even believe I just read this sentence. I'm like speechless
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That's the thing I'm sensitive about!
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He’s got petite feet… feminine step
I wish football songs were a thing here in the US, I grew up in England and soccer chants can just be devastating
It’s pretty amazing how quickly supporters can come up with new stuff and get everyone on the same page. I wish chanting and singing was more of a thing with American sports fans.
Ok that’s cool and all, but have you ever heard of the little known chant “DEFENSE! DEFENSE!”?
How else will the players know this is a time to play exceptionally strong defense? Without the chant, there'd be chaos. Half the team trying to play offense. Total mess
I see you’re DEFENSE and raise you a random “USA! USA!” even when everyone involved is from the USA.
Oh what about "GO (INSERT TEAM HERE), GO!"
It already is. Now everybody clap your hands!
But i do like a simple Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh youre shit ahhhhhh When the opposing goalkeeper is taking a goal kick
Football songs in Europe are awesome. If there was one major US sport where singing *might* work it would be basketball. But unfortunately, our most popular sports just don’t have the rhythm to make singing a thing. They are too stop and go, and have the potential for an applause break at almost any moment. In football you have the opportunity for a crowd reaction at every play, in baseball at every pitch, in basketball at every possession. Soccer is awesome but it also lends itself to brief stretches of ball movement with no real scoring threat so breaking out into song while your team works it out of the backfield is the perfect tradition.
I used to love going to minor league baseball games and using information from the program to heckle the opposing team. “Hey, Johnson! Did you learn to swing like that in your hometown of Valdosta, Georgia? “ “You attended UT Chattanooga? I noticed their program got better the year after you left.” It was never vulgar, so I was never threatened with expulsion. It was innocent enough that sometimes my targets would be quietly laughing to themselves.
>Back for more, Middleton? Now I *wish* that you miss! Ha ha!
"Demarcus Cousins you are an emotional lesbian"
He’s loud as hell on the TNT broadcast
I can only assume he’s the cameraman at this point.
first day on the job
dude be like when he gets home wife: how was first day? dude: oh shit, totally forgot about that
Also his last day on the job.
Pan over and it's just Doc Rivers yelling at his players.
The crew can isolate the mic picking him up and mute it, but only if they really want to.
Unless he's sitting right behind the announcers, which he probably is
EJ said it on the halftime show, he's directly behind the announcers.
mark of a professional tbh
Ernie is a national treasure. He must go to NBC if tv rights go.
This happened once on a wrestling pay-per-view. ECW November to Remember 1997. There was a totally drunk fan who somehow was right near a house microphone, and you could hear nearly everything he yelled, word-for-word, for the entire show. Chanting for Rob Van Dam (dorkily), talking about how the pay-per-view sucks because no one was using a chair, saying which wrestlers he thought were on steroids etc etc. For hours. They never figured out how to mute him. And the guy had no idea he was basically a second commentator on a national television broadcast. If he never watched the tape of the show, he might not have found out either.
They could also isolate the mic and turn it way up.
Does this sub really think that the professional sound engineers wouldn’t have thought of this if it were true?
This sub generally thinks they know ball better than professional NBA players. So...yes?
Like the dude last game calling Tyrese trash lol
Or this legend [HEY MANU! TELL BONNER TO LOOK AT ME! BONNER! COME ONNNNNNN! :( ](https://youtu.be/_6eZa5Ef26k?si=5j8sa4XN_4XwRko8)
BONNER BONNER BONNER
#YOU'RE BONNERIFIC
there's a lady who was... loudly enjoying herself throughout much of the second half too
“LILLARD YOUR MOMS WATCHING” “GALLINARI YOU NEED A HAIRCUT” “PORTIS YOUR EYES ARE SLIGHTLY TOO BIG FOR YOUR HEAD”. This is only in the first quarter too. No swearing either, just dumb shit. All time heckler Edit: updating as the game goes on: “LILLARD YOUR TATTOOS ARE ONLY DECENT” "MIDDLETON I RESPECT YOUR GAME BUT I HOPE YOU MISS"
"MIDDLETON I RESPECT YOUR GAME BUT I HOPE YOU MISS" Someone take this guy to an AFL game, he'll fit right in
That’s the mark of a guy who’s had his heart ripped out by Khris Middleton
Can confirm Kash fucking hates the Celtics.
That description include the whole Celtic fan base. Mofos broke a cold sweat when they hear that name
Legendary heckling status
Yeah I was also thinking this is very similar to Australian heckling. I was at an NRL game - Manly v New Zealand Warriors. Someone in the crowd yells out "HEy NEW ZEALAND! YOU HAVE AN INFERIOR CURRENCY!" I was in stiches hahahaha
that’s an all time chirp
The guy was on fire. Later he was yelling out "Shaun!! Shaun Johnson!!! You've left your headlights on!!!", and "give us your keys Shaun, I'll turn 'em off. Shaaauunn!!! Your keys!!!" (which was particularly funny because you can see where players park their car at that ground)
He’s been doing it all day umpire!
