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re: "Massive" ratings decline for NBA.Down 20 to 23%
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:07 pm to moneyg
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:07 pm to moneyg
quote:No fan of the game of basketball would agree with that. CBB is a terrible product on the floor.
But, you can make a pretty good case that the game itself in college is better.
Again, only people who don’t really know what they’re watching on the floor like CBB. They are more fans of atmosphere, pageantry, and the college theme than fans of the game.
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Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:08 pm to RD Dawg
All the stars going to the west coast is huge. It’s hard to stay up until midnight to watch Bron
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:08 pm to RD Dawg
Didn’t realize the nba started
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:09 pm to PrimeTime Money
quote:I don’t know any non-gamblers who watch college basketball games in which their team is not playing
No fan of the game of basketball would agree with that. CBB is a terrible product on the floor.
Again, only people who don’t really know what they’re watching on the floor like CBB. They are more fans of atmosphere, pageantry, and the college theme than fans of the game.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:11 pm to jlovel7
quote:Ask the casual fan to name all the NBA players he can within 60 seconds. The vast majority of players he’ll mention are either in the pacific time zone or injured.
What caused this all to happen in one year? It's not like much has changed right?
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:13 pm to Mystery
quote:honestly, I bet this is a factor
I blame this on you guys having to watch my pels on so many national TV games.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:47 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
quote:
-no loyalty- jumping around from team to team to play with their friends. If I wanted to watch that, I’d go to the YMCA
-special treatment to certain players
-too much soap boxing/SJW tendencies
-small market teams basically have no chance
This pretty much nails it.
The NBA has pretty much gone 100% on being about individual superstar players. The teams are meaningless vehicles for the individuals. Barely any attention or social media chatter is about the teams or the W/L records. The vast majority of people who follow the NBA are fans of players, not fans of teams.
It makes for a really boring "sport"
Posted on 12/5/19 at 2:57 pm to jlovel7
quote:
What caused this all to happen in one year? It's not like much has changed right?
Best talent is in the west.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 3:30 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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honestly, I bet this is a factor
Of course it is. A healthy Zion and a healthy Golden state team would really help ratings.
It is not the only factor but it is one.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 3:45 pm to Ancient Astronaut
quote:
Bingo. "Small market teams" are being held hostage by these big markets. What's the point of cheering for a team that has no chance to do anything?
Dubz aren’t a big market team. Neither were spurs. Or Cavs.
Blazers, Thunder and Grizz have been in playoffs regularly and small market.
Current small market teams doing well: Jazz, Nuggets, Bucks, Pacers. T wolves.
This is a tired trope.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 3:46 pm to Mystery
quote:
course it is. A healthy Zion and a healthy Golden state team would really help ratings.
Bingo.
The nba can’t really market the defending champion or the Dubz.
They can’t even market a dubz Rapz rematch. When was the last time that the two finalists drew such little interest.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 3:50 pm to PrimeTime Money
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People who prefer college basketball to the NBA are fans of atmosphere, not basketball.
Well said.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 3:51 pm to Mystery
Zion getting injured def hurt big. esp since pels have so many national TV games on ESPN and TNT.
ESPN gassed the hell out of pels preseason which turned out to be pointless
ESPN gassed the hell out of pels preseason which turned out to be pointless
This post was edited on 12/5/19 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:21 pm to RD Dawg
Silver’s a ducking idiot. Only that dickhead could screw up popularity of a league this talented.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:22 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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People who prefer college basketball to the NBA are fans of atmosphere, not basketball
I'm a fan of neither, but I would watch a college game before I'd watch a pro game.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:30 pm to NikolaiJakov
quote:
I'm a fan of neither, but I would watch a college game before I'd watch a pro game.
LMAO. thx for proving his point goonboi
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:04 pm to ShamelessPel
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Silver’s a ducking idiot. Only that dickhead could screw up popularity of a league this talented.
Its really not that talented
There are like 5 players that will make a team win championships and wherever a few of them go its over
It has the worst parity in pro sports in the US by a long ways and its almost as bad as European football leagues
This post was edited on 12/5/19 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 12/5/19 at 6:46 pm to Mr Perfect
quote:
LMAO. thx for proving his point goonboi
Sometimes I wonder if people actually think through their anti-NBA takes at all
Posted on 12/5/19 at 6:49 pm to YF12
A team with one all star almost took down a team of four. If not for an injury. Super teams can be taken down. You just gotta have a really really special player.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:02 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Sometimes I wonder if people actually think through their anti-NBA takes at all
probably not nearly as well as those people who so eloquently justified Chik Fil A stamping The Salvation Army with a mark of shme.
Who the frick wastes time watching the NBA before May?
I couldn't stand watching the Globetrotters more than once every few years.
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