The only working link I found so far is here.
Tough rodeo road trip, including a trip to see the cold Nephew.
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The only working link I found so far is here.
Tough rodeo road trip, including a trip to see the cold Nephew.
Damn some tuff games at the start
Pretty much the same, just includes the pre-season
NBATV- 12
TNT- 4
ESPN- 9
ABC 0
no greek freak visit?
Only three games vs Warriors? Two in SA?
Nice.
0-82 tbh imo
We went as far as Parker went. No Parker, no :lobt:
On January 3rd, fans at ATT better shit all over Kawhi, tbh.
Getting an early butt-fucking on November 18th against the Dubs, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by iGetbuckets
43 of the Lakers games will be nationally televised :wow
The Lebron effect. Originally I thought they were going to get 41 games so I was only off by 2. Not surprised by this at all. It's a lot of games for a first round team.Quote:
Originally Posted by bklynspursfan
Random thoughts about the schedule:
-Two showdowns with Lebron in the first 10 days. Would love to help the Lakers get off to a bad start. Also a home-and-away with them on December 5th and 7th.
-As mentioned, January 3rd will be Kawhi's return to San Antonio. But he probably won't even have the balls to show up.
-Rodeo Trip this schedule: Kings, Warriors, Blazers, Jazz, Grizzlies, Raptors, Knicks, Nets. Holy shit, that is a gauntlet. Spurs pretty much on the road for probably the most difficult month of the season.
Why is nephew getting more nationally televised games?
A Canadian team getting more air time than a team in one of the biggest basketball cities :bang
It's all about market size that's what you guys never understand. SA the City is big but the metro area of SA is small compared to other metro's which results in a smaller TV market.Quote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
Raps Nationally televised games last year was 5. They have 27 this year. :bangQuote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
Explain the "metro area". You talking TV MARKET, I carry a TV in my pocket! I've never understood this antiquated system of calculating TV market share when people are cutting cable in record numbers, getting specific packages to only consume what a customer wants, and to have the 7th biggest population in the USA, San Antonio is still considered a small market. So please explain this because I genuinely want to understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
I guess the broadcasters can't earn as much money if your viewing device is a smartphone. Their earning power is greater in markets where wealthy corporations heavily invest in marketing/commercials that air during sporting events. San Antonio has HEB, Whataburger and that's about it. Gunn Auto and other marketers/businesses aren't elite enough to generate sufficient revenue streams for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by LCM
It's almost as if the Kawhi's move out of San Antonio was orchestrated by ESPN/Sutton brothers.Quote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
That is borderline criminal ...Quote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
The post-RRT schedule doesn't look bad at all. vs GS, @HOU, @BOS are the only really tough games, and 4 of the 5 next-toughest (vs OC, vs DEN, vs MIL, vs POR, @DEN) are at home.
At least I don't see any early afternoon Sunday games. Only 2 games on the entire schedule start before 6 central: vs UTA on Saturday Feb. 9 (4 pm) and @CLE on Sunday April 7 (2 pm).
The toughest stretch of games looks to be from Nov. 18 vs GS to Dec. 9 vs UTA, and the first 5 games could easily see the Spurs start 2-3 or worse.
This one big advertisement for an agency owned by a New York multi billionaire named Sutton, "come join my firm and I'll get you on national TV!" Milwaukee - hold on to Giannis as long as you can because they will be coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phenomanul
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
We will make 2nd round ... might even beat Spurs to get there. :wow
Damn it feels good to have Lebron on our side.
