People Have Been Stuck On This Face Of The League Stuff Without Addressing Another Major Issue On The Horizon…

[bl2k8]

People saying the league didn’t push the smaller markets foh. They ran that stupid ass Chet SGA jdub commercial down our throats all year, ant got multiple commercials. The truth is those guys just have yet to connect with people they way other superstars of the past have.

 

[Diondon]

I be so glad when small market teams win the chip
cause that argument is so annoying and really anti competition

 

[MJ Truth]

I mean, the ratings speak for themselves. It’s kinda that simple. The market determines what it likes and what it doesn’t. The NBA pushes small market teams, when they’re good, all year every year. The biggest market teams and legacy teams get the push whether they’re good or not, but OKC has been pushed all season the last two seasons. If the general public doesn’t rock with it, it is what it is.

 

[Stone]

The most hyped athlete in the history of American sports & the guy that revolutionized basketball were able to hold attention playing for small market teams…

Oh baby what a point

Funny part is that your sarcasm proves this thread unnecessary lol.

The outlier talents/personality are what drive ratings not market size

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Funny part is that your sarcasm proves this thread unnecessary lol.

The outlier talents/personality are what drive ratings not market size

You banking on two 1 of 1s shows you put sugar on crayons and call it dinner

 

[Stone]

You banking on two 1 of 1s shows you put sugar on crayons and call it dinner

1 of 1s is what the NBA has built on since it’s been a thing.

 

[Damnshow]

We wanted parity and this is what parity looks like.

Except, I will say that ironically the new NBA 3 point heavy style still makes it look like a lot of series are lopsided with sweeps or 5 game series where one team can't miss and another team misses everything.

We thought parity would provide us more competitive series, but the 3pt shooting + more often injuries still made a lot of series go quick.


There's no face of the league from new players as most of them are not interesting outside of basketball like at all.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'm shocked the NBA still has the problem. Like the NFL had record ratings of a game between KC and Buffalo in recent times. I thought like the NFL, the NBA was passed being screwed by two small market teams being in a late round playoff series.



Prior to these Conference Finals I thought only baseball still had the small market teams = flabby ratings problem. Like the 2023 WS ratings were really low than the 2024 WS, which had NYC and LA, one of the games beat the NFL in head to head ratings

Those teams weren't even small markets


Arizona = Phoenix
Texas = Arlington/Dallas

 

[tremonthustler1]

People saying the league didn’t push the smaller markets foh. They ran that stupid ass Chet SGA jdub commercial down our throats all year, ant got multiple commercials. The truth is those guys just have yet to connect with people they way other superstars of the past have.

not many NBA stars nowadays do, regardless of location.

 

[Loose]

People saying the league didn’t push the smaller markets foh. They ran that stupid ass Chet SGA jdub commercial down our throats all year, ant got multiple commercials. The truth is those guys just have yet to connect with people they way other superstars of the past have.

Okc wasn't even playing on Christmas while having the #1 seed the prior year, the nba does not push smaller markets. Teams that missed the playoffs was on tv

 

[bl2k8]

Okc wasn't even playing on Christmas while having the #1 seed the prior year, the nba does not push smaller markets. Teams that missed the playoffs was on tv

They were top 10 in national TV games. Why does at a team with no proven star power that lost in the second round the year before deserve a Christmas game?