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Olivier Sedra - player introductions
Olivier Sedra is a public address announcer for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He is formally the public address announcer for the 2016 NBA Finals champions Cleveland Cavaliers. His style of announcing is a combination of Lawrence Tanter of the Los Angeles Lakers and his hero, Montreal Canadiens public address announcer Michel Lacroix. Because of this combination, he is believed to be the best public address announcer today in all of sports. He is known for his baratone voice and precise yet exciting announcements.
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Sedra, who replaced Ronnie "Slam" Duncan after the 2005-06 NBA season, made his debut as the Quicken Loans Arena voice for Cavs games on October 31, 2006. He is known for his distinctive deep baritone voice. He was selected to announce basketball games for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as well as the 2017 All-Star game practices in New Orleans.
When Sedra was the announcer in Cleveland, pregame introductions were handled by the Cavs' "hypeman", Ahmaad Crump, who also served as one of the in-arena hosts at Quicken Loans Arena alongside Nicole Marcellino.