Finals ratings in the toilet.

[Spurtacular]

:cry

Ya failed. It is what it is.

[Neo.]

Ya failed. It is what it is.

neat :tu

[Spurtacular]

neat :tu

You did. I pretty much documented how much I watched in the thread.
You found out and still lashed out that I was lying about something you won't say. :lmao

[Neo.]

You did. I pretty much documented how much I watched in the thread.
You found out and still lashed out that I was lying about something you won't say. :lmao

:lmao okay

[Spurtacular]

:lmao okay

Why are you laughing?

Just take the L and move on. It happens.

[Neo.]

Why are you laughing?

Just take the L and move on. It happens.

:rollin cool man

[Spurtacular]

More entertaining than the WWE Basketball finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPJgmLEfD4

[Rummpd]

That honey badger is one bad very dude taking on a python that nearly killed him and then running off 2 jackals.

[lefty20]

NLCS game 7 & GA/Bama both drew more viewers than any NBA Finals game.

https://www.outkick.com/nlcs-game-7-and-georgia-bama-got-higher-ratings-than-every-nba-finals-game/

RIP NBA.

[lefty]

NLCS game 7 & GA/Bama both drew more viewers than any NBA Finals game.

https://www.outkick.com/nlcs-game-7-and-georgia-bama-got-higher-ratings-than-every-nba-finals-game/

RIP NBA.

so a bunch of old white males :lol

[FrostKing]

so a bunch of old white males :lol
No feet washing

[InRareForm]

Game 1 got a 7.1

[midnightpulp]

so a bunch of old white males :lol

Nah, dude. That's a myth (which I've already debunked). MLB has around the same amount of young fans as the NBA.

Also, Game 1 of the World Series drew 9.2 million, higher than any NBA Finals game, and that's with Tampa Bay (who are ratings death) playing.

[Rummpd]

If Halloween skeleton ghoul commish was not worried about terrible across board finals ratings he would have kept quiet on changes next season

He had his dream finals Fakers and another big market and LBJ playing former team etc. Selected games times for prime time and to help West Coast. Bottom line 51 per cent drop is dismal at best.

[ambchang]

It was really just bad basketball overall.

[Ed Lover]

The NBA still exists and people talk about it? Amazing. Just relocate the league to China where it belongs. Nothing of value would be lost

[Ed Lover]

Yo, can I get some likes? I'm empty inside without the validation

[lefty]

Nah, dude. That's a myth (which I've already debunked). MLB has around the same amount of young fans as the NBA.

Also, Game 1 of the World Series drew 9.2 million, higher than any NBA Finals game, and that's with Tampa Bay (who are ratings death) playing.


That makes sense

According o the U.S census bureau. there are 9 millions Americas who are 65+ :lol

[Rummpd]

Yo, can I get some likes? I'm empty inside without the validation

What you say is pretty much it

[Chucho]

They down 70% though? I mean this is ALL TIME low for the NBA finals. Literally have to back to the 70s for these types of ratings. Yeah baseball and football and stuff are down, that is expected. But none of them are down 70 fucking percent. None of them are having all time lows. None of them are even close to NBA level of losing viewers.


IT'S NOT THE POLITICS!!!!

[Spurtacular]

And the huge layoffs are coming.

Deserved.

https://www.outkick.com/espn-bracing-for-major-cost-cuts/

[KobesAchilles]

IT'S NOT THE POLITICS!!!!
You're right. I concede.

The Lakers are the most boring team of all time :lmao
David Stern "my dream finals is Lakers vs Lakers" :lmao
Lebron is officially the least cared about superstar in the history of the game :lmao
Second biggest market is in the Finals going up against one baseball game and can't even pull 2003 Spurs ratings :lmao
Today's NBA :lmao
Silver shitting his pants at the thought of a Lebron repeat :lmao
Not even half of Lebron's IG followers watched him win his championship :lmao
Somewhere in Hell Stern is watching what Silver did to his league and crying his eyes out :lmao

[Rummpd]

You're right. I concede.

