It's tough to really figure out who gets to me because each of the people that has been mentioned can, on any given night give either insight or completely fall off the face of the earth.

I personally love Bill Walton because whenever he speaks, he's not always being serious, but rather is usually saying things for the sake of saying them. "Throw it down big man" whenever a center has the ball, or "That was a bad shot.... wow, what a GREAT shot!" When a guard takes an ill-advised shot.

Though in my opinion, the best people working in the biz are the PTI fellows, Bob Costas, and the Inside The NBA crew, so I usually rate all other analysts against those people.

I used to enjoy Stephen A. Smith until he and the Shootaround crew began to spout "Defending Yourself And Your Pride As A Man!" after the Pacers debacle, which turned me off to the program.

Take care all.