NBA & Adam Silver trying to do Finals ratings damage control LOL

[YakSpiller]

If you don’t work for Disney or ABC or an advertiser ratings don’t matter.

You’re a fukking fan. Ratings don’t mean shyt

I’ll never understand regular people talking about ratings.

 

[Sccit]

UR FORCED HATE ON SGA IS GOIN TOO FAR

THE RATINGS GOT NOTHIN TO DO WIT HIM

OKC AND INDIANA ARE BOTH SMALL MARKET TEAMS THAT MOST PEOPLE DONT CARE ABOUT

NEW YORK VS OKC WOULDA DONE DOUBLE THE NUMBERS



AND YEA, ABC PRESENTATION IS ASS

THEY BASICALLY BROADCAST IT THE SAME AS THEY DO A REGULAR GAME IN DECEMBER

 

[fifth column]

If you don’t work for Disney or ABC or an advertiser ratings don’t matter.

You’re a fukking fan. Ratings don’t mean shyt

I’ll never understand regular people talking about ratings.

Especially when it’s their choice to watch or not.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

You can tell they bothered by online comments just from those raggedy ass trophy logos they threw on the court last night.

I was told that it was the aesthetics that is killing viewing pleasure and not two small market squads with no superstar between them. Not the product on the court but the decals on the court. Guess I don’t know ball and should become a casual like the ones who cried about it

 

[10bandz]

You can tell they bothered by online comments just from those raggedy ass trophy logos they threw on the court last night.

that shyt was pathetic

 

[WaveMolecules]

NFL wins ratings for 2 reasons.
1. appointment viewing. Sunday at 1 and 4 and monday night (mostly)
2. NATIONAL coverage. games are on CBS or Fox which are free OTA channels.

every other sport is regional or niche, unless a NATIONAL star is playing like shoehi, lebron, or tiger back in the day.

shoudlnt be surprised

 

[Ozymandeas]

It was absolutely pathetic of them to not paint the Finals emblem on the floor.

Billions of dollars in profit and can't spare a few dollars for the most basic shyt

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Stop posting

The sweatshop OP works at must have told him to turn his ratings assignment in by Friday cause it's the only thing he has talked about for weeks

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Now that the series is over - it turns out I WAS RIGHT.

The lamest NBA Finals EVER.

The hard work Doris Burke does to describe this boring waste of time as "an incredibly tight series" notwithstanding.. we just watched the NBA take 10 steps back in popularity and credibility.

Cooper Flagg can't save this

Happy that this terrible season is over.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Y'all wanted a parity era

Not me.

I want to see DYNASTIES who EARN their way to legacies.

Playing in the right era where all you have to do is flail your arms to get every call to the point you win chips is not what I mean when I say "DYNASTIES"

 

[DjMe]

Can't wait to see what the numbers for game 7 are.

For reference, and to get ahead of the
"no one watches tv anymore,"
"basketball fans are racist",
"MAGA is impacting this",
"people watch other things on tv", and
"why do you care about viewership numbers, the league isn't paying you"
crowd;

here is the basketball viewership stats leaderboard for 2025:

NCAAM final: 18.1 million
NCAAM final four: 16.4 million
NCAAW final: 9.9 million
NCAAM sweet sixteen: 9.8 million
NCAAM first two rounds: 9.4 million
NBA Finals Games 1-6: 9.18 million
NCAAM elite eight: 9 million

will they capture enough unique viewers to surpass the women amateurs this year?

The NBA: where getting lapped by your amateur counterparts happens.

College World Series outdraws World Series 2:1!
(never gonna happen)
Men's frozen four outdraws Stanley Cup Finals 2:1!
(never gonna happen)
BCS championship game draws double the viewers as the Super Bowl!
(never gonna happen)



It doesn't matter though. Nothing to see here.
Look, we painted the court neon yellow. Please care again America. Please?

 

[In The Zone '98]

Can't wait to see what the numbers for game 7 are.

For reference, and to get ahead of the
"no one watches tv anymore,"
"basketball fans are racist",
"MAGA is impacting this",
"people watch other things on tv", and
"why do you care about viewership numbers, the league isn't paying you"
crowd;

here is the basketball viewership stats leaderboard for 2025:

NCAAM final: 18.1 million
NCAAM final four: 16.4 million
NCAAW final: 9.9 million
NCAAM sweet sixteen: 9.8 million
NCAAM first two rounds: 9.4 million
NBA Finals Games 1-6: 9.18 million
NCAAM elite eight: 9 million

will they capture enough unique viewers to surpass the women amateurs this year?

The NBA: where getting lapped by your amateur counterparts happens.

College World Series outdraws World Series 2:1!
(never gonna happen)
Men's frozen four outdraws Stanley Cup Finals 2:1!
(never gonna happen)
BCS championship game draws double the viewers as the Super Bowl!
(never gonna happen)



It doesn't matter though. Nothing to see here.
Look, we painted the court neon yellow. Please care again America. Please?

Quoting. In case you change your mind

 

[The_Sheff]

This is the first time watching the NBA playoffs as a whole where I felt cheated. The shyt started with key injuries and ended with a key injury.

 

[bigde09]

This is the first time watching the NBA playoffs as a whole where I felt cheated. The shyt started with key injuries and ended with a key injury.

League should start Christmas. Everyone knows it.

 

[Peruvian Connect]

League should start Christmas. Everyone knows it.

And tht helps the playoffs how? it doesn't