Viewers will get to see T.I.'s play-by-play
and color commentary skills when he helps commentate Friday's NBA game
pitting his hometown Hawks against the Heat.
T.I.
briefly joined power forward Josh Smith of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks in
the video to Grand Hustle artist Young Dro’s “Freeze Me” video in 2010.
Now Tip will connect with the rest of the Atlanta Hawks when his
hometown team faces off against their Southwest Division rivals, the
2011-12 NBA Champions, the Miami Heat. T.I.
“T.I. will join
longtime SportSouth commentator Bob Rathbun and former Atlanta Hawk
Duane Ferrell as contributing sports analyst,” Fox announced via written
statement. “During his debut, T.I. will participate in live game day
coverage on SportSouth during the first two quarters of the Atlanta
Hawks vs. Miami Heat game airing at 7:30 p.m.”
Tip will also be
available to media members before the broadcast from 6:45 pm until 7:00
pm. The Hawks appearance adds to T.I.’s growing list of publicity
appearances before his Trouble Man album drops on December 18. As for
the Hawks, they currently trail the Heat by one game in what should be a
relatively weak Southwest Division this year.