Couldn't even joke about that the past 5 years ...:toast
I don't agree with it but that's how it's been set up. Also you are ignoring metro. The metro area is the city population plus all the suburbs around the city. SA's metro population is around 2.4 million which makes it the 24th biggest metro in the US. Here is a list of all the top metro populations in the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by LCM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tistical_areas
You are a first round team. It's Lebron and a bunch of trash. I remember Kobe-Shaq Lakers being called the Late Show. This current incarnation to me will be the clown show. They should provided a lot of comedy. Anyways you guys are pretty much are at the same stage at what the Kobe Lakers were from '04-'07. You have a marquee player but no legit stars around him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killakobe81
Drake pulled some strings :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Phenomanul
It's a combination of market size and speculation and hype. They are getting these games mainly because a lot of people believe the Raptors will get out of the East with the addition of Kawhi. I remember many years ago the Magic got a ton of games based off of the hype of Tmac/Grant Hill.Quote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
Didn't they open at home against T-Wolves last year also?
Spur fan overly focused on "stars" ... the irony.Quote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
We will make playoffs and win a round.
You willing to bet avatar signature or ELE on it?
Lakers will advance as far or further than the Spurs?
I got them finishing 9th winning around 40 games. After missing the playoffs for 5 seasons, I can see why your expectations are so low.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killakobe81
Cross your fingers to avoid James being injured. Without him, who is going to lead that group? Even with him in the locker room, Lakers season is a huge question mark at the moment. LeBron couldn't keep together Cleveland's locker room... now in Los Angeles he has more difficult personalities to deal with. He can ask to change the roster in February, but he can't coast half the season, in the Western Conference that would cost him the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killakobe81
[QUOTE=Killakobe81;9506777]Spur fan overly focused on "stars" ... the irony.
We will make playoffs and win a round.
You willing to bet avatar signature or ELE on it?
Lakers will advance as far or further than the Spurs?[/QUOT
FTL tbh. Do you want a cookie? We can bake sum for ya.
Thanks for info, appreciate it!Quote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
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Originally Posted by Dex
this :ihit :ihit :ihit :ihit :ihit :ihit :ihit :ihitQuote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
Winning a round and finishing among the 4 teams left is fair... I think Spurs will have more wins than Lakers but Lakers will be better come playoffs... But we will see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
And yes I'm counting on a healthy Bron he has rarely ever been hurt and no major injuries. But also counting on leaps from Kuzma and Ingram.
Toronto is the bigger marketQuote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
No major businesses in San Antonio and a dead downtown.
Toronto was a bigger market last year too.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJR210
The uncle dennis effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by JakeCuenca
Wonder if KL and Pop will hug before the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
And #2 (LA), #3 (Inland Empire), and #17 (SD) are all in SoCal, and are all Lakers fans. That’s why they get 43 national games.Quote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
I don't remember Spurs fans booing any returning player en masse, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
Not to mention Austin at 31. Combined the two are bigger than Phoenix / Scottsdale. Understandably there are plenty of non-Spurs fans there.Quote:
Originally Posted by daslicer
But is local population even a good barometer for who should get national TV games? They can just watch locally (though there have been big issues with the Dodgers a few years back and Knicks during Linsanity where huge swaths of the population lacked access). Fan base nationally is a much bigger driver.
Spurs are 8th in Facebook rankings, though basically tied with 7th place OKC and behind Cleveland/Miami who both lack Lebron now, and 5th in Twitter followers. Much larger overall following.
Lebron is a huge reason to why the Lakers got all those games. Look at the Knicks they are in the biggest market in the US but still only got 5 national games. Lakers the last 2 years have gotten a lot of national games off of bs hype. Last year it was because of Lavar hyping Lonzo. This year it's because of Lebron.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsandiego
That was when he was playing for legacy, now he's playing for other shit, so i expect him to go down, which gives him an excuse to ride out the season on the bench since he hopes to get Kiwi and the Warriors break up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killakobe81
I would like to see silence, complete silence when Kawhi hits the floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Silence seems somehow appropriate for this guy (booing is respect he doesn't deserve).
These are very interesting stats about the Spurs popularity digitally. Disney was told that they had to sell off the regional sports networks it bought in the Fox merger to get government approval. ESPN won't have control of them. What if a Amazon, Hulu, Netflix buys Fox Sports Southwest? The teams apart of that network would be a huge opportunity to promote for digital viewers.Quote:
Originally Posted by cjw