Did the NBA product suddenly suck when viewership dropped by 50% when MJ 1st retired?
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HandyWithTheSteel
Superstar
It already sucked when MJ was playing.
People don't want to acknowledge this
That era everyone "loved" in the early 2000s had some of the lowest ratings in 15+ years at the time.
It's only the NFL that remains steady in vieweetship
FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
Casual fans have always been fickle and not NBA fans
And that’s true of all sports .
And that’s true of all sports .
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
NBA fans are often more casual fans than hardcore fans. And it centers around player stanning. Other leagues cultivate fan allegiance to their team.
FukkaPaidEmail
Retired Hoodrat whisperer
Thats what the league needs to fix
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
The worst thing the NBA ever did was leave CBS. The NBC marketing was overrated and made it too star driven a league
Devil Plisken…CMS
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NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
What does that even prove? CBS marketed the game much differently
Stop kidding yourself
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
No team sport has individual contributors on the level of professional basketball
“Next Man Up” doesn’t exist in professional basketball
There’s no loading the box or walking MJ or LeBron
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
It’s a poor model breh. The league is forced to reinvent itself anytime a great retires. Meanwhile, I can be on vacation in Jamaica and see a family from Grandparents to newborns dressed in random Steelers gear from head to toe.
The NBA doesnt offer generational fanmanship outside of NY, LA, Boston, or Philly.
1. If your team stinks, you're likely to hop on the hatewagon. I didn't hear a lot of Laker bytching in 2020. I'm not hearing a lot of bytching in Boston right now.
2. Complaining typically comes from the fact that people hate change. The thing about the old days...they the old days.
Who needs a time machine when you can just start a conversation with a middle-aged basketball fan. They'll take you back 20 years expeditiously.
2. Complaining typically comes from the fact that people hate change. The thing about the old days...they the old days.
Who needs a time machine when you can just start a conversation with a middle-aged basketball fan. They'll take you back 20 years expeditiously.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Celtic and Laker fans (not Kobe worshippers) are loyal to their teams.
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
Football doesn’t function like basketball in the slightest so there’s no point in comparing honestly