ABC's NBA ratings at an all time low

[GetInTheTruck]

Aside from the fukkery, the product this year has been ass.

 

[Dawunonli]

I think it has to do with the injuries, lack of balance talent wise (Thanks kd) resting march madness and overall the shifting to mobile where everyone watches online, dont think it'll be a long term prob they can't solve

 

[Scholar]

Because they keep putting the trash clippers on

 

[ManBearPig]

Nothing this season makes me wanna tune in everyday.

 

[PhonZhi]

Don't know how the rest of you 30+ year old heads feel, but I'm about checked out from the NBA period.

I'm pretty much at the "wake me up when the playoffs start" point.

This is coming from a guy who used to record games on to tape and cop SLAM magazine every month

All of the players I grew up watching are gon, 5 years from now when Bron, Melo, Wade and a handful of other guys my own age are retired I don't think ill be watching at all anymore. Maybe just the Finals, but I won't really CARE or have any emotional investment in it.

 

[TheEgyptianConniption]

Don't know how the rest of you 30+ year old heads feel, but I'm about checked out from the NBA period.

I'm pretty much at the "wake me up when the playoffs start" point.

This is coming from a guy who used to record games on to tape and cop SLAM magazine every month

All of the players I grew up watching are gon, 5 years from now when Bron, Melo, Wade and a handful of other guys my own age are retired I don't think ill be watching at all anymore. Maybe just the Finals, but I won't really CARE or have any emotional investment in it.

I'm just 29 but the past couple seasons find it hard to watch a whole regular season game. I'm tuned in come playoff time but it makes me feel a certain way being such a huge fan growing up. Only watching some of the great players play 10-20 games a year. Can I really say I saw some of these guys career? Youknowwhatimsayin?

 

[_DC]

ABC's whole game coverage style is weak!
They need to take it back to NBC.

 

[tremonthustler1]

The coverage on ABC is terrible compared to ESPN. You'd think they'd do better because of Disney but these a$$holes went straight to an infomercial after the game

They wanted ppl to jump immediately over to ESPN tho so

if it wasn't for ESPN, ABC wouldn't wanna carry the games at all.

 

[King Poetic]

Having Saturday night basketball is just stupid

Of course your ratings going to be shyt when u have us west coast people and people in mountain time zones not watching no basketball at 5 or 6 pm on Saturday.

Have 2 solid sunday afternoon games like spurs vs Cavs followed by golden state vs houston and ratings will be good

 

[concise]

Don't know how the rest of you 30+ year old heads feel, but I'm about checked out from the NBA period.

I'm pretty much at the "wake me up when the playoffs start" point.

This is coming from a guy who used to record games on to tape and cop SLAM magazine every month

All of the players I grew up watching are gon, 5 years from now when Bron, Melo, Wade and a handful of other guys my own age are retired I don't think ill be watching at all anymore. Maybe just the Finals, but I won't really CARE or have any emotional investment in it.

I'm in the same age range and I find the league is now and, in recent years, has been far more interesting now than it ever was when the Bulls and Lakers dynasties were choking everybody out every year.

 

[Lord Beasley]

if it wasn't for ESPN, ABC wouldn't wanna carry the games at all.

F*** Disney as a staff, a corporation, and a muthaf**kin crew

They should let NBC get this shine baik

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

Regular season matchups just aren't that compelling until deep in the regular season

Even when a matchup appears good on paper, players are resting, injured, etc

The Warriors aren't shiny and new anymore. NBA needs stories - it was Heat / Cavs / Warriors for a while. All of those are played out and haven't been replaced.

 

[tremonthustler1]

F*** Disney as a staff, a corporation, and a muthaf**kin crew

They should let NBC get this shine baik

If they ever got it back you'd be so disappointed to wake up and realize it's not the 90s anymore. The rollout wouldn't be the same in any way.

 

[Lord Beasley]

If they ever got it back you'd be so disappointed to wake up and realize it's not the 90s anymore. The rollout wouldn't be the same in any way.

All they need is the NBA on NBC theme, scoreboard, and Marv Albert

 

[tremonthustler1]

All they need is the NBA on NBC theme, scoreboard, and Marv Albert

Marv is Turner so that's not happening.

They'd change the scoreboard so the old one is gone


Unless you're willing to pay Tesh six figures per use of the song, you're not getting the song back.

The cast of the Voice will make a new song before you'd ever hear Roundball Rock again