Even opposing players see how much Stern hates the Spurs

[Obstructed_View]

I wonder who's more angry about that quote, Cuban or Stern.

[KaiRMD1]

I feel like Kaman is itching to come to SA after playing under Cuban although Carlisle ain't a bad coach. , he coached Ron Artest during the prime of his crazy

[Cane]

If ya ever listened to the Bill Simmons interview with Stern after the Spurs won the 07 Championship, Simmons kept hammering the point about the Spurs low ratings and how those numbers made Stern feel about the league (it was like Simmons was teasing Stern). A few months later and we see trades where the legendary Lakers/Celtics rivalry got conveniently re-ignited, and the ratings have been awesome ever since....

#black and silver tinfoil hat

[Cry Havoc]

Got a link to that Reddit thread you mentioned?

Yep. Sort by new though because it's the 4th quarter that you want to read comments from.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments...oklahoma_city/

[Texas_Ranger]

Kaman also with some truth about the Lakers drama.... respect.

[temujin]

February 2014 can't come soon enough

NOTHING is going to change.
Nothing.

[Kidd K]

Respect to Chris Kaman. I honestly don't understand how the ratings would drop so bad in the finals if the other team is the Heat, Knicks, or even Bulls.

The ratings couldn't be any worse than a Bucks-Jazz finals. Could they?

Exactly, that's the main thing I always bring up whenever people claim the Spurs get ty ratings in the Finals. You have to look at who they were playing too. I'm not saying the Spurs are the biggest draw in the league, but I don't think they're exactly in the bottom half. I think they're top 10. Probably in the 6-10 area, but still. . .that doesn't exactly suck.

Spurs' opponents in the Finals:

1999: Knicks, and the Finals ratings were among the best since Jordan retired. Only less than a point worse than the 3 best rated finals. 0.8 worse than one, 0.3 and 0.2 worse than the other two. Very small difference.

2003: The Spurs beat the bandwagon Lakers team and faced the eastern conference team from New Jersey that was already in the Finals last year. Doomed to be bad ratings.

2005: Spurs again face the eastern conference team who was in the Finals the year before. And since the Spurs won the year before that, no one wanted to see it.

2007: Spurs faced the Cavs in an expectedly lopsided matchup. Worst rated because it was Cleveland, and the series was basically a squash match.


Notice how Lakers/Magic got ratings too. It's takes two to make a good Finals. Spurs did most of their work BEFORE the Finals (other than 2005). Can't really blame them for the eastern conference only fielding teams from places no one cares about, or teams that defaulted into the Finals since the east sucked.

[Libri]

Kaman will suddenly become a foul magnet.

[MANUNG-Ginobili]

Bad ass Kaman!

[Captivus]

"Chris Kaman has been deported back to Germany, and no one is really sure why"

I know why, Basketball Reasons!

[Obstructed_View]

The only time the Spurs were mentioned in the pregame show was for Wilbon and Magic to complain about how much Stern hates the Spurs.

[DesignatedT]

respect.

[Samr.]

CK is trolling Cuban and Stern.

Bet he gets a little gift basket courtesy of Pop, Buford, and Holt. Also bet he gets fined around $25-30k for that too.

It'd be awesome if Pop stepped up and offered to pay his fine.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

I've always despised the guy. He's too crooked for my tastes. I also hate how people defend him by saying "well before Stern, basketball was on tape delay." of course was different then, there was no cable, no internet, three channels. Getting anything on the air back then was much harder than now since there was less coverage/air time. I think the game would've been just fine with the better athletes (MJ was going to change the game regardless) and also the improvements in technology that make it easier to follow the game.

Stern has done some good things, but I think there could have been a number of candidates who could've improved the product and profitability without making the league seem fixed.

Question do you think the NBA will be better off with Adam Silver?

[racm]

2013 offseason: Spurs sign Chris Kaman, to backup Duncan and Splitter

[HI-FI]

Question do you think the NBA will be better off with Adam Silver?

I honestly don't know. temujin above knows more about the inner workings and he doesn't think so. I've heard Bill Simmons say he thinks Silver could be more responsive to the fans than Stern. All I want out of Silver is to make the league as balanced as possible, with better parity via the luxury tax and more objective officiating. It really shouldn't be that hard.

[Thomas82]

Was just about to post this...

[spurraider21]

What does Jewishness have to do with this?

Kaman is German, Stern a Jew

[Whisky Dog]

But Kaman isn't a Nazi I do not believe

[spurs10]

Right the on Chris Kaman!!

[temujin]

Question do you think the NBA will be better off with Adam Silver?

Spot the difference.

[widowmaker]

Respect to Chris Kaman. I honestly don't understand how the ratings would drop so bad in the finals if the other team is the Heat, Knicks, or even Bulls.

The ratings couldn't be any worse than a Bucks-Jazz finals. Could they?

I think the ratings go down because the spurs don't get marketed the same way the lakers, heat, Boston, Knicks, Oklahoma, chicago and now Brooklyn do. The casual NBA fan wouldn't care to watch a spurs finals because it is shoved down their throat year round that the spurs "are old and boring" no matter how good they are.

[DapDaGenius]

I think the ratings go down because the spurs don't get marketed the same way the lakers, heat, Boston, Knicks, Oklahoma, chicago and now Brooklyn do. The casual NBA fan wouldn't care to watch a spurs finals because it is shoved down their throat year round that the spurs "are old and boring" no matter how good they are.

No ...

[Darkwaters]

...substantional sanctions forthcoming...

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Spot the difference.

I'm not questioning your rationale I'm asking a question because I simply don't know, so can you please elaborate.