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Will he also acknowledge the Bruce is the REAL DPOY and that voters made a HUGE mistake?
David Stern is a moron who has screwed up the NBA by marketing only superstars instead of teams. This is a team sport, and he only cares about big markets and superstars. No wonder a sunday NASCAR Rain-out beat the lakers and cavs (or as Stern promotes it Kobe-Lebron) in the ratings by OVER 30%!! More people wanted to watch water hit a wet track mixed with old race footage than the NBA. That is ruining basketball by not promoting team ball. I hope he retires soon.
Will he also acknowledge the Bruce is the REAL DPOY and that voters made a HUGE mistake?
I don't want to rehash points I have made before, but yeah I really do...
Marketing superstars was initially a viable strategy for Stern: Bird/Magic; Jordan/Remainder of World; etc. In other words, megastars made this possible. The problem crept in when you started hyping everyone and his cousin as the "next Jordan," when they clearly weren't. (Remember when Juwan Howard had a sneaker commercial that ran 24-7?) I'm not saying that this was ever the best possible marketing strategy, but it did work at one time. The problem is that Stern and the networks won't change, despite the fact that they are killing the golden goose. The NBA doesn't understand that you can't attract casual fans when hardcore fans are (justly) running the league down for promoting a bad product.
The critical failure of the Stern regime has been its failure to transform the NBA into a league driven by television revenue. That is, the NBA relies too heavily on the gate for profits, and it has never developed a superior bargaining position with the media. The majority of "nationally televised" games are on TNT, a cable network (essentially WTBS 2). I actually enjoy the TNT coverage, but I hope you see my point.
they had 36hrs, they couldve rescheduled the game, but no they didnt
If by some miracle, LeBron scored 40+ points and got a triple double in a Cavs win over the Pistons, he would not have acknowledged it as a mistake. Stern believes in the LeBron-o-mania. He is definitely a "witness."
Can't say I really blame him when LeBron really does rake in the cash for the NBA. But, yes, he's still an idiot.
Stern and the NBA knew exactly what they were doing and would likely do it again. This is simply Stern understading he's in a weak position PR wise and is doing whatever he can to make up for it.
Hasn't Stern gotten the message? The Cavs lose ratings when they play the Pistons, because LeBron gets stopped dead in his tracks by the Pistons, and his team gets blown out. Yep! Definitely a mistake. The casual basketball fans flip the idiot box on ABC to watch LeBron James take on the Pistons, then turn it off as soon as it becomes evident that the Cavaliers are getting blown out, all while the hardcore basketball fan knows exactly what's gonna happen to LeBron and the Cavs when they play the Pistons.
As LeBron's new Nike commercial clearly states: We are all witnesses. Yep, we are all witnesses, alright. Witnesses to the King getting his ass handed to him by the big, bad Pistons, much to the magnitude of that same franchise doing the same to Michael Jordan. I'm not even old enough to remember the Michael Jordan/Detroit Pistons (aka, "Bad Boys") rivalry, when the Pistons had "The Jordan Rules".
Last edited by Bloodline666; 05-09-2006 at 02:18 AM.
Stern,
W.
Again, notice you never see those two in the same place either?!?!
Spooky, innit?
Smile!! you've been S T E R N E D!
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