Let me first say that I, like virtually every other Magic fan, have nothing but respect and admiration for the legend that is David Steele and I wish nothing but the best for him. My concerns are over his health and are based on my following observations:
1- Last season, on multiple occasions, David called some of our own Magic players by the wrong name (ie, called, Paolo, Wendell or Gary Harris & vice versa) and sometimes more than once a game, and Jeff rarely corrected him.
2- After our home opener, he repeatedly misstated the Magic’s margin of victory as 20 points at least 3 separate times and no one in the entire broadcast corrected him.
3- Not correcting someone often happens out of respect when people are experiencing memory loss.
4- The Magic have already planned for Dante to step in as play-by-play announcer for a few games this year which is seemingly setting the table for an eventual transition.
These are just my own observations and I really hope I’m wrong and David continues to be our play-by-play announcer AT LEAST until we win our first championship! I only posted this to see what the Magic community thinks so I welcome everyone’s perspective.
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He’s an old man, still a great listen. Gonna be weird when he retires
From what I understand it seems very likely Dante will replace David in the near future and Kendra will replace Dante
Am I the only one who is kinda mid on Dante? Ok as a sideline reporter, but don’t think he suits play-by-play
I think Dante will be great. He’s a really nice guy, and he has experience with play by play. Him and Galante called the summer league games in Orlando before SL became cool
If he keeps this up he could be president of the US one day 🇺🇸
I honestly have wondered this myself because I have noticed it too. Yes he is old and you do become forgetful however it does seem a little off. Almost like the beginnings of dementia or something. My father has dementia and he started off like that. A lot of patients I have taken care of have had similar behaviors and with some you wouldn’t even know they had it because their signs/behavior were so subtle. Hopefully that is not the case for him. I’ve been listening to David ever since I got into the magic at the age of 12 and now im 34. Hope all is well with him.