Legends replaced: Alex Faust takes over for Kings' Bob Miller, Joe Davis for Dodgers' Vin Scully, and Brian Sieman for Clippers' Ralph Lawler.
Kings prospect Rasmus Kupari tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Finland’s first game of the 2020 World Junior Championship.
“I think there’s an expectation from announcers to either play it right down the middle or to lean in a little bit more to being the team guy. I’ve tried to straddle that line as much as I can because I feel I need to build up credibility with the audience and I still haven’t accomplished that to the extent that I want,” Faust said. “That will take a long time.
“I think the two biggest things for me have been: No. 1, the team has been good, and so I’m delivering good news, and No. 2, Orel is one of my best friends in the world and you couldn’t fake that, especially in baseball, when it’s 162 games,” Davis said. “It’s really hard to manufacture genuine friendship.
As he told fans things they didn’t want to hear, he absorbed their misdirected anger over the Kings’ failures. Announcer Brian Sieman speaks at the Clippers Foundation Charity Golf Classic in Pacific Palisades on Oct. 24, 2016.But he faced some tricky adjustments. He worked alone in radio but on TV sits alongside one of three analysts — Corey Maggette, Chauncey Billups or Mike Fratello. That could be confusing, but he likes the varied elements they bring. Also, Sieman had to adjust from making a radio-style call to doing a TV call. After a while, it became second nature.
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