NBA Finals 2008 Pre-game Introduction: Los Angeles Lakers

[2paczfan]

this guy is announcing as if it was a regular game

[2001Randomperson]

The Celtics Intro was way better

[aliasmaster]

All you guys just don't get it. The PA, Lawrence Tanter, has announced the lineups since the Showtime era with Magic. Lakers have a lot of tradition and it shows in their old school introductions. True Laker fans know how to appreciate them.

[JessikahAznBabyy]

@aliasmaster i agree with you brah. although i do believe he should perhaps add a bit more intonation and aggressiveness (has to be subtle). i prefer a bit of old-school charm and class over that goofy retard that announces the miami heat

[xfactor541]

Lakers announcer: "Time to greet the home teeam."

Heat announcer: "AND NOW, STAAAAAAAAAAAAND UP...AND MAKE SOME NOOOOOOOOOIIIIISE!!!! FOR YOUR! MIAMIIIIII !!! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT!!!"

Lmao if it werent for Kobe, Lakers games would be more boring than Spurs games. I guess im spoiled by the Heat though.

[yaldo2k12]

Celtics all day

[princeofdarknessxyz1]

@Thesolephysician dude i agree...and dodgers announcer is the same too...ridiculous...if i was the owner of the team i would get someone better

[alacionono]

Celtics can beat lakers 2012 finals

[itzRyanBro]

im a celtics fan but the lakers are a good team I must say...

[princeofdarknessxyz1]

i miss rodamonovich...who is he playing for?

[princeofdarknessxyz1]

they should be playing this transformers theme for every laker intro...they always change it

[princeofdarknessxyz1]

at the beginning they got the transformers theme ...good move

[princeofdarknessxyz1]

@Thesolephysician he's old school...but this is still a very goosebump like intro for the lakersuntil 1:08....the best intro are the chicago bulls...pumps you up

[Tmacsooner]

Celtics announcer > Lakers

[nolanjuice84]

i hate fishers little entrance...stand up queer

[conrad18051]

what is the name of the song that is played when they begin to announce the players names it starts at 1:00?

[binning69]

@conrad18051 its called babe o'reily or something by the who

[ChrisDosTres]

i am a Die Hard Lakers fan but man does this announcer suck!!!! he sucks so much tht i ma say the Boston announcer is way better than the Lakers... the Lakers anouncer is always dead!!!

[MantisAtlantis]

OMG drrryyyyyyyyyyyy

[diplo33]

thumbs up if u think this intro is gay and the 2008 celtics intro is better

[yargyxyarg]

@diplo33 Thumbs down if you think the Celtics suck and their fans are a bunch of bandwagon fans.

[TheWBarry]

wtf.. is this Crime Scene Investigation??? with all the bing bong blinga blonga song.. (OUT HERE IN THE FIELD... !) 1:03 Go The Who!

[jackdermody7]

Compare this video to the Celtics pregame. The celtics one is so much better.

[AlbanianGuy]

does anyone know where i can find the intro to the game 1 of the lakers in boston i think that was the best intro right there with pdiddys song

[SUYkevin]

they could have changed the intro for the '10 intros

[GunsNRosesbitches]

The 1997 Chicago Bulls Intro is the best EVER. This is an embarrassment of an intro

[Lach1234]

Only in L.A will they make a pre-game introduction look like an upcoming movie. LMFAO...

[jamaalfridge]

@Lach1234 And a bad one at that.

[kobebryant652]

e sound s like hes announcing some low-class third leauge team not LA... i would be so fuckin' exited if i could announce only once!!!

[clubbrugge007]

what's the name of the song 1:13 please?

[yinkadare]

@clubbrugge007 The Who - Baba O'Riley

[StarFoxMcCloud11]

The Lakers. NBA champions in 2009 and 2010 and soon to be...THE 2011 NBA CHAMPIONS!!!! If only we beat those lephricans in '08. Sigh <=I

[StarFoxMcCloud11]

And Now! Ooon Your Feet! Time To Greet The Home Team! The Starting Line-Up For Your Los Angeles Lakerssss!

