The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[clyde the glide]

There may be some truth to what Skip is saying (lets hope not), but i wouldnt say hes been off his game. Butler isnt one of these selfish stars yall prefer that have to be the reason they win every time. Him not scoring 30 isnt a bad game.

 

[freeze]

Wild to wear that lmao

 

[nick.]

 

[Coupé It]

God damn no one gave a **** about the bubble.

 

[Coupé It]

Wild to wear that lmao

32-50.

 

[DLF]

God damn no one gave a **** about the bubble.

Yup. People had other things going on. Like you know, their health.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Nielsen been his bag

 

[JRaW’d]

The jokic impersonation >>> lol

 

[amitt5504]

The jokic impersonation >>> lol

We gotta leave this dude back in 2021. Someone needs to rob him again

 

[Mister Meaner]

Dame Dolla put his crib up for sale?

 

[atlsfinest]

Trae (and his dad for that matter) needs to get some thicker skin. He's acting like a college football recruit who's wants to transfer so they do passive aggressive stuff like this to get attention.

Trae wants to be a franchise player and he wants all of the organizational influence that comes with it but he's not equipped to take the criticism when his team isn't getting it done.

 

[Coupé It]

Trae (and his dad for that matter) needs to get some thicker skin. He's acting like a college football recruit who's wants to transfer so they do passive aggressive stuff like this to get attention.

Trae wants to be a franchise player and he wants all of the organizational influence that comes with it but he's not equipped to take the criticism when his team isn't getting it done.

IDK how Hawks fans deal with this dude.

Hawks fans have been nothing but supportive and go out of their way to defend him at every turn.

They put on a suit and cape for him when the “Luka trade” gets discussed. (To their detriment btw).

Like, what do you want bro?

 

[lovehateself]

Klutch doing klutch things

 

[atlsfinest]

IDK how Hawks fans deal with this dude.

Hawks fans have been nothing but supportive and go out of their way to defend him at every turn.

They put on a suit and cape for him when the “Luka trade” gets discussed. (To their detriment btw).

Like, what do you want bro?

Exactly. I live in Atlanta and the media treats Trae with kid gloves and they defend him even when he's acting like a petulant child. If he can't take the heat in an easy basketball market like Atlanta what would he do in LA or New York?

Klutch doing klutch things

Yeah, the end game here is to get Trae in a bigger media market

 

[pmatic]

He'll be in Atlanta for at least another year or two.

 

[nick.]

Trae being moved before John Collins would be

 

[Coupé It]

He'll be in Atlanta for at least another year or two.

Trae will be a Laker will Bron leaves or retires.

 

[DLF]

I mean you can’t post about how ratings mean nothing (when we predicted it wouldn’t do as well) and then post this to brag about ratings.


FYI pre 2020. The average nba finals ratings ranged from 15.3 mill views to 22 mill views. So 11.5 mill is nothing to brag about.

In reality, who cares. Watch it. Enjoy it. Argue about it with teenagers and 50 year old white guys online

 

[addict4sneakers]

Trae wilding. His pops be backing it though. Can’t blame Klutch. He was better this time around in the playoffs than last year. Homie just needs to build and put himself in line for that big payday

 

[lovehateself]

God damn no one gave a **** about the bubble.

EYE was told it wasnt real ?

 

[storm2006]

Nba super fans who spend literal hours talking basketball in an nba thread are not going to think the nba finals are boring no matter who is playing.


Most regular humans thinks it’s boring. That’s a fact.


I’m a regular human so I guess that makes me a casual. Cool. You guys go ahead and continue to stroke each other.

Post aged faster than breast milk

 

[finessence]

Just watched the Lebron “Shooting Stars” joint

 

[DLF]

Post aged faster than breast milk

Exactly.

11.3<<<< the 15-20 mill that watched pre bubble (2020-2021 doesn’t count for obvious reasons)

Again. Why you guys care about ratings is beyond me.

Carry on.

 

[nick.]

EYE could not care any less about ratings.

EYE just think it's pretty interesting that a boring series with boring players that should be on NBATV is doing fine.

 

[storm2006]

Exactly.

11.3<<<< the 15-20 mill that watched pre bubble (2020-2021 doesn’t count for obvious reasons)

Again. Why you guys care about ratings is beyond me.

Carry on.

But we are living in a post-bubble/pandemic world. 2020 was during a pandemic and 2021 was through mid-to-late July so people were also pre-occupied. Once could contend that ~12M is the new standard in a post-bubble world therefore the most accurate comparison would be 2022 vs. 2023 (both the traditional October - June seasons). Warriors vs. Celtics is a premiere matchup. "Most regular humans" supposedly think Miami vs. Denver is "boring". Viewership for Game 1 only decreased 3% between the two series.

I don't care about viewership at all but now that nick. came through with the relevant fax (GSW/BOS #s vs. DEN/MIA #s), you're moving the goalposts and talking about #s prior to the pandemic which I don't think is entirely fair or accurate. It's more so holding you accountable after you mocked people who said this would be an exciting series to watch.

Edit: Didn't see this post before I made mine but THIS.

EYE could not care any less about ratings.

EYE just think it's pretty interesting that a boring series with boring players that should be on NBATV is doing fine.