ESPN first Take laughs at going to Milwaukee / Phoenix NBA Finals

[Luke Cage]

This why the NFL is the goat American sport(even tho I like hoops more). No fukking way the NFL letting they guys( guys careers that was built by the NFL i.e ex player or media) slander they brand. shyt just not gonna happen like the nba constantly has they ex players in media or former beat guys just shyt on the product.

the NFL don't let their people do alot of things.

 

[Miggs]

I don't understand this energy. Bush 10 teams and hundreds if not thousands of black folk lose their jobs. Not just players but staff, security, concessions, folk working for the arena, trainers, commentators, media, etc. And the gain is....?

Not to mention the fans. I mean Memphis is a tiny-ass market with no big stars but pretty sure fans still loved that run where they made the playoffs 7 straight years and advanced three times including the WCF once. Blazers are in a small NBA city but they still have the Walton era (a title), the Drexler era (11 straight playoff appearances and 3 straight WCF including 2 Finals), the Sheed era (7 straight playoff apperances including back-to-back WCF), the Roy era (just 3 playoff appearances but so much hope and clutchness) and the Dame era (8 straight playoff appearances including a WCF). Just in the 2000s Cleveland got a title, Detroit got a title, Toronto got a title, San Antonio got 5 titles, now Milwaukee or Phoenix could get a title....

Toronto is exempt from this convo.

 

[Big Boss]

All because these dudes want to chill and work LA and Atlanta

 

[The_Sheff]

You a small market if you have less the 3million households. All the teams you listed are under the 3 milly mark.

Thats the most arbitrary bullshyt ive ever heard. Under that metric Philly doesnt even qualify as a large market.

 

[TOAD99]

fukk them. They are there for work not on vacation. Go clock in and analyze the game

Shouldn’t even be watching their trash show to keep it a buck

 

[Luke Cage]

Also Milwaukee deserves to be clowned like this considering they way they treated one of the players.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I don't love it either, but something's got to give if you perpetually have teams that have a negative shot of winning shyt it further exacerbates the futility of interest in the regular season. MLB has the same issue. I'm not talking Portland or Memphis, but definitely Orlando, New Orleans off top could go. My point is if only 5 teams can actually win it in any given season where people are actually healthy 30 teams is far too many.

Just my take. I know once Bron's done Idc to watch the NBA, and once Brady's done Idc for the NFL really so it doesn't matter to me either way. I'm an efficiency guy so I'll always favor cutting the fat

You don't sound like a sports fan anyway so I don't know why anyone would care what you think.

 

[King Poetic]

Stephen A really do it, cause he wants the pub from those cities to boo him and troll him because that gives him more views

nikka not slick

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

This why the NFL is the goat American sport(even tho I like hoops more). No fukking way the NFL letting they guys( guys careers that was built by the NFL i.e ex player or media) slander they brand. shyt just not gonna happen like the nba constantly has they ex players in media or former beat guys just shyt on the product.

People should pay attention to how SAS covers the NBA compared to the NFL and they'll see the difference.

 

[Luke Cage]

Thats the most arbitrary bullshyt ive ever heard.

Might be, not like i made it up. Just how the media decided to categorize it. Ya'll's arguments to the contrary are equally arbitrary though low key.
bu bu but Atl got Tyler Perry, therefore it's a big market.

Show me one source that has ever labeled ATL a big market. I'll wait.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Phoenix is not bad at all…haven’t been to Milwaukee, but I’m guessing it’s a rust belt piece of shyt like Cleveland and Detroit (not a shot, I’m from STL)

 

[AVXL]

Fortunately for everyone the Hawks wont allow for Milwaukee to host it

 

[BXKingPin82]

Also Milwaukee deserves to be clowned like this considering they way they treated one of the players.

2 of their players including the STAR!

 

[FlyRy]

Phoenix cant be too bad

It was only 118 all last week

 

[LurkMoar]

Crazy how NBA allows these clowns to slander half the league, hustling backwards