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Van Gundy, Jackson, Breen Parodies

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Van Gundy, Jackson, Breen Parodies refers to dialogue spoofs of Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Mike Breen, ESPN's NBA commentating trio. The spoofs will often highlight how color commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson often go on tangents and discuss unrelated topics while calling an NBA game while play-by-play man Mike Breen will be calling the action on the court.

Origin

The NBA Finals has aired on ABC since 2003, with the trio of Breen, Van Gundy, and Jackson calling the series since 2007, save for 2012 and 2013, when Jackson was an NBA head coach. Their commentary has often proved divisive, with some fans taking issue with Jackson and Van Gundy's tendency to go off on tangents where they complain about NBA rules or talk about things unrelated to the game (example shown below).



In 2008, Bleacher Report[1] published a blog in which writer Drew Barton complained about the trio, writing:

The trifecta of self-indulgence did their best to wreck games as they managed to almost completely ignore the game in favor of yukking it up about whatever caught their fancy or projecting nothing but their own irrelevant ideas of what NBA rules should be.

Parodies of the trio began growing popular on Twitter around 2018. One of the earliest examples was posted on April 14th, 2018 by user @SreekyShooter[2] (shown below).


sreekar ... @sreekyshooter Replying to @sreekyshooter Mike Breen: Hi- Jeff Van Gundy: You know what I find interesting? How much basketball sucks Mark Jackson: Not many people know this but I coached the Warriors 5:14 PM · Apr 14, 2018 · Twitter for iPhone

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Parodies began appearing with regularity on Twitter during NBA games the trio called. On November 10th, 2018, user @liesandperfidy[3] posted a parody that gained over 910 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, left). On June 2nd, 2019, Twitter user @treblaw[5] posted a parody that gained over 630 retweets and 3,200 likes (shown below, right).


Reuben Poling, Posting About Baseball Again?? @liesandperfidy ... Replying to @liesandperfidy VAN GUNDY: And if you want to fire a coach, he should get to shoot you first! One bullet, right in the middle of the street! And if you die, so what?! JACKSON: That's right. Like l always say, you cannot expect the wombat to change his bill. BREEN: Wiggins misses off back iron, 3:23 PM · Nov 10, 2018 · Twitter Web Client Treb ... @treblaw VAN GUNDY: You know, Mike, dribbling is a lost art form. It's a shame. MARK JACKSON: An octopus cannot fly an airplane legally at this point in time. BREEN: A new season of American Idol is coming this fall. 9:04 PM · Jun 2, 2019 · Twitter for Android

Other popular parodies include a December 25th, 2019 tweet by user @WorldWideWob,[4] who posted a parody that gained over 3,400 retweets and 30,000 likes (shown below, left). On July 17th, 2021, user @toriimacdaddy[6] posted a parody that gained over 2,000 retweets and 22,000 likes (shown below, right).


Rob Perez ... @WorldWideWob MIKE BREEN: “LeBron has it. stops, shoots..." 99 99 MARK JACKSON: "“hand down man down." JEFF VAN GUNDY: “...and then i told him, Woodstock wasn't a concert. it was art. can you believe they are making cars that drive themselves? what a waste." 66 99 10:03 PM · Dec 25, 2019 · Twitter for iPad torii ... @toriimacdaddy Jeff Van Gundy: If you get fouled so hard that you fart a little you should get an extra free throw. Mark Jackson: Growing up in New York City we called that a brown out. Happened to a great point guard by the name of Kenny Anderson. Mike Breen:-and the Bucks have tied it up 10:00 PM · Jul 17, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

Various Examples


Treb ... @treblaw MARK JACKSON: I was told an ampersand helps cook your macaroni. JEFF VAN GUNDY: That's a great rotation even though there's motor oil in my underwear. MIKE BREEN: Kuzma hits a pair. 10:22 PM · Jan 18, 2020 · Twitter for Android Rob Perez ... @WorldWideWob MIKE BREEN: "The referees will stop play to review a hostile act" MARK JACKSON: "Talk about due diligence, respect to the officials for getting the call right." JEFF VAN GUNDY: "Hostile act? you know what was a hostile act? The Cuban Missile Crisis." MIKE BREEN: "Boston ball." 9:59 PM · Sep 25, 2020 · Twitter Web App Not Nick Miller ... @Tatum_Brown_Inc VAN GUNDY: have you seen his cousin's tweets? Counts to a billion, hates the establishment, HORNY! Worst of all, he mocks us! JACKSON: immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Jeff. Game respests game. BREEN: Tatum fouled on the shot, he'll go to the line. 12:53 PM · Nov 30, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Mike Beauvais ... @MikeBeauvais ORONT JEFF VAN GUNDY: I'm not sure when it became unfashionable for coaches to wear turtlenecks, but they project authority. MARK JACKSON: The Jersey Devil is not a myth. It's not a legend. I've seen it twice with my own eyes. MIKE BREEN: Jeff Teague inbounds the basketball. Chad Finkelstein @yahdley BREEN: The three is good from Crowder and the Suns pull within 8 VAN GUNDY: Some cultures believed that if you looked at your neighbor's wife he could give you a strong tap, right in the balls, with a hammer JACKSON: In that moment, no one wants to be that guy. Believe me 11:57 PM · Jul 18, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone nevona ... @nevona JEFF VAN GUNDY: I just don't think he should be allowed to hit them MARK JACKSON: Jeff, at these rates - he can hit! MIKE BREEN: And arena security is now escorting the Johnny Carson impersonator off the court 11:07 PM · Jul 17, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

Search Interest

External References

[1] Bleacher Report – Good Riddance, Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, and Company

[2] Twitter – @SreekyShooter

[3] Twitter – @liesandperfidy

[4] Twitter – WorldWideWob

[5] Twitter – @treblaw

[6] Twitter – @toriimacdaddy

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