Damn! Not even LeBron could help the ratings...

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Ratings are important..

Too much money on the line.

At this pace we won't have NBA coverage in the near future...

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Then the NBA needs to find a better 'next MJ' because the current one isn't cutting it.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

I think it has to do about the western conference second round "robbery"

Many fans were really mad and made a commitment to boycott the Finals by not watching.

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You must be a Suns fans, seriously only Sun fans are the only ones who still care about that loss.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

San Antonio/Cleveland 6.3 rating lowest ever for a NBA Finals Game 1

Sad...

But don't blame Lebron..

Blame the Spurs.

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You have to blame Lebron because he is all they talked about numbnuts. If this guys Star power is so huge why is America not watching him in his first finals. Did MJ play the darlings of the league every year in order to get big ratings, no he did not. Lebron is beloved by the media not by the fans this pretty much confirms that.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Ratings are important..

Too much money on the line.

At this pace we won't have NBA coverage in the near future...

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maybe the NBA should look to another network for better coverage then.

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Originally Posted by Fillmoe

whatever kid...... holla at me when you can get more than 10 ppl to watch game 2 of the finals......

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The NBA ratings have really never been the same since MJ retired buddy. Heat/Mavs last year had the star power of Shaq and Wade and the ratings were only slightly better than Pistons and Spurs the year before.

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Originally Posted by spursfan09

maybe the NBA should look to another network for better coverage then.

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They need to get their big playoff games off of TNT and ESPN and only on ABC. NBC used to tie all that in with their primetime shows and it helped the ratings. Big playoff games not on major networks is not a good thing.

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Originally Posted by spursfan09

maybe the NBA should look to another network for better coverage then.

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True I see the ratings getting better...

The Spurs and Duncan are aging, they won't be back to the Finals...

They can't even repeat.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Finals ratings since 1976


1976 CELTICS VS SUNS 11.5
1977 BLAZERS VS SIXERS 12.7
1978 BULLETS VS SONICS 9.9
1979 SONICS VS BULLETS 7.2
1980 LAKERS VS SIXERS 8.0
1981 CELTICS VS ROCKETS 6.7
1982 LAKERS VS SIXERS 13.0
1983 SIXERS VS LAKERS 12.3
1984 CELTICS VS LAKERS 12.3
1985 LAKERS VS CELTICS 13.7
1986 CELTICS VS ROCKETS 14.1
1987 LAKERS VS CELTICS 15.9
1988 LAKERS VS PISTONS 15.4
1989 PISTONS VS LAKERS 15.1
1990 PISTONS VS BLAZERS 12.3
1991 BULLS VS LAKERS 15.8
1992 BULLS VS BLAZERS 14.2
1993 BULLS VS SUNS 17.9
1994 ROCKETS VS KNICKS 12.4
1995 ROCKETS VS MAGIC 13.9
1996 BULLS VS SONICS 16.7
1997 BULLS VS JAZZ 16.8
1998 BULLS VS JAZZ 18.7
1999 SPURS VS KNICKS 11.3
2000 LAKERS VS PACERS 11.6
2001 LAKERS VS SIXERS 12.1
2002 LAKERS VS NETS 10.2
2003 SPURS VS NETS 6.5
2004 PISTONS VS LAKERS 11.5
2005 SPURS VS PISTONS 8.2
2006 HEAT VS MAVERICKS 8.5

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thanks for demonstrating the continual decline in ratings. no matter who is in the finals, the ratings are continuing to go down. what does that prove? americans don't like professional basketball. if the finals were a one game deal, i'm sure the ratings would be big. but americans do not want to invest two weeks following a sport they don't even care about.

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Originally Posted by PM5K

I'll tell you one thing in regard to all of these Lebron/Jordan comparisons, the Bulls could have played the Antartica Polar Bears and still would have gotten a 13....

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:spin

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

True I see the ratings getting better...

The Spurs and Duncan are aging, they won't be back to the Finals...

They can't even repeat.

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At least they would've won 4 championships by then. And realistically the Spurs won't be done just yet. Tony, Manu and Tim are still in their prime to win a few more.

The fact of the matter is...since Jordan retired I don't think the East has been favored in a single finals...

Take a look at the Lakers ratings...they are supposedly the Goose tha lays the golden egg...yet their 3 finals were not substantially better than the Spurs Knicks.


Shaq is supposed to be ratings gold...but he crapped out last year...as did young and exciting DWade. As did the exciting Mavs.




I just hope every one realizes...the Finals lost ratings substantially in 2003...point that out as the Spurs all you want...just know that was the first year ABC had the finals....and there was like a 2 week delay before the finals started.

ABC does a crappy job of promoting the finals.

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

thanks for demonstrating the continual decline in ratings. no matter who is in the finals, the ratings are continuing to go down. what does that prove? americans don't like professional basketball. if the finals were a one game deal, i'm sure the ratings would be big. but americans do not want to invest two weeks following a sport they don't even care about.