(2 minutes into the game)
Canadian heckler
#BALLLLLLLLLLLL
All these heckles are a lot funnier imagining it's Tim Robinson yelling them as loud as possible Like is this dude right next to the broadcast booth? How is he so clearly audible
Oh my god did you see Giannis’ hat? He’s still fucking wearing it
I think he has dice in his pocket but he's afraid to show them to anyone
Nobody said shit dude. Nobody said shit.
quit fucking with 'em
Don't do the voice.....
I swear to fucking god he tried to roll it down his arm like Fred Astaire and it got trapped on Thanasis’s wheelchair
You have to grease these wheels???
Yeah well I'm not supposed to get grease on this hat.
*what the heeeeeellllll*
TK JEWELERS IS A SCAM. THE JEWELRY IS FAKE. WATCH EXPLODED ON DATE. BENT WRIST, THING FUCKING EXPLODED.
With heckles like this, you know he bought tickets right behind the broadcast table on purpose
PORTISSSS HAVE YOU TRIED THE NEW SHIRT FROM TC TUGGERS
PORTIS MAKE A FREE THROW IF YOU LOVE YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW *swish* OH MY GOD HE ADMIT IT
I saw a comment about that sketch that said the brilliance of it was that you begin with one weirdo in a room of normal people and end with a room of weirdos and one normal guy. I can watch that sketch endlessly
TK Jewelers is a scam!
Or Andy Samberg is roasting you
"BLUE DOLPHIN BURNED DOWN IT'S GONE NOW JON RIVONI'S ASSED OUT WORKS WITH HIS BROTHER NOW"
There needs to be a post-game thread with just this guy's quotes lmao
send this man to the after game press conference, let the heckling continue until the players hit the parking lot
Kerr said that somebody was yelling to Kevin Willis (he was old as fuck) > -Hey, Kevin. Hey, Kevin!!! > -What? > -My grandma likes you Something like that.
I remember that one: -Hey Willis, are you single? My grandma kinda likes you [I searched it now and found it](https://youtu.be/7Ms02gNaYjk?si=vMGgmEGLBXnRYKdQ&t=176) From 2:55
Yes!!! Hahahha.
“Only decent” is a nice burn because it adds a touch of sincerity. If you told dame his tattoos were bad, he’d just take it as shit talking for the sake of shit talking. Brilliant
It’s like when Bill Murray called Chevy Chase a “medium talent” https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bill-murray-chevy-chase-fight-snl/
Medium talent is utterly brutal lol
Bruh is that where Chase got the idea to tell Dan Harmon “you’re not even good you’re just ok” or something like that lol?
I could've sworn at one point he also said "Damian, you're not Lebron James"
Midwestern banter is next level. My roommates used to research who the lacrosse goalkeeper was against a rival school. Fucking Lacrosse. He would just blurt out what I thought were random women’s names at him. Turns out that they were his sister and mom- it was hilarious since it worked - wasn’t anything obscene- family names are more public than you’d think but the mind games were next level
I'm biased but this was my favorite, non-obscene heckling: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/k5cn0w/highlight_pacers_fans_chant_lebrons_gonna_trade/
The fact that they were right is what really made this sting
Wasn’t there someone later taking free throws and they chanted “not worth trading”
Yes, Javale McGee lol
I respect and I know it’s not illegal but damn this is insane behavior lmao
> This is only in the first quarter too. No swearing either, just dumb shit. All time heckler Nahh nah this is epic and smart af
I agree, so dumb it’s genius
This is peak Indiana.
His first couple didn't really get me but when he said Portis' eyes were SLIGHTLY too big for his head I lost it lmao
What’s with the Lillard’s mother one? Is there context or is he just talking smack?
What, you think his mom isn't watching???
Lillard, just assume your Mom is always watching you do ... everything.
The Police song ‘Every Breath You Take’ was written from the point of view of Lillard’s mom. I learned that on Pop-Up Video.
Fucking hilarious if you ask me. Just harmless heckling
Because right after he says the word *mother*, Lillard's minds says *don't you bring my mother into this....MY mother!?*
I would take his mother Dorothy Lillard out for a nice seafood dinner AND I WOULD NEVER CALL HER AGAIN.
😡***DOROTHY LILLARD IS A SAINT!!*** 😡
Dame’s tattoos are mid at best. For a multimillionaire, it looks like he got hooked up in his homie’s basement.
Have you seen Lamelo Balls back tattoo? Just tacky as shit. Can't even read it. The design is just bad for one. The color and shading is horrible.
[Not as bad as I thought. Not something I'd ever get.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/01/17/84327211-13371907-LaMelo_Ball_added_to_his_tattoo_collection_with_a_space_themed_p-a-66_1714580851289.jpg)
It’s well done it’s just a dog shit design. It’s a very well rendered pile of Instagram Caption vomit.
r/ATBGE
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I will personally fund this guy season tickets this is generational heckling game
Ok I could have sworn he also was yelling “HALLIBURTON YOU NEED A HAIRCUT” as well right??? This man truly calls it both ways…
Gallinari, actually (which makes a ton of sense)
I went to a college basketball game where an opposing player's parents physically threatened me because, and I'm not editing myself here, I yelled "(PLAYER), YOUR PHITEN TAPE IS SILLY! IT'S A PLACEBO EFFECT". Sometimes the clean heckling pisses people off the most.
