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Can’t believe it’s already been 22 years. Miss you Chick!

by Jah_Rules

14 Comments

  1. -anditsnotevenclose

    rest easy chick but this is not a good graphic at all

  2. Majestic-Tower-2719

    This is legit horrifying. Who TF made this

  3. box254lid

    I was fortunate enough to listen to Chick call Lakers games for 30 years, there will never be another broadcaster like him again. If I’m not mistaken, he was the last play by play man to call games on television and radio simultaneously.

  4. TreeLankaPresidente

    Chick invented terms such as: “slam dunk”, “air ball”, “triple-double”, “finger roll”, “dribble drive”, and “ticky-tack foul”

    He’s the Shakespeare of basketball.

    We use terms he invented all the time without even realizing it.

  5. pianosportsguy2

    “The game’s in the refrigerator, the door’s closed, the light’s out, the eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard and the *jello’s jiggling*.”

    First time I watched a televised game with Chick announcing, I couldn’t believe he was calling it for both TV and radio. But he did it so well!

  6. pianosportsguy2

    He put him in the popcorn machine. Yo-yoing up and down. Bunny hop in the pea patch. In and out, heartbrreak! The mustard’s off the hotdog. Caught with his hand in the cookie jar. So many great chickisms.

  7. SuperRam56

    Made me a fan for life. Listening on the radio and watching on KCAL 9 back in the day.

  8. SuperRam56

    Got to see the Lakers 3-peat as NBA champions before he passed.

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