The Official NBA Season Thread: HO HO HO

[pmatic]

NBA is fine, especially Globally in China and they are slowly getting very popular in India, a 2 billion person market that none of the other major sports have even come close to tapping into

NBA and China have moved on from each other. NBA is focused on UAE now.

 

[thekillerj23]

Yeah but i fully expect NBA to be back in China in next few years

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Why you ain’t been @ me about Steve lately?

I don't want any problems.

 

[B Sox]

LOTS of international monies to be had. Elite players coming from all over the place. Only more to come.

 

[geno90221]

Danny Green earlobe is gone

 

[pums]

Couple of things:

• Losing Melton really hurt this team, didn't expect it to be this bad.
• Podz stinks
• Its time to make a consolidation trade. There is no one that I can confidently expect to go get a bucket besides Steph
• One day Steve Kerr will understand that you don't need to be so rigid with the rotations

Had high hopes on Kuminga. He looks like just another guy out there.

They have been very fortunate that Draymond isnt washed.

 

[Nipsey3000]

LOL. You’re way ahead of yourself, man. There’s still 7 months of season left. Playoffs are when the rating matter most anyway.

And personally, I’m waiting to see what things look like when the new broadcast partners get involved since there’s a lot of room for improvement over what ESPN and TNT are offering. Could help if the league’s broadcast partners actually promote teams and players as opposed to the negativity that Shaq and Barkley, etc. are always offering.

You act as though this is something I've just thought up on my own just now. People who are way more plugged into the NBA have said the exact things I've said.

facts still are, as of now, ratings are down. What that means moving fwd is debatable at this point.

But facts are facts.

If the ratings are down for the playoffs and the finals, feel free to move the goal posts again.

I'll admit I was wrong if the ratings return to normal.

I think that's fair enough.

 

[pums]

LOTS of international monies to be had. Elite players coming from all over the place. Only more to come.

Next years draft looks crazy too with Flagg bringing in the white hope contingent. If Harper hits hes also bringing in the Filipinos.

 

[Nipsey3000]

You're forgetting the part where nobody played defense in the '80s. Playing defense is really hard these days and it's likely leading to more injuries.

Teams not defending in the 80s is new to me. Sounds false.

As of teams are defending better today. That's laughable.

 

[antidope]

Defense is more complicated because the offenses are more complicated. The same way offense is more complicated cause defense is more complicated. They feed off one another.

 

[dmbrhs]

Teams not defending in the 80s is new to me. Sounds false.

As of teams are defending better today. That's laughable.

Offensive and defensive schemes are far more complex now than they've ever been. Also, you have to defend out to 30 feet now. In the 1980s, you didn't even really need to defend the three-point line because hardly anyone shot threes the first ten years or so.

 

[lawdog1]

You act as though this is something I've just thought up on my own just now. People who are way more plugged into the NBA have said the exact things I've said.

facts still are, as of now, ratings are down. What that means moving fwd is debatable at this point.

But facts are facts.

If the ratings are down for the playoffs and the finals, feel free to move the goal posts again.

I'll admit I was wrong if the ratings return to normal.

I think that's fair enough.

Just say you don’t enjoy the league as much as you used to. It’s ok.

I’ve heard the same “oh, ratings are down” stuff at different intervals during the 30+ years I’ve been an NBA fan. Yet, the game has done nothing but grow. The people who are personally dissatisfied tend to be the loudest.

Some years the ratings are better than others due to a large number of factors beyond just the on-court product. Until it’s a multi-year trend that’s impacting team valuations and player salaries, it’s not a problem.

 

[pmatic]

The league tripled the media deal from 2016. It's certainly not perfect, but it's will be a sought after commodity in 11 years because it's popular nationally and globally live sport.

 

[thekillerj23]

One thing, I know the league really wishes Lebron retires and in 1-3 years KD, Steph as well.

-Obviously all 3 are all time greats and is majority reason the game has reached peak interest by these 3 coming up in the social media era (Goat, ring, highlight , debates everyday for last 15 years)

-Issue is on any given night, they can still remind you how great they are but in all reality neither are really viewed as someone that going to be there in finals or deep playoff run (Other than Kd but in 2-3 more years it will apply) but anytime these 3 play, the game headline is 99.99% about them and not so much promotion and hyping of whatever the new future stars are

-Also outside of Ant, seems like none of these new superstars got it to be face of the league

Tatum - Too Boring
Joker/Luka/Wemby - Too Foreign
Shai - Potential, esp with Gen Z, but as for myself I don’t see it
Ja - Healthy and out of trouble, him and Ant could be something

Idk with that being said, NBA will be fine, league survived Magic/Bird/Mike/Kobe retiring and they will do the same when Bron/Kd/Steph hang it up

 

[earldagoat]

 

[pmatic]

 

[B Sox]

What a clown

 

[antidope]

IMO, the real issue with basketball right now is that it has an efficiency problem. Everyone is trying to make everything about basketball as efficient as possible. Its taken some of the flair away from the sport for some people, and those people then need supporting data to help back up their overall claim.

NBA ratings are down because watching basketball on a day-to-day basis is a convoluted mess, and the league has no incentive to fix it because basketball is a volume sport as pmatic always says. I have League Pass and its not what it could be. Too many blackout games, which are the premier games. Nothing to do with the sport itself IMO.

 

[lawdog1]

My only complaint with the current NBA is the volume of injuries and I don’t think the league can do anything to prevent that other than shorten the season, which I also don’t want.

 

[thekillerj23]

Also NFL is king now and a fall off doesn not seem feasible too imagine but I feel like next 20-30 years they are going to have a serious issue as people get more aware of CTE, and Grown men running full speed into each other isn’t a good idea, majority parents will not let their kids play football and most likely focus on other sports.

 

[B Sox]

It’s perfectly fine to just say you don’t enjoy the league as much anymore for whatever arbitrary reason.

Team valuations are going up, contracts going up, game becoming more popular globally. There’s always going to be a new crop of stars. Always has been.

It’s a YOU issue more than a league issue.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[freeze]

 

[tay1]

It’s perfectly fine to just say you don’t enjoy the league as much anymore for whatever arbitrary reason.

Team valuations are going up, contracts going up, game becoming more popular globally. There’s always going to be a new crop of stars. Always has been.

It’s a YOU issue more than a league issue.

Don't know why people care about ratings. Do you love watching the game or not? **** the casuals. They'll come and go.

 

[dmbrhs]

IMO, the real issue with basketball right now is that it has an efficiency problem. Everyone is trying to make everything about basketball as efficient as possible. Its taken some of the flair away from the sport for some people, and those people then need supporting data to help back up their overall claim.

NBA ratings are down because watching basketball on a day-to-day basis is a convoluted mess, and the league has no incentive to fix it because basketball is a volume sport as pmatic always says. I have League Pass and its not what it could be. Too many blackout games, which are the premier games. Nothing to do with the sport itself IMO.

I certainly don't consume nearly as much as I used to. That being said, I tune in to the nationally televised Cup games, and other big matchups. TNT moving to Tuesdays during NFL season was a long overdue move, so it gives me something to watch on Tuesdays when literally nothing else is on. However, Bill Simmons brought up a good point (not his, it was from a friend): if the players don't care about the regular season, then why should I? I watch the playoffs religiously, but I have to wait until mid-April to truly start caring. And, I will say that last years playoffs were really entertaining because there were actual surprises, and multiple Game 7s in Round 2 that felt more like the conference finals.