How come white players like Jokic and Luka don’t translate to increased viewership and ratings for the NBA?

[Soldier]

If they were both typical american born and raised, white anglo saxon protestant (wasp) with conservative views, Chad-like good looks, relatable personalities, nationalist proclivities and good old boy cultural sensibilities, they would be among the biggest stars of the country. On their own, they would bring to the nba, massive demographics who traditionally shun the nba ......(maga/conservative crowd, racists, people who ONLY watch college basketball/college sports, older whites etc)


AND people who arent hardcore sports fans( most women, casual sports fans, pop culture fans, people who root for athletes because they relate to their backgrounds and love their personalities, the curious, the people who never watch sports usually but are willing to make exceptions to watch exceptions , the " i only watch sports for the main events -like olympics- and the storylines" etc)

 

[Harry B]

How come the black Bulls became bigger than the white Celtics ever could dream about?

I just don't know that race matters like that, or else cacs would love hockey, soccer and baseball more than football and basketball.
And baseballs relevance wouldn't decrease as the percentage of brehs decreased.

Jokic is mad boring, like I said before people love Giannis and Luka, two foreigners. They loved Dirk too. Giannis has more followers than Ja and Zion combined.


If a single individual should drive the interest for a whole sport you've got to be Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jordan types of levels.

 

[Tha Gawd Amen]

Didn't go to college so didn't get the "I hate professional sports but love college sports fanbase" to become fans.

 

[Never Broke Again]

Denver is a bigger market than Miami and nobody here would call Miami a small market.

The coli always confuses small markets with glamour markets.

In what world is Denver bigger than Miami. Miami is more than double the size

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[gtj1982]

It’s mostly because they aren’t great athletes. People want to be entertained. NBA forgot about this aspect of the sport and they get paid for entertainment. Jokic is not exciting to watch.

 

[Da King]

Why isn’t this cac making the NBA more popular?

 

[Oldschooler]

Jokic doesn't have an ounce of athleticism, his game is not exciting. At least Nash would have some wild passes, behind the back, etc. And was a deadly shooter in the clutch.

Luka is a bit more exciting, but he has to lose some weight.

 

[Jplaya2023]

cant speak english fluently

Didnt :sas: say that about shinjo otami and got killed for it?

 

[Flex Grossman]

Jokic doesn't have an ounce of athleticism, his game is not exciting. At least Nash would have some wild passes, behind the back, etc. And was a deadly shooter in the clutch.

Luka is a bit more exciting, but he has to lose some weight.

You just described jokic

 

[FaTaL]

Luka is popular, jokic’s style of play doesn’t translate to ratings or hype

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

In what world is Denver bigger than Miami. Miami is more than double the size

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denvers market is bigger than denver metro. its all of colorado and then some of the surrounding states that dont have pro sports teams in the area.

miami market (south florida) probably still is bigger

 

[OG Talk]

The honest answer is because they're both fat.

 

[Paper Boi]

most those people don’t watch games period. they just argue stat lines on reddit.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Watching them in the All star game last night answered your question.

They just don’t have that “it” factor to be fun and entertaining to people.

With all the different personalities, athletic ability, skill, and ambition on display last night. Dudes like Luka and Joker shrink.

They are skilled basketball players but not great athletes and not very fun people.

Compare that to Yannis who only played in the first play of the game, yet his personality seemed to still be all over the place.

 

[mbewane]

How is this a question lol, they're Euros