This year to me it is about the network or Lebron. He is the big star so they say and they only talked about him. The great savior of the league was suppossed to vanquish the dirty mean Spurs and be a ratings hit. Guess Lebron is only a star in the eyes of ESPN, not the public.
Biggest load of crap I've heard in a long time. Everyone else (except you and the Suns apparently) moved on a long time ago and left all that in the distant past and are staying CURRENT in basketball. Ancient history and a total non-factor in Finals ratings.
And then some everyone thought the ratings were going to be really good with Lebron here nobody expected this to happen. I did not hear people in the media saying well the Suns are not here so even with Lebron in the finals the ratings will be mediocre. No the buzz was the King is here and the people love him and want to see him in his first finals. That tells me the Suns being in the final would not have made such a huge difference since Lebron is suppossed to be one of the biggest stars in the league.
all the talk of Lebron and how he will save the ratings/NBA HAHAHAHAHA
Spurs are not the problem, it's the disgusting offense the Cavs have, they are by far the worst team to watch in teh NBA
After I posted the last one, I wlaked away and thought the exact same thing. Exactly.
I thought about how ABC/ESPN/NBA are marketng this year's Finals as the LeBron show. His coming out party. The heir apparent. , most people think he is the only player playing in this series, the other team (the three time champs, TD the legend) are not even important.
The pre-game show, all the ESPN NBA "analyst" shows all start with what, the LeBron Nov dunk on TD?
They want to give him ALL the hype and market only him, but when things fall flat with that sorry presentation and the King falls flat on game 1, they wanna blame the boring Spurs?
This is his show, we are just witnesses like everyone else.
Fine.
The winner of this series takes on an all-star team comprised of LA Lakers and NY Knicks.
That should boost ratings.
People don't watch it because they already know who's going to win. It's more like some Spurs fans that are not interested to watch a game against your team!!!
That's the at ude!
Spurs Fan: Yeah but it was a new episode!
This is your boy's show, this is his world, we just live in it. Only marketed player in the whole thing. Where's his blame? I guess he can do no wrong, so it must be us.
Oddsmakers have to know who plays solid basketball in order to set a number on a game or series otherwise they won't be oddsmakers for very long. Take last night for example. The line was Spurs -7.5 and the Spurs won by 9 covering by a point and a half. It wasn't luck that the final result was so close to the spread.
The bookies actually making the initial numbers watch more basketball games than 99+% of the folks on this forum. They also watch them without the bias of allegiance to a particular team, and let's not even get into how good the stats they have access to are. You know why they have to do this? It's because there are a million people out there doing the exact same thing and challenging the bookies for their money every day. If the oddsmakers didn't know who plays solid basketball, they'd be put out of business.
If nobody cares, why should you. I don't and wouldn't. Just remember, it's all about the hardware, and you'll be fine.This is your boy's show, this is his world, we just live in it. Only marketed player in the whole thing. Where's his blame? I guess he can do no wrong, so it must be us.
I still think the NBA is beating the NHL in finals series ratings... lol...
but in reality I don't care, as long as we get #4 who I don't really care who is watching..
It's not going to lower gas prices if nobody watches
It's not going to increase my pay at work if nobody watches
but it will sure as make me proud that a quiet dynasty is in the making, and to be a
longtime fan of the spurs thats all I care about... trough thick and thin... I bleed silver and black........
Dude, YOU are TRULY a mensch.
No I am Hispanic.... not a mensch...
They are not mutually exclusive.
Suns should think about trading Nash for Starbury. At least Marbury's Suns team was competetive with the Spurs...but I think that probably has more to do with the coach. D'Antoni is a used car salesman. Give him MJ and Shaq and he'll still find a way to things up. The bum should stick to Euroball. That And1-no defense style of basketball is only going to get his team bumped in the playoffs next year by Spurs/Mavs/Jazz/Rockets/Nuggets/etc. Of course they might be lucky and somehow draw the Lakers again...LOL
Relax...it's a compliment...
I know.. I was just being sarcastic....... bah..
first spurs game I ever saw was when I was in 5th grade... pistol pete's new orlens jazz vs. george gervins spurs... 1975... wow I am old...
Heh...come to think of it, was he?
I actually think Spurs/Pistons would've brought in better ratings.
No one thinks the Cavs have a chance, so why watch ?
I was sincere.
Yet they think the Suns play solid basketball? You just defeated your own argument.
It looks like Game 2 is going to come in somewhere around 5.0/9, which would make it the lowest-rated NBA Finals telecast of all time.
Once "Sopranos" was over, prospective viewers would have switched over to ABC, seen "CLE 26 SA 45" on the screen, rolled their eyes, and switched over to the Tonys, or gone to bed.
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