Really? Well, here here it is AGAIN:
Shaq and Penny were the NBA's biggest stars in the mid-ninetees even though they played in one of the leagues smallest markets (MUCH smaller than San Antonio).
The Rockets/Magic finals four game series drew a much larger rating than the Rockets/Knicks SEVEN game series the year before.
Is Orlando a larger market than New York?
Peyton Manning is the biggest star in the NFL even though he plays in a small market. The NFL just had its second largest viewing of the Superbowl.
Small market is half-ass excuse as to why Duncan and the Spurs are boring. It doesn't hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.
a) Between 1986-1998 [prime of the jordan era], the Magic-Rockets was still the 3rd LOWEST rated finals series.
b) The NFL is such a completely different animal for TV compared to baseball or basketball that is moronic to bring it even into the debate.
And that's why da_stupid_ brought it in.
Except it's not smaller. The Orlando designated market area is the 19th largest in the US. San Antonio's ranks 37th. So you're either an idiot or a liar or both.Shaq and Penny were the NBA's biggest stars in the mid-ninetees even though they played in one of the leagues smallest markets (MUCH smaller than San Antonio).
Trying to pass off Peyton Manning as an NBA player is further evidence.
Who's debating NBA vs NFL? I said Peyton Manning vs. Tim Duncan.
Indianapolis isn't a top 20 market, yet Peyton Manning is far and away its biggest superstar.
It can happen in the NBA as well. See Shaq/Penny.
Does Chris Paul get the "boring" label for playing in the NBA's SMALLEST market?
More garbage from my favorite Texans!
Last edited by da_suns_fan__; 10-05-2007 at 02:13 PM.
Nice insight, kid.
Go to college.
Ooh, ouch. You've burned me good and proper, you have. How *shall* I recover from *such* a biting, wounding statement?
And this coming from the guy who posts on a Spurs board solely for the purpose of trolling and flame-baiting? Ha. That's funny.
For being so unmarketable he's certainly got a few Suns fans attention. Who says you can't market this guy outside of San Antonio?
Another thing worth noting is that while Orlando might not be a big market, Houston, the fourth largest city in America, is a big market. This city might be full of band wagon fans but when a team is winning they are certainly all on there.
As far as Tim Duncan goes, I really don't give a what the league needs from him. He plays for the Spurs. He does what the Spurs need him to do. Where this guy really loses me is the KG argument. I've never really found Garnett to be much of a dynamic personality. Barring his bizarre statements about going to war with the Lakers that got so much play I really can't think of anything that really demands a lot of attention. Then again, I also find Kobe and Shaq to be assholes. Maybe I'm the rare case of marketing success for the Duncan camp.
ONCE AGAIN, how do you explain that Houston/Orlando had a larger rating than Houston/New York in a shorter series where Orlando got swept? Does New York just not CARE about its sports franchises?
Well, they do have the Knicks....Christ, if I lived in NYC and I was an NBA fan, I'd slip into apathy AQAP.ONCE AGAIN, how do you explain that Houston/Orlando had a larger rating than Houston/New York? Does New York just not CARE about its sports franchises?
Im not aware of any centers for higher learning in San Antonio.
How far away is El Paso? I hear U-Tep is a good school.
Oh, I see what you did there. You think that just because I'm a Spurs fan, I live in SA. I live in Chicago, dip .
Can't blame you for being so ignorant...you were, what? SEVEN when this series was happening?
You should educate yourself on Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, Greg Anthony etc.
<Headdesk> I was referring to a slightly more current Knicks roster. I know who the aforementioned players are.
Chicago, huh?
Then you are the most clueless poster on this forum. You can't hide behind the fact that you live in S.A. and HAVE to cheer for the Spurs or that you only watch because of you allegiance to players from your home country of Argentina.
In the NFL.
Orlando is a top 20 market.It can happen in the NBA as well. See Shaq/Penny.
Nobody watches him on TV enough to know if he's exciting.Does Chris Paul get the "boring" label for playing in the NBA's SMALLEST market?
Your obsession continues.More garbage from my favorite Texans!
Actually I would attribute it more to the idea of the Rockets bandwagon picking up steam than Orlando's drawing power.ONCE AGAIN, how do you explain that Houston/Orlando had a larger rating than Houston/New York in a shorter series where Orlando got swept? Does New York just not CARE about its sports franchises?
The most marketable thing about Orlando back then was that Penny had a commercial with a puppet voiced by Chris Rock. I suppose if we can get Duncan to shoot some Lil' Fundamental promos the Spurs will top the ratings.
Your stupidity is astounding.
19. Close enough!
Ive seen him only four or five times on national tv and I could tell you that he is a VERY exciting player.
Tim Duncan is a 4-time champion, a 2-time MVP, a 9-time All-Star, and is considered the dominant player in the game today. All of that is true whether some pinhead blogger (or da_suns_fan__) thinks he's boring.
Scoreboard.
Which is much larger than the #37 market.19. Close enough!
But he obviously draws ty ratings, because he's not on TV much. Therefore, he is boring.Ive seen him only four or five times on national tv and I could tell you that he is a VERY exciting player.
So the Houston bandwagon existed in 94 but not in 95?
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
And Houston's "bandwagon" of 95 was enough to draw more viewers than the number one market in the nation? A market three times the size of Houston?
sunfan can be obsessed about the Spurs all he wants. We are obviously very exciting to him because he can't stay away from the Spurs message board.
Hakeem Olajuwan was unmarketable too. I don't remember that being a problem in 94-95, but I just watched the games back then.
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