2022 NBA Finals on ABC is 5th least-watched series since 1988

[ISO]

If the Knicks were in the ECF the game could start at 3:30 AM and they'd tune in.

Respectfully u buggin

Knicks fandom has become a myth of its own

 

[staticshock]

Pecking order of boston sports when it comes to popularity and following

1.Patriots(nfl is king, even in boston, this is america after all)
Gap


2.Red Sox(mlb)
3.Celtics(nba)

Gap

4.Bruins(nhl)




Huge Gap



5. Revolution(mls)

Celts are #3 in Boston. Behind the psts and sox sure, but well ahead of the bruins and the mls team

You sure bout that? Always seemed like the Red Sox are #1 up there

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Exactly, unless you were already a fan to begin with I can’t see why a casual would feel any real need to watch. The NFL’s presentation in comparison makes you feel like something epic is going to happen.

This isn’t true, the NFL is simply set up to succeed as they 1) only have one game per week, mainly on the weekend 2) put teams before players 3) have a clear pecking order of who is in charge - white owners and mainly white coaches who lord over black men - thus keeping middle America and the south engaged

let any of those elements start changing, teams playing 2-3 games/week and games on everyday, more player empowerment or letting star players beyond the QB get shine and their ratings would start dropping

 

[staticshock]

This isn’t true, the NFL is simply set up to succeed as they 1) only have one game per week, mainly on the weekend 2) put teams before players 3) have a clear pecking order of who is in charge - white owners and mainly white coaches who lord over black men - thus keeping middle America and the south engaged

let any of those elements start changing, teams playing 2-3 games/week and games on everyday, more player empowerment or letting star players beyond the QB get shine and their ratings would start dropping

It’s crazy you have to explain this to functioning adults. Anyone with common sense can see a large part of America doesn’t support the NBA because the players speak out about issues & players have control over their own careers, yet dudes are blaming the 3 point shot.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

the whole “5th lowest in 30 years” thing is a weird and disingenuous way to frame things considering that TV viewership across the board has dropped considerably the past decade or so…shyt is like when people harp over “physical album sales” in the booth as if they don’t know the entire way music is consumed has changed…the page that posted this KNOWS that to be the case, and even explicitly stated that the share of actual TV viewers is around what it’s always been…but that’s buried like 10 tweets within the thread, so folks can still run with all these meaningless narratives…


the NBA ratings are fine, and they’ll get another humongous media deal that’s gonna jump the cap….and mad white folks that have some weird vendetta against the NBA will still be randomly attacking with bizarre whatsboutisms about China like they do crime in Chicago because it’s the blackest pro sports league in America…and the world will keep turning

 

[Weaver31]

Playoffs and Finals hit differently when Lakers are in it.

 

[prime]

the nba need a Tim Tebow type cac to be a top 5 player for ratings to go up I know niqqas in this thread think I’m but I’m really not if some how a white American born player with the same image as Tebow become a top 5 player the ratings would shoot up or a team like the 80s Celtics with a white superstar and multiple white players on the team that non causal white Americans can root for

 

[Sauce Dab]

 

[FlyRy]

The whining about 9p.m. Eastern start time is bullshyt. Like everyone wasn't staying up late to watch Game of Thrones or whatever the hot show of the moment on HBO . The product is simply trash now. Just chucking 3s. No one dunks anymore except centers who can hardly jump

 

[Hoodoo Child]

This years playoffs were mid as hell.

Everything outside of the Grizzlies v Warriors series. Damn, I wish we went 7

 

[concise]

There’s no good solution to this except only playing games fri-sun, people out west gonna miss games too if they start at 4/5pm out here

What if they made the finals a best-of-5, playing only Friday nights and Sunday afternoons?

 

[firemanBk]

*looks at lowest rated series when people had absolutely itching to do but stay home and watch tv*

you just gon get takes off or at least try to look at the data in OP?

Breh nobody wanted to watch that AAU tournament ass fugazi NBA Finals
shyt was trash from the jump and nobody cared outside of complete diehards

 

[concise]

The whining about 9p.m. Eastern start time is bullshyt. Like everyone wasn't staying up late to watch Game of Thrones or whatever the hot show of the moment on HBO . The product is simply trash now. Just chucking 3s. No one dunks anymore except centers who can hardly jump

Game of Thrones came on weeknights and lasted over 2 hours?

 

[NormanConnors]

This years playoffs were mid as hell.

And Cats thought i was trippin when I said Curry's mid fmvp performance wouldn't be remembered

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Breh nobody wanted to watch that AAU tournament ass fugazi NBA Finals
shyt was trash from the jump and nobody cared outside of complete diehards

if bron is the center of the NBA as that poster stated, casuals would've tuned in...let's go to the second lowest rated, oh wait, it's bron again