LeBron is bigger than the NBA

[Black Lightning]

He's not.. He could retire today and nobody would care.

You can't be serious?

 

[10bandz]

these nikkas are really in mourning out here

 

[Pimp]

not true by any means...he's the one who single handily made the nba an almost 12/12 months per year topic

he's one most responsible for the modern surge in ratings/tv deal

if you look at the nba playoff ratings prior to conf finals/nba finals....no one was even paying any attention to the west. The ratings were all lebron driven

Cavs’ Dramatic Run is Top Draw of NBA Playoffs

NBA Playoff Ratings: Cavs' Run Big Draw - Sports Media Watch

Most watched game this decade was Golden State vs OKC game 7... If you think the NBA gonna fall off after lebron you're retarded. They promoted Lebron... I'm not even sure if people watch him to win or to see him lose.. 3 titles... 15 years... nikka I can divide..

 

[Pimp]

You can't be serious?

The NBA is a business. They'll promote the next big thing and compare him to Jordan... Then they'll start saying he may be better than Jordan then they'll have 100 shows about him.. It's just how life works.. If you're under 35 you probably wouldn't understand. Everyone shows up to your funeral but the next day nobody cares... Life goes on.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Most watched game this decade was Golden State vs OKC game 7...

that's the most non finals game this decade, not all games. lebron had the previous high

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The Golden State Warriors have set numerous records in their run to back-to-back titles, the latest being the largest cable television audience in NBA history.

Game 7 of the Thunder/Warriors NBA Western Conference Finals earned an 8.9 final rating and 16.0 million viewers on TNT Monday night, up 25% in ratings and 38% in viewership from Pacers/Heat in 2013 (7.1, 11.6M) and up 16% and 20%, respectively, from Celtics/Heat on ESPN in 2012, which aired on a Saturday night (7.7, 13.3M).

Golden State’s series-clinching win, which peaked at a 10.9 and 19.8 million in the fast-nationals, ranks as the highest rated and most-watched NBA game ever on cable, topping the previous highs set by Celtics/Heat in ’12. Regardless of network, it was the highest rated and most-watched NBA game outside of the finals in 14 years — since Game 7 of the Lakers/Kings WCF on NBC in 2002 (14.4, 23.8M).

If you think the NBA gonna fall off after lebron you're retarded. They promoted Lebron... I'm not even sure if people watch him to win or to see him lose.. 3 titles... 15 years... nikka I can divide..

lebron basically single handily took the league to new heights, not seen since Jordan


NBA Announces 9-Year Extension With ESPN, Turner, Through 2025

The massive increase in TV money is a direct result of the NBA’s recent resurgence. The current contract was signed in 2007, with the league coming off the lowest rated NBA Finals ever. The $930 million annual rights fee marked ‘only’ a 22% increase over the previous deal ($765M).

In the seven years since that contract was signed, regular season and playoff ratings improved dramatically. The NBA Finals averaged a double-digit rating each year from 2010 to 2013, topping the World Series in five of the last six years. The conference finals set records in 2011 (on TNT) and 2012 (on ESPN). ABC’s coverage of the shortened 2012 regular season was the most-watched on any network since the shortened 1999 regular season.



The players were principally responsible for that seven-year resurgence. Kevin Garnett‘s 2007 arrival in Boston rekindled the Celtics/Lakers rivalry, which started the league on its path back to relevance. Then, LeBron James‘ 2010 decision to sign with the Miami Heat kicked off four years of an unhinged media and fan backlash that sent ratings soaring.

The new TV deal comes nearly three years after NBA owners successfully engineered a massive redistribution of wealth that reduced the players’ share of basketball-related income to 50 percent. That was predicated on claims that the league was in dire financial health with most of the teams losing money. The players or owners can opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement in 2017, and another lockout is widely expected.

NBA Announces 9-Year Extension With ESPN, Turner, Through 2025 — Sports Media Watch

Guess what player was featured in 2011 and 2012 conf finals that broke TV records?






also

The legacy of LeBron's 'Decision' one year later

Record-Setting NBA Ratings

The NBA was must-see TV during the 2010-11 regular season. Ratings were up across the board as basketball fans were glued to their television to see how Miami’s Big Three would impact the rest of the league. The NBA on TNT averaged 2.45 million total viewers during the regular season, up 42 percent from 2009-10 and the largest regular season audience in network history. It remains to be seen if the NBA can keep up the strong ratings following the current lockout.

The legacy of LeBron's 'Decision' one year later

 

[who_better_than_me]

kobe was never as big as what lebron is

Before the rape allegations, Kobe was definitely in or approaching that stratosphere of superstardom . He’s was the good kid and Iverson was the bad boy but then that broad shattered his whole image and then he definitely didn’t help himself when he dry snitched on Shaq

 

[NvrCMyNut]

when the media hype dies down lebron will be shytted on