[DEWMOUNTAINDEW]

to bad they lost

[natesd619]

CELTiCS iNTRO WAY BETTER!

[MOizSUAVE14]

Lakers repeat!

[Kruegerisgod]

As George Lopez once "You member what happened in Game 4, you member"

[DeanBosse52]

This announcer is awful. I think the Cleveland Cavaliers have the best annoucer.

[smktkr]

he's an announcer not a stupid cheerleader, + it's the fans job to get loud for their team, i'm guessing you want him yelling like an idio,t spinning and doing backflips, sorry not his job, if the fans and the players can't be pumped up without him yelling like the idiot in detroit, then go find another team to cheer for, + the real fans are jumping up and yelling like crazy anyway they could care less how loud the announcer sounds

[chrislover234567]

@smktkr .... im not tellin him to prance and cheer around all im sayin is have some enthusiasm in ur voice especially wen the team is lakers and they are in the finals.....

[kwijibo39]

@Thesolephysician lol, thats how hiz voice is, r u a laker fan?

[kinseu]

what is the name of the song and the quote on the big screen?

[ivoreikeys]

@kinseu The song is "The All Spark" from the Transformers score by Steve Jablonsky.  I dunno about the quote though.

[alexcama91]

what's the name of the song when the players are introducing???

[iaccdp1234]

@alexcama91 Baba Oriely- The Who

[Delamaterb]

la lakers will repeat again this year

[cubs2319]

no ur retarted

[jzmagic]

lisp

[frerku]

Lakers <3

[goill312]

that anouncer gotta calm down man hes too damn hyped! lol doesnt he know its the nba finals? fail!!! look up the bulls anouncer when jordan was in the chi thats how you do it....CHICAGO MAYNE!!!!!

[iaccdp1234]

I like the humble Baba Oriely intro. The anouncer doesnt sound pompus and sounds humble. And the team wins. Thats the perfect combo. A humble, undisputed champion.

[nibbletjones]

kobe is a cheat who elbows people. just saying

[Akifostylo]

omg what a fucking boring announcer!

[Lagrimita24]

@Akifostylo he's been their p.a. voice announcer since the showtime days thats the original "hollywood" voice for laker basketball....thats why ppl who arent laker fans dont know much about him

[4lejandroo]

the 2008 champs vs the 2009 champs will be a good finals this year

[caironewyork]

since the celtics cant beat the nets, i dont think it will happen

[tuzziiman1]

could the lakers announcer be any more boring?

[Gman19209]

what about rasheed wallace, marquis danials, eddie house, and glen davis.....the celtics have THE best bench in the NBA and thats what its goin to come down to

[bigguyrobbie]

Lakers weren't even healthy, Ariza broken foot, Bynum didn't play cuz of his knew, lets see the Celtics play this year's healthy Laker team and see what happens, FUCK BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IHyRaXI]

yeah its funny celtics fans were bitchen thsi year saying LA onyl won the finals because KG wasnt there... but the thing is when the celtics beat LA in 08 the lakers were missing ther STAR starting center Andrew Bynum, and starting shooting forward trevor ariza.

and you cant fuckind eny that those 2 gusy wouldnt make a difference

i garuntee you this year that if both celtics and lakers are healty, LA will shit on Boston in the FINALS!!!

Lakers pride !!!!!!!

[Kruegerisgod]

That's All Lakers and their fans do is fucking whine.Don't be a little pussy just because your team lost take it like a man

[alexcama91]

someone knows the name of the song that start at 1.00???

[dannyyang525]

aww phil jackson was cut off

[BalackIsBack]

The Who...Teenage Wasteland

[tannah2]

Laker fans fail to admit that Gasol is what makes them a title team just like KG makes the C's a title team. Any Laker fan want to bet that if Gasol, not Bynum suffered the same injury as KG that their season would end in the same fashion as the C's season last year. LA would be a playoff team without Gasol, but not a title team.

