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?

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

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

NFL is popular everywhere in the United States.

People in America give zero fukks about the NBA unless they live relatively close to an NBA team.

NFL definition of "marquee" is more about pedigree and historical success plus current success.....being in LA/NYC/Miami doesn't mean shyt. Green Bay and Pittsburgh got more juice than any coastal team outside of maybe the Niners.

 

[Womb Raider]

Embiid would be the biggest star in the league if he wasnt a fat, lazy, self hating BUM

 

[murksiderock]

This media market convo is probably my most disliked sports discourse...

43 cities/metro areas have at least one major league team. There are 210 DMA markets in the US. The smallest market with a major league team is Green Bay, which is the 68th largest market in America...

Outside of Green Bay, the other 42 markets with a major league team, are all in the Top 54 largest markets. And outside of Memphis (51) and Buffalo (54), the other 39 are all in the 50 largest media markets...

The MLB and NBA tend to call only the 14 largest markets, "big market" cities:

1 NY
2 LA
3 Chi
4 DFW
5 Philly
6 Houston
7 Atlanta
8 DC
9 Boston
10 The Bay
11 Tampa
12 Phx
13 Seattle
14 Detroit

With 18 Miami as an outlier...

But imagine being from a Top 20 market and considered "small" only in sports are the following places considered small markets:

15 Orlando
16 MSP
17 Denver
19 Cleveland
20 Sacramento

Even the following cities have pretty substantial media markets:

21 Charlotte
22 Raleigh
23 Portland
24 St Louis
25 Indianapolis

The "market" conversation is so inconsistent. The real truth has already been mentioned in here, the NBA has built its entire 79 years on being attached to a handful of franchises, so they don't do a good job promoting most of their franchises outside of that select few...


I do think that this parity could swing the pendulum the other way, and cause people to give a fukk organically about the "small markets" if they have a dope player. Time will tell, but personally, I have zero issue with Indiana/Oklahoma Finals every year, if those are the best teams...

 

[010101]

marketing makes stars

iconic city stanbases make stars

the NBA will never need any individual..........

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