The Lakers are the most boring team of all time :lmao
David Stern "my dream finals is Lakers vs Lakers" :lmao
Lebron is officially the least cared about superstar in the history of the game :lmao
Second biggest market is in the Finals going up against one baseball game and can't even pull 2003 Spurs ratings :lmao
Today's NBA :lmao
Silver shitting his pants at the thought of a Lebron repeat :lmao
Not even half of Lebron's IG followers watched him win his championship :lmao
Somewhere in Hell Stern is watching what Silver did to his league and crying his eyes out :lmao

Belongs with the classics. BLUF NBA held a sham Disney bubble tourney with all their enhanced bells and whistles and did all possible to help Fakers get to finals, put in their best possible time slots against nothing on TV, and no one gave a da$*.

[daslicer]

It was really just bad basketball overall.

Agreed. I'm not conservative but I didn't watch most of the playoffs and it had nothing to do with BLM for me. It had all to do with it all the playoff series outside Clippers-Mavs,Clippers-Nuggets, being pretty shitty to watch.

[Rummpd]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sportsnaut.com/world-series-tv-ratings-sports-world/amp/

Decent article on all ratings down.

[ambchang]

I have yet to meet a person that said they didn’t watch whatever sports game because of the protests. Every single person I know who didn’t watched or watched significantly less sports is due to either the quality of product, lack of coverage and competing priorities.

[midnightpulp]

mUsT bE tHe PoLiTiCs!

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dodgers-rays-world-series-game-2-ratings-record-233849711.html (https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dodgers-rays-world-series-game-2-ratings-record-233849711.html)

For second game in a row, Dodgers-Rays World Series sets all-time record for low viewership

All sports are suffering ratings drops due to Covid and maybe the upcoming election drawing eyeballs to the cable news networks and away from sports, but I find it interesting that the NBA Finals, which featured the biggest star in American sports and the NBA's marquee franchise, flamed out ratings wise as hard as it did. Their drop off has been significantly more than most other sports.

And yeah, I don't buy "the politics" argument. NBA fanbase skews heavily liberal anyway. Now obviously the virus situation is probably the main factor, but I think the subpar on-court product is losing fans more than NBA brass would probably like to admit. As I said, I think the sport is "too easy" for a handful of select NBA superstars to dominate, translating into Lebron and such being overrepresented in the Finals every year. The actual on-court playstyle looks like a glorified And-1 competition rather than a refined professional sport. Parity is non-existent.

[daslicer]

All sports are suffering ratings drops due to Covid and maybe the upcoming election drawing eyeballs to the cable news networks and away from sports, but I find it interesting that the NBA Finals, which featured the biggest star in American sports and the NBA's marquee franchise, flamed out ratings wise as hard as it did. Their drop off has been significantly more than most other sports.

And yeah, I don't buy "the politics" argument. NBA fanbase skews heavily liberal anyway. Now obviously the virus situation is probably the main factor, but I think the subpar on-court product is losing fans more than NBA brass would probably like to admit. As I said, I think the sport is "too easy" for a handful of select NBA superstars to dominate, translating into Lebron and such being overrepresented in the Finals every year. The actual on-court playstyle looks like a glorified And-1 competition rather than a refined professional sport. Parity is non-existent.

Agreed and I would add to what you are saying that there was really no great match ups worth watching outside of Mavs-Clippers,Clipper-Nuggets. Those were the best series of the playoffs. Nugget-Laker had potential to be good but the Davis shot prevented that series from being a 7 game series. Across the board you had terrible match ups that weren't watching. I think the Warriors being back next year, and a healthy Nets team with Durant-Kyrie could make things more interesting across the board.

[Rummpd]

Agreed and I would add to what you are saying that there was really no great match ups worth watching outside of Mavs-Clippers,Clipper-Nuggets. Those were the best series of the playoffs. Nugget-Laker had potential to be good but the Davis shot prevented that series from being a 7 game series. Across the board you had terrible match ups that weren't watching. I think the Warriors being back next year, and a healthy Nets team with Durant-Kyrie could make things more interesting across the board.