[Patriotsa11day]

in my opinion Cleavland is ready i love to watch Lebron do his thing but all u Lakers fans know the Lakers cant fuck with the Celtics they had the same lineup in 08 and the Celtics were healthy they beat the shit out of yall KG was hurt all season Boston wasnt the same for 09 but look out he's healthy and they got Rasheed...One of those two eastern conference teams will win the title this year

[RSB0171717]

@Patriotsa11day the lakers swept the celtics last year with garnett and the cavs aint ready they got a 37 year old center with a bad hip and they think there championship contenders again? lol the magic whooped on u guys last year and the lakers whooped the magic

[Patriotsa11day]

garnett wasnt even healthy last season .....lol im tellin u the celtics r beasty who woulda ever thought Allen Pierce Rasheed and KG on the same damn team....without Wallace the Lakers couldnt do shit now with him what u think???

[IHyRaXI]

look at the lakers celtics matchup.

1fisher or brown on rondo

2Kobe on allen

3Artest on perice

4Gasol on KG

5Bynum on perkins

(plus lamar odom coming off the bench.

LA will shit on Boston = D

[RSB0171717]

@IHyRaXI

plus we have jordan farmar,vujacic and powell

and the lakrs have the best bench in the nba

[StarFoxMcCloud11]

The song is from Transformers.

[34PaulPierceForThree]

yes the lost game 7 ,but KG was not on the floor ,the whole playoffs.

What are the Gaykers without Kobe --> nothing.

Leon Powe was also injuried.

[violator014]

what are boston celdicks without gayvin , crybaby and gay allen??---->nothing, paul pierce can't even lead boston to tha playoffs before tha big 3 was formed

[mrisaacson]

Isn't that like asking what are the lakers with Kobe and Gasol, or the Cavs without Lebron and Williams, or the Magic with Howard and Lewis... Obviously none are very good. The exception that comes to mind are the Rockets... better without T-Mac and Yao.

[violator014]

but they have ariza and brooks,

[Patriotsa11day]

he did

[Kruegerisgod]

He took them to the East Finals in 2002

[violator014]

@Kruegerisgod

that's with the former all star antoine walker

[Kruegerisgod]

I know and he took them to the playoffs without antoine

[violator014]

@Kruegerisgod

that's why walker was averaging 25PPG huh

[Kruegerisgod]

@violator014 He went to the playoffs and conference finals anyway kobe can't do shit without a big man.

[violator014]

@Kruegerisgod

like paul pierce can a carry tha celtics without a big man, LOL!!! Look at them now, wihtout KG, they're just an 50 win team

[Kruegerisgod]

@violator014 Actually He took his team to the East Finals without a Big Man.Learn how to spell man

[violator014]

@Kruegerisgod

and please, don't send me a message saying i'm a front runner, i was a Lakers and Suns fan since when i was 10, so shut tha fuck up, u don't know anything asshole

[Kruegerisgod]

I think when you were 10 the The suns had failed you and you started to like the Lakers when Phil Jackson arrived I bet.

[violator014]

@Kruegerisgod

really??? nice try man, but when I was 10 I remember tha suns was tha NUMBER 1 SEED in tha west cockstick, and when I was 10 I remember PJ left tha Lakers dumbass, but I still liked them

[34PaulPierceForThree]

Cause I wont laugh them out

hahahaha

I just wanted to see te intro of the Gaykers cause I havn't see it already

[Isuckinmath1]

haha, your speaking about this years champs, and boston di soo shitty, lost fucking game 7 by 20, so fuck off.

[Kevle110]

What´s the song at the beginning?

[34PaulPierceForThree]

damn is this shit :D:D:D hahaha

LA Gaykers hahahahaha

boston for ever

[sportygu123]

if the lakers are "gay" why did u even watch this vid?

[howard205]

What are u a Celtic

[sportygu123]

nope, I'm a Laker fan

[MrCelticsfan101]

i thought they were going to watch transformer when i heard the music.

[lakai4president]

boston have the best intro

[fraerot]

wrong dude ...the best ever intro is from Chicago bulls!!!

[mpham1974]

chicago bulls have a better intro

[21ubuntu]

Where's the enthousiasm? Speaker is bored to make noise. That's the crowd wants to make noise too.