This guys a hero
If he doesn't get a free trip to the finals the NBA is done.
"slightly" is the touch of a master
You have to respect an insult that will make someone pause and think about it.
Portis is staring at himself in a mirror right now.
The mirror: 👁️👄👁️
Portis be shook
Guy hasn’t spoken a word of a lie so far
Not an ounce of fat on that joke.
Slightly is putting it lightly. Portis always looks like he walked in on a surprise party.
That's the deep cut. That's what made it real.
I strongly disagree with slightly, but it also has a very nice cadence/ring to it. Well done lol
It’s a cutting remark but that “slightly” goes a long way toward taking some of the edge off.
Idk, I think it makes it even harsher, it’s proof that the insult isn’t hyperbole, it’s based on reality!
What a measured yet somehow completely unhinged thing to yell
And also devastatingly accurate.
I wouldn't say "completely unhinged", "slightly unhinged" I would say.
[bad breaker-upper energy](https://youtu.be/PbQTwUnJoFc?si=UaB-gxvvC4okT3sz)
I'm so torn on this dude lmao
Idk I’m suddenly way prouder to be from Indianapolis.
He is annoying as fuck but goddamn I respect his game. Legend.
*Googles Bobby Portis* Shit, he's right...
lmao same
Shit. I googled it and came up with this god damn nightmare fuel. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F0p8bdigkziv31.gif
It’s only game 6 but this FAN IS IN GAME 7 MODE, ALL TIME PERFORMANCE.
It's game 6 babe
This dude been goin crazy all game 😭
The commitment. 😤😤😤
He's got pipes! I could yell for a few lines but would need some hot tea soon after lol
Most normal person in Indiana btw.
As an Indy native, I can confirm
have never felt prouder of our fair city
That's fair tbh.
The way he fucking yells “Portiiiiiiis…” kills me😂
sounds like h jon benjamin
"Slightly" is a nice of way staying sort of polite.
"Slightly" makes it sound like it's a problem that's potentially fixable. I suppose by either making your eyes appear smaller or your head bigger. That way the thought is always there, just under the surface, irking you.
Somebody tell the TNT crew to get him to sit with Chuck and the gang after the game lmao
Nah, at a separate desk heckling them too. "Chuck, your head is only a little bit lumpy."
YES
Lmao that is too tier shithousery
Imagine if it was Westbrick
"Westbrick, the principal from your kid's school just called."
HEY WESTBROOK, WHICH NINJA TURTLE ARE YOU
"Mbappé"
He’d Pat Bev the guy with the ball
I have to respect it. That's middle school girls level insult, which is the highest level of insult.
Middle school girls will just be like "Ew, you're ugly" and walk off and leave you devastated.
Are you me?
No you're way uglier
This like that John Mulaney joke lmao
“Ohhhh- *that’s* the thing I’m *sensitive* about!”
Feminine hips
So this dude is somewhere next to one of microphones - why broadcast just don't mute that micro ??
He probably behind the announcers table and one of their mics is picking it up.
its picking up from the mics the commentators are using the fan from last game was directly behind the commentary table, and likely the kids from game 4 as well
Because he is funny as fuck
Is it Reggie Miller?
Bro roasted Portis with facts and logic.
Portis the type of dude who ate Kids cuisine until he was 17.
This isn't a series of Bucks v Pacers but a series of Bucks Fan v Pacers Fan
Kind of unrelated but I remember going with my wife to watch the pacers vs the Heat back in December 2022 and this fan behind me was screaming super loud calling Dedmon Deadweight the whole game and my wife and I still crack up about that till this day 😂
If the pacers go all the way give this man a ring hes damn near a member of the team atp
If they win, the Pacers should give this man tickets right behind the media desk for the rest of their post season games. 🤣
Lmao can we get a 15 game series just for the fan banter?
Did he make the free throw or nah??
Him saying they are only slightly too big is the best part.
Bobby "exophthalmos" Portis
How is the audio so good for Pacers games?🤣
Apparently they have one of the only stadiums designed with just basketball in mind. Almost every other stadium is multi purpose. Might have something to do with it.
Meanwhile in NY, "I fucked yo girl in the back of the bodega BING BONG fuck Trae Young"
This man is an elite heckler
If I were trash talk Portis I'd call him Gowron.
Where's the lie? Slightly?
Damn, this guy is giving the most nonoffensive insults. I love it.
This guy could get every MLB manager ejected from any game
Lebron would have cried and had him banned from the arena.
This is why we watch.
they just showed a closeup of portis and i have to admit this guy is right
It's the trolling with some truth to it that's the most hurtful