I think there is gone to be a persistent effect to some effect - I just personally avoid the first part of games and tune in later. I have friends won’t watch at all anymore. I expect ratings will remain down to some extent for awhile. I for one am tired of LeBron especially but endure all the over hype for him anyway, cause I still truly love the game.

[FrostKing]

NBA Revenue dropped 10%

[lefty]

Israel in shambles

[Spurtacular]

Keepin' dem ratings down.

Sorry, don't care to find the real video.

Bot tone is fitting for these corn-holers anyhow.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi3q7nLgPw

[resistanze]

It's official: 2020 World Series was least-watched Fall Classic ever (https://sports.yahoo.com/2020-world-series-dodgers-rays-ratings-average-viewership-mlb-023421427.html)

:stirpot:

Have at it boys!

[Spurtacular]

How many time, even recently, have lefty idiots came on here and gave MJ sh** for saying Republicans buy shoes too?

https://www.westernjournal.com/go-woke-go-broke-nba-reportedly-facing-billions-losses-steep-decline-player-salaries/

[Spurtacular]

Also better than NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbfH5t1VU8

[lefty]

It's official: 2020 World Series was least-watched Fall Classic ever (https://sports.yahoo.com/2020-world-series-dodgers-rays-ratings-average-viewership-mlb-023421427.html)

:stirpot:

Have at it boys! :lol beisbol

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmCDd7goWtE

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It9tfX8Ux2o

[Spurtacular]

This is sad but also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4919o1rFIUg

[lefty]

^
Burn more calories than beisbol players

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAiX1RGp4II

[Rummpd]

For me i is all about James (LeRoid) - cannot stand him and anyone he plays for - did watch a little of JV injured Heat taking them to 6 games but only for a few minutes. I also just tune out opening all games as just want to avoid all the kneegate drama from players who really in the end primarily are concerned with their financial interest (most).

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnWCcwdLiMA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9J9C2pm3J4

[Michael Jordan.]

:lol today’s NBA

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4zCt4Nlis

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElrSMj_YEEs

[lefty]

^
Better than 90s NBA tbh :lol

[FrostKing]

^
Better than 90s NBA tbh :lol
Hero ball > Buddy ball

[LkrFan]

:wow



https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sunday-night-football-nba-finals-ratings-dip-1234793078/

And that's with the league's marquee team and player in the Finals. Covid to blame? Some people turned off by BLM? Combination of both?

I think it goes deeper than that. Using this forum as barometer, we've seen many of the usual NBA fans no longer post much about the sport. Mav Crew, HarlemHeat, among many others, despite them being active in the NFL forum, political forum and such. Lefty might've jokingly predicted it with :lol today's NBA, but I think he was on to something. The modern game centered around 3 pointers and fouls is uninteresting, with the league doing everything and anything to accelerate pace even more, with retarded rules like a 14 second shot clock after an offensive rebound. It's obvious the league's strategy is to appeal to teenagers on twitter, since the modern product is producing more "highlights" than ever before, which are easily shared on social media. Not to mention their courting of "twitter drama," which also appeals to teenagers and man-children. The NBA is the only league I know of to have articles about "what storylines to watch out for this season."

Those factors have personally turned me off the NBA, but what's also accelerated my disinterest is how star-centric the sport is (or always was). Maybe I never fully realized it or admitted it, but the amount of in-game impact a single player has in the sport is ridiculous. Lebron in the Finals 10 times with 3 different teams. NBA team building philosophy is basically, "sign a couple of stars, make playoffs. Sign Lebron, make Finals." This makes team building and player development also uninteresting, and as fans, you're either hoping to make a splash by signing a top 5 player or pray the ping-pong balls bounce in your favor. If that doesn't happen, your team has no chance to do much of anything, and usually for decades. In other sports, you're not tied to stars this way. Patrick Mahomes still needs a line and a defense. Mike Trout will get about the same number of at bats as the 9 hitter. Hockey stars only play about 30 minutes out of 60.

