NBA So Boring Announcer Falls Asleep

Last Tuesday night’s nationally televised game between the Houston Rockets and Miami Heat had the lowest ratings of the season this year. As the interest in NBA basketball plummets, ratings are taking a monumental hit across the league. Games have become so boring that even the announcers are struggling to pay attention and in some cases stay awake.

Nobody seemed to notice the full six and a half minutes of dead air during the third quarter as announcer Todd Trensky dozed off while color commentator Phil Rose ran for another beer. 

KTNA program producer Lee Sheridan said, “Actually the game was so boring we were watching Monday Night Raw in the booth. We didn’t realize Todd fell asleep. One of our interns thought Todd was unusually quiet and wanted to assure he was still alive.” The intern did confirm Todd was breathing but was careful not to wake him. 

The few viewers who made it to the third period didn’t notice either. The only phone calls to the station were two inquiries about Phil Rose’s corduroy sports jacket, questioning if that really made fashion sense in the middle of the summer.

Todd and Phil turned the NBA sleeper into a big win. Starting Thursday the station will no longer air the NBA games live, but play them at 1 AM every weeknight to assist viewers with insomnia go to sleep. A station spokesperson said sponsors are “coming out of the woodwork” to be a part of the new NBA timeslot. 

All future NBA games will be replaced with Professional Wrestling during the prime time hours.