When you're not a voice actor but have to do some voice acting

Even by the indifferent standards of licensed video games, the athletes' voice acting in NBA 2K15-unaccustomed as they are to public speaking-was something else.

The train will be humming in no time.

A convincing explanation from a Reddit commenter: "the players are contractually obligated to be there and have zero interest in the project. You're probably going to get one or two takes per line, and that's it"