[Kingkong673]

ya to bad hes gone but artest is better if him and kobe can actually work things out unlike the 09 playoffs

[LACOFD121]

i really liked it when they would announce "out of ucla, trevor ariza!" sucks that he's gone

[jabbawockeezfank123]

whts the name of the song in the beginning when they show the video??? its from transformers

[EliteXenoSpartan]

Cool.....um...Dont they use this music in the Transformeers Movie?

It sounds Familiar....

[TheBballstar234]

the announcer sounds so bored.........he has no expression what so ever

[r0binzero]

hes liek 60 u can only be so happy at that age

[G0000MBA]

"the announcer"?

his name is lawrence tanter,show some fucking respect.he is the smoothest,most classic announcer left in the nba.

appearantly whatever team you root for sucks,

because here in LA, we expect the lakers to excite us,not "the announcer"

[ExtremeGamer55]

Lol, ya, in Detroit the announcer pumps the crowd up, all the excitment, we all damn know the pistons are shit, so i dont see how the fans get into them. I am a Boston fan, but I damnwell know that Tanter is the best announcer in all the NBA. I am glad they got Odom back too, he is my favorite Laker, I hope we meet in 2010 Finals, gl next season!

[G0000MBA]

god fucking damnit.

you are easily the best boston fan i have ever met.

and good luck to you man,were both gonna need it with all these good teams

[howard205]

Bring it On

[SparzWizard]

Yes, true Celtics/NBA fan :D. And I do like Detroit's intro/PA...my most favorite despite being a Celtics fan.

Hopefully WE meet again, this time in 2010 Finals.

[Meckrocz3451]

@ExtremeGamer55 yes he is well said man but the bulls are going to the 2011 nba finals mvp: derrick rose.

[909beto909]

dudes no offense but the lakers should have a better intro than this

[BIGBOI1503]

im a lakers fan n hell ya we do.... damn da speaker sounds fuken boring.... he dont make it exciting

[909beto909]

i know its like wow dude just stfu i rather listen to nothing then to here ur dumb ass voice

[G0000MBA]

he doesnt need to be exciting and fucking stupid like every other announcer because the lakers are exciting if you cant see that or appreciate lawrence tanter then your not a true lakers fan.

[diplo33]

Fuck lakers!

[DJLakers247]

so who cares the magic beat the cavs.

so man the magic r good.

but the lakers are obviously better.

GO Lakers hell yeah 2009 champs bab

[Kruegerisgod]

Lakers suck soo much.They could barely beat an inferior and inexperienced ,inconsistent,Magic team.remember Dwight is not even at 20% percent of what he can be and they barely won.gosh that's lame

[AFGRaleigh]

None of the other top teams could beat the Magic, so as far as I see they are the best...

[imhood37]

really having an early reg season record like 35-10 doesnt sound to bad well thats just to be

[Lkr721993]

The song is Baba O'Riley by The Who

[Kruegerisgod]

Teenage Wasteland you idiot.

[Lkr721993]

The song is Baba O'Riley by The Who. Listen to the album Who's Next(a classic) before you make any more comments that make you look like a retard.

[GetCarter08]

you're technically right same chorus different song name by the who "teenage wasteland"

[Khaddon]

The song is from Transformers score "autobots" or "arrival at earth" y the other is from The Who, but Idon´t they the exactly name

[BulletProofKiD]

wats da name of dat dam song ??

[igmebe]

What about the song? i want to know the name of that song.... please

[bubblesnuggles]

The announcer is so dead, and so is the crowd...it's the finals for crying out loud...even this year, the crowd doesn't go wild like it's the finals...it seems as if its a regular season game...good thing next game is in Orlando...they'll liven up the series a little bit. Go lakers!!!

[TemplarReturns]

I love the Laker nation and Los Angeles!! My home

[tarmulin]

lets go LAKERS...

[jg2692]

electrifying

[fulopzizou]

the music under introduction..what's its name??? i know it was in Frost/Nixon..

i really like it..

[ExtremeGamer55]

Who is this guy name, the announcer, he is good.

