NBA Finals ratings are out

[David_TheMan]

Believe it or not I don't want expansion. However, basketball fans and media are dying for a team preferably in Seattle and Las Vegas without getting rid of anything. We can forget about relocating. That's a losing battle. Would some fans rather see a couple of teams move to fill Seattle and Vegas? If they could, but you listed 8 teams to shutter or move. Never happening. That's embracing the belief that your league is failing miserably.

I don't see the demand from basketball fans for expansion.
Making a team in Vegas was never a fan concern, that is what the NBA ownership wanted.
Seattle wants a team back, but thats a local issue.

The NBA has contracted before it can happen, its not likely as all those teams make money and the NBA isn't as ran as stringently as the NFL.
That said the NBA is suffering from a dilution problem.

 

[Primetime]

That’s the larger point

Why do these teams even exist if it’s “bad” for the league for them to be good

Is the argument that certain teams need to be a permanent underclass in order for the league to thrive at a certain level?

Fukked up that for 30 years Indiana been the lovable underdog that nobody actually wants to see win when it comes down to it

'94 Pacers (Knicks)
'95 Pacers (Knicks/Magic)
'98 Pacers (Bulls)
'00 Pacers (Lakers)
'13 Pacers (Heat)
'14 Pacers (Heat)
'24 Pacers (Knicks)
'25 Pacers (Knicks)

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Let's keep this in perspective....

1. How many of you on here have a Nielsen ratings box tracker on your tv? I'd guess no more than 1 person, if any of you. Do we need to explain again how this works and is wildly inaccurate numbers?

2. The highlight video on YouTube has over 3 million views already. People are interested.

3. I'd be interested to know how many YouTube TV STREAMS they had.

4. Who gives a shyt. I'd rather see a game like last night than a boring ass Lakers-Knicks finals with a giant ratings number, which really doesn't mean anything

Ratings are irrelevant. I’ve been watching everything on pirated sites for years.

 

[jadillac]

Ratings are irrelevant. I’ve been watching everything on pirated sites for years.

Well I wouldn't say they are irrelevant.

They still need a gauge of interest to sell to advertisers etc.

But why are you pirating a national televised broadcast?

 

[tremonthustler1]

Well I wouldn't say they are irrelevant.

They still need a gauge of interest to sell to advertisers etc.

But why are you pirating a national televised broadcast?

cuz he broke

 

[SchoolboyC]

Fukked up that for 30 years Indiana been the lovable underdog that nobody actually wants to see win when it comes down to it

'94 Pacers (Knicks)
'95 Pacers (Knicks/Magic)
'98 Pacers (Bulls)
'00 Pacers (Lakers)
'13 Pacers (Heat)
'14 Pacers (Heat)
'24 Pacers (Knicks)
'25 Pacers (Knicks)

Pacers blocking ESPN from being able to do their Celebrity Row segment

 

[High quality poster]

No, it wasn't marketed at that.
It was the Boston Celtic dynasty, and when Wilf was with philly, it was the Boston - Philly rivalry, led by...
When wilt was with Golden State it wasn't really a rivalry but the Warriors won the title, and etc.

nikka, was ya parents even alive during that era? You talking like you was watching it

 

[David_TheMan]

nikka, was ya parents even alive during that era? You talking like you was watching it

Yes my dad used to tell me all about wilt. That's why I have the appreciation I have today for him

 

[CrimsonTider]

Ironically it’s the diehard fans complaining the most

Because this isn’t compelling basketball

Only a select few of NBA nerds tried to claim that this series would be good ball

 

[High quality poster]

Yes my dad used to tell me all about wilt. That's why I have the appreciation I have today for him

Lying ass nikka

 

[David_TheMan]

Lying ass nikka

I feel for you fatherless kids
Mad that people grew up with their fathers.
Mad that you are ignorant. Lol

I'm 40+ years old too

 

[Standing on business]

NBA had to fly Kai to OkC

And Mr Beast was the most cringiest thing about the Allstar game

 

[High quality poster]

I feel for you fatherless kids
Mad that people grew up with their fathers.
Mad that you are ignorant. Lol

I'm 40+ years old too

Ya pops was lying to you. He don’t know shyt. The only thing people remember about the 60s is Wilt and Bill Russell

 

[David_TheMan]

Ya pops was lying to you. He don’t know shyt. The only thing people remember about the 60s is Wilt and Bill Russell

Just more idiocy when you tried and failed your original critique.

So again you can even listen to actual players talk from the era and then talk about the transition in the 80s to the NBA marketing individuals compared to the previous era of teams. It int hard.

 

[JYoung24]

Started at the Olympics, should have left the damn flabby heads at home. Put an age limit on that bytch

Curry ain't flabby