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Excellence in announcing: ‘Tragic Johnson’

When announcers get bored in a blowout, good things sometimes happen

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE

D.J. Shelton is a forward for Washington State and he can, at times, be a ball-handler. Not necessarily a great one, mind you, but he doesn’t look completely lost. On Monday, though, he was having some issues against Kansas, and it allowed the announcers to have a little fun with a play on “Magic Johnson.”

Observe today’s installment in “Excellence in announcing”:

“D.J. Shelton was thinking he was Magic Johnson and kind of looking like Tragic Johnson trying to handle the basketball ... Big fella’s giving the rock a headache.”

Everything about this is excellent. Nice work, gentlemen. Just nice work.

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