The new NBA season is about to start.And DAZN is also entering its second season with the best basketball league in the world.Again there will be more than 200 games, including all-star weekends, playoffs, the complete conference finals and finals.In addition – as you are used to it – every Sunday a live game for free on spox. com.DAZN is now looking for a new commentator for these events.
The search will take the form of a casting.Anybody can comment on the almost five-minute excerpt from Game 4 of the NBA Finals 2017 (here’s the Youtube link) between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors.For example, you can send this via weTransfer to the following e-mail address: NBAcasting@dazn.com (the audio file is also sufficient).The deadline for this is Friday, 29.09.2017.
The DAZN editorial office will then elect until Friday, 6.October, and notifies them by email.This is followed by a further sample commentary under live conditions at the DAZN headquarters in Ismaning near Munich (any travel and accommodation costs will not be borne).
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We talked to DAZN commentator Alexander Schlüter about his profession and the upcoming casting.
Alex, you’ve been commenting on the NBA finals for the last two years.What are your most formative memories of these games?
The first thing that shoots me in the head is Lebron, who kneels crying on the floor of the Oracle Arena after his victory in 2016, which still gives me goose bumps today.This year it was certainly the Warriors’ impressive performances at the beginning of the series.
Being allowed to comment on the games is great in itself.From a purely sports journalistic point of view, this is the ultimate in basketball.But you still remain a NBA fan with all your professionalism and from the perspective of the NBA fan, it was all even more intense.
Has it always been your professional dream to become a commentator?
At least this dream has been around for a long time.When I was old enough to check that it would never be enough for a professional career on the field, commenting was the greatest wish.It’s fantastic that everything worked out so well in the end and I can now call this dream a job.
You’ve been doing this job for a few years now.What do you care if they want to do this job well?
Because there is no such a royal way when it comes to commenting, it is all the more important that everyone goes their own way.Staying authentic, not pretending, just because there’s a microphone in front of your nose, that’s very important to me.But what every good commentator needs, in my opinion, is the passion for sport.If it’s not there, the viewer will feel it sooner or later.
Then of course there are also hard skills, which you can’t ignore with all your passion.This starts with hard work in preparation for the game and ends with the post-processing of the broadcast.
At DAZN you will now expand your team of commentators, a casting is planned.Do you have any good tips for everyone who wants to join in?
As I said, stay yourselves!Also make sure you have the right timing.This means, for example, that the additional information and stories about players and coaches must come at the right time.When an important scene happens on the field, the comment should be “on the ball”.This is sometimes not so easy in basketball because there is much more “scoring action” than in football.Short, concise information is the key.And then, of course, the boys and girls at the microphones have to come across as real NBA fans and connoisseurs.But I’m not really worried about that.