There’s an old saying in the broadcast world that if you’re on-air long enough, you’re bound to say something you’ll regret. In some cases, what start out as seemingly innocent comments take a sharp detour into decidedly Freudian territory.
That’s what happened to legendary Celtics broadcaster (and unabashed homer) Tommy Heinsohn when he was calling a pre-season game against the Hornets on Monday night in Boston.
The subject of his subconsciously-euphemistic observation was newly-acquired big man Aron Baynes, who apparently left a lasting impression on Heinsohn after a recent locker-room encounter.
Tommy is on his game tonight. Here are his thoughts on @aronbaynes …pic.twitter.com/bkfPFvsxzr
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) October 3, 2017
“I tell ya, I took a look at Baynes in the shower. He looks like all of Australia. He is really put together.”
The actual video of Heinsohn leads us to believe it might not have been so subconscious after all and that he was maybe just having a little fun with us, since it shows him giving a rather knowing nudge to his broadcast partner. Either way, Baynes himself took it all in stride.
Aron Baynes on Tommy Heinsohn's comments: "It's always nice to get a compliment from a Celtics legend … The Missus got a few texts."
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) October 3, 2017
Pro sports argot is already ripe with these types of double entendres, so if your day could benefit from some adolescent levity, please enjoy this super-cut of announcers uttering things that could easily be interpreted as suggestive and/or scatological in nature, depending on how deeply your mind’s entrenched in the gutter.
