It’s played a certain way and we see it that way. We come to this with a different mindset, from a different place, but like Pete said, it’s still basketball to us. Knight: To piggyback on that, the thing is we also all have different personalities. You’re going to work every day with somebody that you really want to spend time with. So Brian Davis, who used to do the Thunder, another friend of mine and Brevin all came along. For my 55th birthday, I wanted to check off of the bucket list going to play at Pebble Beach. We tend to view the game the best way, we get along very well, our wives get along very well. But we get along seamlessly, which, when Brevin was hired I was spending my summers in Chicago at the time and I just got the call, “Brevin Knight’s going to do a bunch of games.” I’m like, “OK!” I think we’ve just become best friends. Pranica: I think the best part of it is we get along so well and it’s so natural that when you’re with your group for 85 games, three preseason and 82 regular season, if you don’t like each other, if you can’t figure out a way to work with each other, it’s going to be tough. Knight: I let the master of it all lead us off when we get into these conversations. Part 1 of their conversation is below and you can read Part 2 here).Īfter a decade of being in the booth together, what’s been the most fun aspect of the job? Pranica and Knight joined The Athletic’s Omari Sankofa II for lunch on Tuesday to discuss their careers, the joys and intricacies of broadcast TV, the rise and fall of the Grit & Grind era, favorite memories and what excites them about the new era of Grizzlies basketball.
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