The Covid and Black Lives Matter situations are partly to blame I'm sure, but I think the declining ratings might point to a larger issue with the sport/league that has turned off many core fans.

Still higher than the 1999* Finals :lol

[lefty]

Still higher than the 1999* Finals :lol
:lol still bitter about the Forum going out in shame

[GAustex]

Kobe and fish cried

[daslicer]

Still higher than the 1999* Finals :lol

Nope 1999 finals was a lot higher than the 2020 Finals. If you don't believe me look a this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings#:~:text=For%20the%20 2020%20NBA%20Finals,decline%20from%20the%20previou s%20year.

[LkrFan]

Nope 1999 finals was a lot higher than the 2020 Finals. If you don't believe me look a this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings#:~:text=For%20the%20 2020%20NBA%20Finals,decline%20from%20the%20previou s%20year.

Dude you quoted Wikileaks? :lmao - 200 points son. Next violation and I'll get DPG to drop the pink hammer on ya :lol

[GAustex]

Kobe and fish cried

[daslicer]

Dude you quoted Wikileaks? :lmao - 200 points son. Next violation and I'll get DPG to drop the pink hammer on ya :lol

How disappointing I never thought you would go the conservative route and deny actual facts.

[LkrFan]

How disappointing I never thought you would go the conservative route and deny actual facts.

《FacepalmGif》 :lol

[GAustex]

Were there games today?

[Spurtacular]

^
Better than 90s NBA tbh :lol

I actually like the 90s Finals minus all the cheating for Dad Killer.

[lefty]

I actually like the 90s Finals minus all the cheating for Dad Killer.

The best part of the 90s is 1994 tbh, no cheating for MJ since he wasn’t playing, media realized other players exist, Bulls were more fun to watch (more ball movement)

[Spurtacular]

The best part of the 90s is 1994 tbh, no cheating for MJ since he wasn’t playing, media realized other players exist, Bulls were more fun to watch (more ball movement)

True. Bulls-Knicks was actually better without MJ, I'd say.

That 94 team could've legit won without MJ. They were a bad break from doing it. And that was without all the nonsense phantom calls.

[i'm_still_beta]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30624750/nba-ratings-opening-week-significantly-2019

[Dirks_Finale]

True. Bulls-Knicks was actually better without MJ, I'd say.

That 94 team could've legit won without MJ. They were a bad break from doing it. And that was without all the nonsense phantom calls.

No :lol

But they could have made the finals for sure.

[daslicer]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30624750/nba-ratings-opening-week-significantly-2019

That's pretty deceptive they are comparing opening week of this year which was Christmas weekend to what was the regular opening week in 2019. Christmas weekend is always going to get high ratings compared to the regular start date of the NBA.

[Spurtacular]

No :lol

But they could have made the finals for sure.

They were looking like the better team against the Knicks. And they weren't getting the MJ charity.

Michael ALWAYS needed charity to get past the Knicks.

[lefty]

They were looking like the better team against the Knicks. And they weren't getting the MJ charity.

Michael ALWAYS needed charity to get past the Knicks.

true true
Especially game 5 of the 1993 ECF , that was a fucking travesty
lol needing help against a grocery bagger and cock rivers

[Dirks_Finale]

true true
Especially game 5 of the 1993 ECF , that was a fucking travesty
lol needing help against a grocery bagger and cock rivers

Those 90's refs would have lost their hearing if Lebron played those Knicks teams. He'd be in their ears constantly crying that Mason and those boys were being too mean to him :lol

[lefty]

Those 90's refs would have lost their hearing if Lebron played those Knicks teams. He'd be in their ears constantly crying that Mason and those boys were being too mean to him :lol

crofl

James in the ISO era against those scrubs ?

