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I guess Stern has just joined the chorus of pro-Spurs whiners that Mike Fisher was attempting to lambaste in his pre-Game 1 column.
And I hope the network gets torched in the ratings with another blowout - by Saturday will anybody be watching the Pistons/Cavs?The Cavs / Pistons are primetime again tonight...and AGAIN on Saturday...
I guess Stern has just joined the chorus of pro-Spurs whiners that Mike Fisher was attempting to lambaste in his pre-Game 1 column.
Stern says whatever is convenient for him to say at the moment. Always has.
I'm not sure what he thinks he's gaining with this whole, "admitting mistakes" . All it does is diminish confidence in the competence of the league and brings the vultures out to take shots at him.
Not when he sits the bench the entire 4th quarter...
and it'll probably start about 8:45...
6-8:30
or
8:45-11:15
I think the earlier game will have more national viewers...
Don't believe everything your sister says.Pretty well, 4" Man.
I took it with a huge grain of salt, because she usually embellishes.
Red-letter day, After all, Stern is the Big NBA Pimp. Pimps rarely admit to a mistake.
Nah, Stern's a lawyer. His calculation could have been:
"OK, I'll take the money for this Spurs-on-ABC-Sunday game after a Spurs' Friday game, then I will later admit that it was a mistake, and I'll get credit for looking humble and contrite and wont-do-it-again as well as pocketing the $$$. I can't lose. You got a deal, ABC"
To rectify this injustice of scheduling, and prevent another injustice, Stern should promise that Jack Nies won't be assigned to any Spurs playoff games.
the NBA coulda, shoulda changed it MID season or anytime thereafter...since it was the SPURS' they took the wait and see at ude....if it was the LAKERS in the top spot they woulda done something about it......CHARACTER and the ability to OVERCOME is what makes these SPURS special and what will carry them to another CHAMPIONSHIP.......
lol,
now instead of 36hours it would have been 38hours.
u gotta be kiddin' me to be whinning about 2 extra hours.
If he was admitting that the day was wrong, then ok. But not an extra 2h please
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Last edited by san antonio spurs; 09-17-2011 at 10:36 AM.
It's not the amount of time between games in question...it's the time slot that some see as in insult.
They tipped off their series with Dallas at noon, local time, on Sunday because ABC wanted to show the Cleveland-Detroit game in the more attractive later time slot.
I wonder what your niece says about me?
That she wants you....but she fears the sheep.
stern was admitting the time-rest issue, not the time slot insult of putting 2 teams with 60+ wins on the 1st of a double header in the in' morning
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Last edited by san antonio spurs; 09-17-2011 at 10:36 AM.
I wonder if they would have gone split screen if the game had gone to overtime.
Meh, they probably would have just dropped the Spurs game
ABC will now be switching to the Cleveland Cavs and whoever game, so that it can be shown in its entirety to the Nike customers. The conclusion of this game can be seen on ABC family in the two home markets, and will be rebroadcast on SOAPnet at 2:37 AM EST immediately following the infomercial for the little thing that counts the number of times you've used your razor.
Correction: tonight is normal. The Pistons and Cavs will tip things off a 7:00 PM on a Tuesday night (4PM on west coast). Saturday is the "primetime" game, since the Pistons and Cavs get 3 days of rest to wait until the weekend.
And it's not the Pistons-Cavs that are in primetime, it's Lebron James. The Pistons were on NBA TV for three games, no games on ABC in the first round, one game on ESPN. The Pistons last game of the series was pushed to 6PM so that game 5 of the Cavs-Wizards could be in primetime. If they want to showcase Lebron James, they aren't going to do it when the West Coast is asleep (because Saturday was a late night) or they are at church.
The Spurs got sucked into this from both sides of the straw. The strongest sports nights are Friday and Saturday because across age groups, people stay up longer. Sports bars are just going to turn on ESPN without even looking at their programming. Because it's not a school night, attendance in areas is higher which means more crowd noise, which means a reinforced positive public image of the league as thriving.
The Kings-Spurs was a compelling matchup with two of the most nortorious players in the NBA going head-to-head - Ron Artest and Tim Duncan. The establishment versus the anti-establishment. People who are casual sports fans are obsessed by Ron Artest. The series was also close and full of big plays like Brent Barry's three, the last second lay-in by the Kings, etc. So they were given a great spot to showcase them, and then Lebron James became more compelling.
From a travel standpoint and how hard it would be on the Spurs, they would've been better off losing game six. Game one of the Pistons-Lebron probably would've ended up at 12PM because it still would've drawn better ratings than a Monday evening showcase. And the Kings and Ron Artest potentially knocking off Tim Duncan and the NBA Champions would've been better. Game sevens trump game ones, no matter who it is.
Last edited by Darrin; 05-09-2006 at 02:15 PM.
sadbuttrue
No, they probably would've backed up the Pistons and Cavs by 20 minutes or so. They couldn't just stop game two because it would've ended up creating stories about how much TV has control over the NBA schedule. If it went to double-overtime, they probably would've started showing Lebron v. Pistons on ESPN.Meh, they probably would have just dropped the Spurs game
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