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Heat/Mavericks is big one there an 8.5 rating compared to the Spurs 8.2 with the Pistons. If this is an issue just with the Spurs then why with the Heat and Mavs were the ratings bad. Basically the only time the ratings have been good since MJ left was when the Lakers were in the finals and even those ratings were not what they were in MJ's heyday.

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Originally Posted by spursfan09

At least they would've won 4 championships by then. And realistically the Spurs won't be done just yet. Tony, Manu and Tim are still in their prime to win a few more.

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Not so fast...

TD is getting old and injury prone

As far as the Finals, this series is just starting and anything can happen.

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Originally Posted by whottt

The fact of the matter is...since Jordan retired I don't think the East has been favored in a single finals...

Take a look at the Lakers ratings...they are supposedly the Golden egg...yet their 3 finals were not substantially better than the Spurs Knicks.


Shaq is supposed to be ratings gold...but he crapped out last year...as did young and exciting DWade.




I just hope every one realizes...the Finals lost ratings substantially in 2003...point that out as the Spurs all you want...just know that was the first year ABC had the finals.

ABC does a crappy job of promoting the finals.

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ABC had good ratings in 2004 between the Lakers and Pistons.

So much for the NBA on NBC being better.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

ABC had good ratings in 2004 between the Lakers and Pistons.

So much for the NBA on NBC being better.

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And bad ratings with the Heat and Mavs why is that exactly if this is just about the Spurs? What that chart shows is Lakers need to be in the finals or you get bad ratings. Check out the ratings from MJ's day HUGE, you may never see that again.

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Originally Posted by spursfan09

At least they would've won 4 championships by then. And realistically the Spurs won't be done just yet. Tony, Manu and Tim are still in their prime to win a few more.

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This is the first of our 3-peat. We will own the next 2 years....I would say 4-peat, but Im modest.

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Originally Posted by dbreiden83080

And bad ratings with the Heat and Mavs why is that exactly if this is just about the Spurs? What that chart shows is Lakers need to be in the finals or you get bad ratings. Check out the ratings from MJ's day HUGE, you may never see that again.

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Hey but at least the Heat-Mavs Game 1 ratings were better..19% better than this Years game 1 and slightly better overrall for the whole series.

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Originally Posted by O-Factor

This is the first of our 3-peat. We will own the next 2 years....I would say 4-peat, but Im modest.

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try to repeat for once then you can talk about 4-peats :lol

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Originally Posted by Fillmoe

it must be sad when more people rather watch the wnba finals over a finals that the san antonio spurs are in......

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I couldn't give a flying funk who is or isn't watching the NBA finals, in about 4 games San Antonio is still going to be the champs, so go home and suck on that. Maybe if all those exciting teams in big markets learned how to play the game then they could beat us and bring in those big ratings, but since they can't they have no one to blame but themselves.

Keep hanging your hat on low ratings as a sign that San Antonio doesn't belong because it only makes you and every other team look bad since none of them could beat my Spurs.

BTW What were the ratings when San Antonio was playing the elite teams, I'm pretty sure they were pretty high, fact is everyone knows it is only a matter of getting the games over with before the Spurs are being crowned champs. When the outcome is obvious few people are going to take time to watch.

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Originally Posted by Vito Corleone

I couldn't give a flying funk who is or isn't watching the NBA finals, in about 4 games San Antonio is still going to be the champs, so go home and suck on that. Maybe if all those exciting teams in big markets learned how to play the game then they could beat us and bring in those big ratings, but since they can't they have no one to blame but themselves.

Keep hanging your hat on low ratings as a sign that San Antonio doesn't belong because it only makes you and every other team look bad since none of them could beat my Spurs.

BTW What were the ratings when San Antonio was playing the elite teams, I'm pretty sure they were pretty high, fact is everyone knows it is only a matter of getting the games over with before the Spurs are being crowned champs. When the outcome is obvious few people are going to take time to watch.

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True they watch the "other" teams, that's why they're high...

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Hey but at least the Heat-Mavs Game 1 ratings were better..19% better than this Years game 1 and slightly better overrall for the whole series.

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Actually what that shows is the Cavs are the reason they suck. Pistons/Spurs were much better than this rating. You do realize that all the media were saying the ratings will be good because of Lebron so it stands to reason that he is not the star the media thinks he is in the eyes of the public.

Are fans trying to imply that the Spurs don't deserve to be the in finals just because they bring low ratings? Jealousy is not an attractive quality to have.

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Originally Posted by dbreiden83080

Actually what that shows is the Cavs are the reason they suck. Pistons/Spurs were much better than this rating. You do realize that all the media were saying the ratings will be good because of Lebron so it stands to reason that he is not the star the media thinks he is in the eyes of the public.

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Not really...

People don't want to watch the Spurs even if it was MJ's Bulls against the Spurs..

The Spurs kill the excitement.

NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT RATINGS

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