He would easily drop 70 ppg on those grocery baggers and MTV Rap rejects masquerading as Knicks players :lol
And if they tried to hurt him while going to the basket, he would send Oak and Mason to the hospital :lol

Dude is built like Karl Malone but he is obviously far more skilled, lol thinking any of those YMCA janitors would hurt Lebron coming at full speed :lmao

« hur durr physicality » :lol

[Dirks_Finale]

Sure, he'd get his 30 in any era. Not denying he is a freak of nature.

But he'd be knocked on his azz so many times that his career wouldn't be nearly as impressive in terms of longevity. There would be no year 18 for him and by year 13 he's got Larry's Bird's busted back and waving a towel for somebody :lol


crofl

James in the ISO era against those scrubs ?

He would easily drop 70 ppg on those grocery baggers and MTV Rap rejects masquerading as Knicks players :lol
And if they tried to hurt him while going to the basket, he would send Oak and Mason to the hospital :lol

Dude is built like Karl Malone but he is obviously far more skilled, lol thinking any of those YMCA janitors would hurt Lebron coming at full speed :lmao

« hur durr physicality » :lol

[lefty]

Sure, he'd get his 30 in any era. Not denying he is a freak of nature.

But he'd be knocked on his azz so many times that his career wouldn't be nearly as impressive in terms of longevity. There would be no year 18 for him and by year 13 he's got Larry's Bird's busted back and waving a towel for somebody :lol

He could always do what Jordan did, take a couple of years off twice :lol

(And Bird’s busted back had nothing to do with the game)

[Spurtacular]

crofl

James in the ISO era against those scrubs ?

He would easily drop 70 ppg on those grocery baggers and MTV Rap rejects masquerading as Knicks players :lol
And if they tried to hurt him while going to the basket, he would send Oak and Mason to the hospital :lol

Dude is built like Karl Malone but he is obviously far more skilled, lol thinking any of those YMCA janitors would hurt Lebron coming at full speed :lmao

« hur durr physicality » :lol

TBF, James is the product of advances in steroids. Put him in the 80's and he's not going to be the same player.

[Neo.]

But he'd be knocked on his azz so many times that his career wouldn't be nearly as impressive in terms of longevity.

considering people like you want to cry about how ref protected lebron is due to his superstardom, then perhaps an argument exists that he would be even more ref protected in the era of the single most ref protected player in sports history

and tbqh if karl could handle it and last as long as he did, i'd personally feel confident that lebron who takes as good or better care of his body, would be just fine.

[lefty]

considering people like you want to cry about how ref protected lebron is due to his superstardom, then perhaps an argument exists that he would be even more ref protected in the era of the single most ref protected player in sports history

and tbqh if karl could handle it and last as long as he did, i'd personally feel confident that lebron who takes as good or better care of his body, would be just fine.

Exactly tbqh

[Dirks_Finale]

Exactly tbqh

Similar body types, much different games.

[Dirks_Finale]

TBF, James is the product of advances in steroids. Put him in the 80's and he's not going to be the same player.

He had the most NBA ready body ever. You think he was juicing up at 16?

[Neo.]

Similar body types, much different games.

youre right

bron doesnt have to battle the mental toll of hiding that he rapes children and abandons his daughters



more funny is that you even bring this up when karl was a "big man" in the era of where "big men beat the living daylights out of each other!!!!!!!!!!1!1"

since bron is a guard, then by your memory of that era, he would be even less subject to that type of punishment compared to big man karl malone

regardless, i think bron would be fine when hes running with high speed and momentum into a bunch of big men who weigh 15+ lbs less than he does

[Spurtacular]

Also better than watching NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7-rrRkhLx4

[Spurtacular]

Also better than the NBA Finals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HhUpfYbBzA&ab_channel=IST

[Spurtacular]

This is funny though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i93vF0WOX6w&ab_channel=JxmyHighroller

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/ZM4yXMK/20220125-144705.jpg