They have too many Black players, tbh..
Only place in Indiana with Black people is Gary, and those s can't afford to attend a basketball game..
Best record in the NBA and ranked 20th in attendance
Can't even fill up the arena to see a 12-1 team
NBA Attendance Report - 2014
2014 Attendance Home Road Overall RK TEAM GMS TOTAL AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT 1 Bulls 5 109,532 21,906 104.7 7 18,856 96.4 12 20,127 100.0 2 Mavericks 7 139,009 19,858 103.4 7 17,017 90.3 14 18,437 96.9 3 NY Knicks 7 138,684 19,812 100.0 5 16,969 83.9 12 18,627 93.2 4 Heat 8 157,493 19,686 100.4 5 18,413 95.7 13 19,196 98.7 5 Warriors 7 137,172 19,596 100.0 7 16,618 86.5 14 18,107 93.3 6 Clippers 8 153,511 19,188 100.7 7 17,304 92.9 15 18,309 97.1 7 Trail Blazers 6 114,135 19,022 91.5 8 17,191 91.9 14 17,976 91.7 8 Lakers 9 170,402 18,933 99.3 5 18,686 100.3 14 18,845 99.7 9 Cavaliers 5 93,884 18,776 91.3 9 16,931 88.3 14 17,590 89.4 10 Raptors 6 112,252 18,708 94.5 7 14,784 78.9 13 16,595 86.3 11 Spurs 6 110,775 18,462 99.4 7 17,374 88.7 13 17,876 93.5 12 Thunder 6 109,218 18,203 100.0 6 17,970 90.8 12 18,086 95.2 13 Rockets 8 145,175 18,146 100.6 6 17,986 90.6 14 18,078 96.1 14 Celtics 6 108,658 18,109 97.2 9 17,220 89.5 15 17,576 92.5 15 Jazz 6 106,573 17,762 89.2 9 17,718 93.8 15 17,735 91.9 16 Nets 5 88,660 17,732 98.0 8 16,615 86.9 13 17,044 91.0 17 Nuggets 7 121,510 17,358 90.6 5 17,135 93.2 12 17,265 91.7 18 Wizards 5 85,306 17,061 84.1 8 17,484 88.3 13 17,321 86.7 19 Grizzlies 6 99,269 16,544 91.3 7 17,893 95.6 13 17,271 93.7 20 Pacers 7 113,385 16,197 89.2 6 18,255 93.8 13 17,147 91.4 21 Magic 8 129,173 16,146 85.7 5 17,922 94.9 13 16,829 89.2 22 Kings 8 126,317 15,789 91.2 5 17,597 90.8 13 16,484 91.0 23 Pelicans 7 109,696 15,670 91.2 5 16,470 87.3 12 16,004 89.5 24 Timberwolves 8 123,398 15,424 79.7 7 17,986 92.6 15 16,620 85.7 25 Bobcats 7 107,439 15,348 80.5 7 17,905 93.6 14 16,626 87.1 26 Bucks 6 89,478 14,913 79.7 6 16,902 87.9 12 15,907 83.8 27 Pistons 6 89,174 14,862 67.3 7 17,680 94.0 13 16,379 80.6 28 Suns 6 88,858 14,809 80.4 7 16,334 87.9 13 15,630 84.5 29 Hawks 6 88,790 14,798 79.0 8 16,827 86.7 14 15,957 83.5 30 76ers 9 120,200 13,355 65.7 6 17,401 91.5 15 14,973 75.6
They have too many Black players, tbh..
Only place in Indiana with Black people is Gary, and those s can't afford to attend a basketball game..
why make it a racist discussion?
Indiana is arguably the most racist state in the US, tbh..
They always have ty attendance numbers, despite consistently fielding quality teams and occasionally a contender..even in the 90s when they had a bunch of White players(Smits, Croshere, Mullin, Foster) and a White-washed as their best player, they still couldn't fill the arena..
Indiana needs Kevin Love to generate interest in the NBA, tbh..
hey it could be worst. we could be talking about a 2 year extension to a players thats not playing... or being the worst team in your state...or not being Even being the best team in your own dam gym... carry on..
Son I've been saying this for quite sometime now. The Pacers have a terrible fan base and every year it's been proven statistically.
They shouldn't be considered a great "basketball state". They haven't been that in decades.
cool story bro
How so? Lakers we just beat Sacramento and have a better record. Have wins over the CLippers and Warriors. We suck especially compared to your Pacers, but check a standings every once in a while ...
So it has nothing to do with race then?
lakers are the worst team in california. dont kid yourself
I think the Nba attendance Stat is a bit biased. Basically the bigger the arena the more People can fit in thus the higher you are on the list. Its no coincidence chicago with the largest nba arena in the united center is always first place. its not a coincidence spurs were first in attendance in the alamodome days. Simply because it was a football arena. I think it should be based on pct of seats filled. Still. Indiana has some terrible attendance considering the pacers are having a historic season. Apparently 1 win away from the finals isnt enough. Dont the colts suck now? What the is going on there?
Just 2% less than at 4 time champion, 5 time Finals team and last season's WC champs Spurs.
You're only going to get a certain percentage in small markets. That's why they call them small markets. Indiana will have to have le runs a few times to get more notice.
Indiana will always be a great basketball state because of the Hoosiers and French Lick. There's no getting around it. Even if you could, George mufukin Hill would seal it.
They still haven't won over all the fans they lost after the Brawl. But it's getting better I think
Spurs only 20th in road attendance
You'd think fans of ty monkeyball teams would appreciate seeing legit classball come to town
boutons is right about America being ed and un able
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Most of these teams and the league in general is still composed of Black players from the hood, tbh..the Malace at the Palace certainly didn't help..
Indiana loves it's college basketball, the pure, Whiter version of basketball..
It's almost like smaller cities have fewer people who go to games. And Indy isn't just a smaller city, it's a smaller city in the middle of a small metro area in the middle of *NOWHERE*. It's not like Golden State where they have neighboring towns to gain additional fans from.
Golden St. plays its games in Oakland which is hardly in the same geographic situation as Indy--they're also moving to a stadium in downtown SF...
ing truth. I wonder which is the most racist? Boston, Indiana or Utah?
That's my point?
Indy is small market and small market in the middle of nothing.
I think you also need to factor in the cities' populations imho. NY and Chicago have big populations so they have more fans attending their games despite the teams disappointing, Dallas as a city doesn't even rank top 10 on the population list but the metropolis of DFW has the 2nd largest population of this country, only behind the big NY metro. The attendance-population ratio can reflect the popularity of basketball in a city better than the absolute numbers themselves do imho, in which sense the Rockets have the tiest fan base. That city has the 3rd largest population of this nation, and a team that looks stacked and is supposed to contend, yet it only ranks 13rd on that list.
Fantastic post.
Remember the Pacers fans' reaction when their team drafted Reggie Miller instead of the overhyped local white boy ?
That was
They are equally racist
does anyone have the stat how much a sold out game makes just from ticket sales?
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