NBA to consider playing west coast games earlier to accommodate Lebron

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Wait is this shyt real? Start regular season games at 6 in LA and people won't make it till the 2nd half :mjlol:
If that, lakers fans living in Santa Monica / West LA (which is most of the ones who can afford it), won't even make it in time.....

I remember I drove from the Pier to downtown, a few weeks back and it took 90 minutes.
 

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As a non-US breh I don't care about time differences, but I do have a question : how were brehs doing when it was Magic, later Kobe and Shaq? Wasn't people watching Lakers games despite the time difference? :jbhmm:

There were great and interesting players in the east to off-set it. Bird and Jordan in Magic's era and Iverson, Mcgrady, Carter, Lebron ect. in Kobe and Shaq's era
 

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If that, lakers fans living in Santa Monica / West LA (which is most of the ones who can afford it), won't even make it in time.....

I remember I drove from the Pier to downtown, a few weeks back and it took 90 minutes.


Exactly. I just typed in directions from the Pier to Staples right now and it's 1 hr and 14 min....if a game started at 5 you'd barely get there. And most people are still at work around this time
 

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So they going losing revenue?

They make their money in the TV contracts not the turnstiles.

I mean, I don't get up early for work but generally speaking the second game on a TNT doubleheader will start around 10:30 and go till around 1, if you've got multiple OTs you're looking at a 2AM finish. No one's trying to do that who has to get up at 7am
 

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Wouldn't this be bad for West coast fans who go to the arena during a worse rush hour time?

And even West coast people who watch it on TV and probably miss the 1st quarter cause their coming back from work?
 
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