[AlexanderTrinh]

Lawrence Tanter

[nibbletjones]

the lakers are nothing but a bunch of thugs

[Legendary2K3]

Denver McNuggets aka Thuggets u mean

[rubiksmaster001]

It's because its not the biggest deal they've be here done that

[HornsTD]

o man this gives me the chills already were going back to the finals baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[ExtremeGamer55]

Yeah, i am a Celts fan and I hope you all win to say the truth, if the East wins it should be Celtics, good luck, go Lamar Odom! To bad it couldn't be a rematch cuz Garnett is out. Beat Orlando's ass!!

[jpbronco69]

the fans these days need to get more pumped. Your team is in the finals!!!!!! That does not seem like an nba finals atmosphere! The fans are acting like its a tuesday night game in december!

[OhEmmGeeKenneth]

the speaker sounds hella gay :p

[ExtremeGamer55]

This guy is a legend, no need to be fancy, just simple is good. It's not about flash, he just an anncouncer anyways, jeez.

[Lkr721993]

have none of you guys been to a Lakers game? This is how the Lakers have been doing intros forever, its retro and awesome.

And that isn't some shit song nobody has ever heard of, its Baba O'Riley by The Who, which is one of the most popular songs EVER

[blakex1997]

the new 1s are better

BOSTON & NEW ORLEANS

[blakex1997]

celtics and hornets intro way better

[tmacballer3]

What is this, Fucking Pirates of The Carribiean?

[PROLIFICPROPHET]

TEENAGE WASTELAND

[Marcussvg]

This is a reason why we lost. Boston came out to Ayo Technology and we came out to some old ass beethoven music.

[Stormy2021]

That was a gay ass intro.

The beginning gets everyone pumped but then the song fucks it all up LOL LAKERS.

[Stfubostonceltics]

this gamed sucked this is when C's came back big time

[Kruegerisgod]

This game was great especially in the second half.You don't want Finals Games to be Blowouts all the time.

[DL212]

that was the most uninspired starting lineup announcing have ever heard

[RiaFlow]

Damn they need to remodel this intro. It feels like I'm about to watch a movie about medieval times.

[dakliq420]

hey whats the name of this song

[Kruegerisgod]

"Oh God how Gay is this intro.Boston's is better

[octavion5]

everyone knows the 97-98 bulls got the best intro yall to guys don;t know what your talking about. i'm laker fan and i would never put them before a laker intro. by the way this year an't no boston team gon beat the laker two years in a row # 1 laker fan there is. we an't losing to nobody this year this is our year. i mean nobody!!!!!. that ionclude them cavs to.

[tmacballer3]

Your gonna get , DESTROYED by the cavs.

[Marcussvg]

Yeah....that theory isn't looking to good is it?

[NBAfan1993]

BORING hands down

[ForeverNathanScott23]

celtics hve the best intro :)

[alwayz4never88]

GAY

[Umar12345552]

our into is so wack

[JLSrunner002]

followed by boston then detroit...erbody else is a level below

[mattylaw192]

This intro is kinda boring. Best are detroit and boston.

[higherground100]

bra cleveland is amazing

[Vileduwa3820]

Boston's intro was so much better!! This is fucking gay!!! But then again, it's coming from the Lakers!! Ha!!

LAKERS!!!!!!!..........

FAKERS!!!!!!

[tgfire29]

u call us pussies, can ur team top what this franchise has done... i didnt think so asswipe

[waterfall1211]

LAKER FANS ARE SUCH PUSSIES.

[TemplarReturns]

Classic Lawrence Tanter. I love his introducing of the starting 5, cool, classic and professional. Not like some of these other ranting, yelling fools like John Mason, the spurs PA, the Heat's PA, and the celtics PA.

[hinder1506]

i know some of u people may like this one but im a pistons fan and ive been to many games the intro has to be right up there with boston and the cavs so sorry dont mean to be rude but this one sucks

[skat3ralex411]

FUCK BOSTON

LAKERS 09 CHAMPS!!!

[mattylaw192]

lol