Kevin Calabro
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Oct 15, 2026
Mike RichmanHOST
T- Travis earned this job by putting in his, putting in the dues and, and, you know, being someone capable of doing this.
Mike RichmanHOST
He, he called the, he called some games last year when, when Kevin Calabro was out.
Mike RichmanHOST
Uh, he called the Blazers' first preseason game.
Mike RichmanHOST
Like, you know, he's, he's a broadcasting professional, right? Former guest on this program.
Mike RichmanHOST
Like, it, it, everything is just designed to extract as much blood as possible.
Mike RichmanHOST
Why? Why? Why did they wait so long to make their initial hire? Well, probably in part because of what they were willing to offer folks, like what the gig looked like.
Mike RichmanHOST
Kevin Calabro famously walked away because he called the offer subprime, and they were gonna set to hire a young person.
Mike RichmanHOST
And I don't want to do a lot of pocket peeping here.
Mike SalkHOST
So does that help you determine who's going to be in there tonight? Actually, no.
Mike SalkHOST
Actually, no. Kevin Calabro does not.
Mike SalkHOST
See, I
Maura DooleyPANELIST
took that as a no.
Amin ElhassanHOST
The Giannis debut game in Miami, and it was equal parts, "Oh my God," I'd realized I hadn't seen Giannis in person but a handful of times in my life, and I was just so taken aback by the Giannis experience in person.
Amin ElhassanHOST
And then there's the part where it's like, "Ryan Conway, all right." [laughs] Like, I gotta watch this guy play, a lot.
Amin ElhassanHOST
I found my mind going back, "Oh, man, remember when it was what should Wemby do in this situation?" And Jalen Brunson really came up big in the fourth quarter.
Amin ElhassanHOST
Like, to go from that to, "And here's so-and-so running around out there," it- it's a little bit of a, of a dampener, shall we say.
Anthony MayesHOST
How about you, Tom? I feel like I'm in the future, too.
Anthony MayesHOST
I feel a whole lot lighter.
Anthony MayesHOST
I got a new iOS, guys.
Amin ElhassanHOST
What?
Parker FoxGUEST
And now I get to do it, uh, you know, live in the fle- in the flesh with, um, who, uh, someone who I believe is the best in business in Marty Gelner and, um, you know, with their broadcast crew, Jim Piep, who's been doing it for 28 years now, and is, uh, is just a mainstay in the NBA.
Parker FoxGUEST
Um, and then we add Boog Sciambi and Kevin Calabro, and Michael Grady's back, and Alan Horton's back.
Parker FoxGUEST
Like, it's a, it's really a fantastic crew, um, and I'm, I'm just excited to be a, a very small part in the whole thing.
NordoHOST
Yeah, I'm just, I'm just super pumped for you.
Nate DuncanHOST
I think we probably do have to discuss it, in part because it's another black eye for just Portland and the Portland franchise with, with Tom Dundon.
Nate DuncanHOST
Because of course, they had one of the absolute best play-by-play men in the game, and Kevin Calabro, who is now gonna be working for the Minnesota Timberwolves, noted that Tom Dundon, who made his fortune in this arena, offered him a subprime rate to return.
Nate DuncanHOST
Uh, and so they decided, no, we're gonna, we're gonna go cheap.
Nate DuncanHOST
And they, uh, they hired the, the 29-year-old Bell, who'd, who'd been working with the, uh, Phoenix Mercury and G League team.
John MiddlekauffCORRESPONDENT
It's like, you just fired everybody before this guy got the gig.
John MiddlekauffCORRESPONDENT
Kevin Calabro is like one of the more famous play-by-play guys, probably of like all the local TV deals.
John MiddlekauffCORRESPONDENT
We just live in some weird times.
John MiddlekauffCORRESPONDENT
We really do.
John MiddlekauffHOST
It's like you just fired everybody before this guy got the gig.
John MiddlekauffHOST
Kevin Calabro is like one of the more famous play-by-play guys probably of like all the local TV deals.
John MiddlekauffHOST
We just live in some weird times.
John MiddlekauffHOST
We really do.
John MiddlekauffHOST
It's like you just fired everybody before this guy got the gig.
John MiddlekauffHOST
Kevin Calabro is like one of the more famous play by play guys, probably of like all the local TV deals.
John MiddlekauffHOST
We just live in some weird times.
John MiddlekauffHOST
We really do.
EdwinHOST
Dozens of employees were laid off.
EdwinHOST
There was a report of a lowball offer to coaching candidates and the broadcaster, Kevin Calabro.
EdwinHOST
And then there was the whole Braden Bell situation where the team hired and fired its replacement broadcaster.
EdwinHOST
And basically one day after oral offensive social media posts resurfaced.
Parker FoxGUEST
You know, obviously Jim Peterson's been a staple for 28, 28 years, and I think he's one of the best in the business.
Parker FoxGUEST
But, but to go in and get Boog Sciambi and Kevin Calabro and, and to maintain a guy like Alan Horton and Michael Grady, like, there's so much talent across the board on our team that, um, you know, for me, I just wanna be a sponge, and I wanna, you know, uh, really sit back and see the way they operate, see the way they go about their day-to-day business and, um, their preparation and this and that.
Parker FoxGUEST
And, and like I said, I'm young and I'm new to this, but I think also, like, I have a genuine passion for it, and I wanna be successful in it.
Parker FoxGUEST
So, um, what an awesome opportunity for, one, a team that's gonna be really good in the Minnesota Timberwolves this year, and then, two, a, a broadcast team that this Minnesota Timberwolves team has put together that's, that's as talented as it gets across the NBA.
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