Superteam and lack of parity is kill-

-ing the sport

I fucking hate the NBA and everyone who's a fan of it.

>>76360359
(((ratings)))


please find another line of bullshit already

That literally just means the casuals like it. Real nba fans don't like this shit

>people is cutting cable
>ESPN is literally going bankrupt
>everyone is cancelling that channel
>ratings are the highest since 1998
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>>76360395
Finals are on abc

>An average of 19.1 million people have watched the first two games of the NBA Finals, making it the most watched thru 2 games since 1998.

>>76360359
Fake news.

It's not even close to the ratings of last year's finals by gross numbers or percentages.

>>76360395
Ratings are based off a percentage of cable boxes I believe, so it is possible the ratings are higher but the real number of viewers is much lower

>>76360405
My bad. Brazil rangeban when?

O-our league is good guys!!! Please believe us!!! PleAse watch the NBA (TM) finals on Disney's (TM) ABC (TM)

>>76360383
Ratings aren't real.

>>76360383
Real NBA fans don't have Tv's either, so fuck them.

>>76360359
>Wanting a league where there is zero reason to watch 99% of the season including the playoffs.

Hell its not out of the realm that this years finals wont be a shitty 4 game blowout sweep.

>>76360359
>nba finals up
>2,000 nba games down
wow

>>76360497
I wouldn't put it past silver to try and use refball to extend the series to keep up the "high ratings" but everyone already knows what the result is gonna be

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>>76360497

Literally this.

Why is there even a regular season? Hell, why are there even playoffs? Everyone knows who is going to be in Finals months before the season starts. Why not just cut to the chase and quit wasting people's time?

>>76360473
>boreball will die in your lifetime
feels good

>>76360359
according to google, the USA population was 276 millions in 1998

from the same source, it's 321 millions nowadays

it's normal that the ratings increase

>>76360517
There were mad empty seats at NBA playoff games this year.

Including places like San Antonio.

But yeah sure... rigged ratings, people totally love it.

>>76360539
you wish

>>76360553
You're right. Because the NBA isn't really a business.

It's (like rap) for jews to manipulate blacks.

>>76360530
cause people like the sport? the regular season was fun as hell. if you only care about who wins in the end then sports isn't for you

didn't klay thompson fuck his sister?

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>>76360596
>the regular season was fun as hell

>>76360473
I feel bad about NASCAR but their format right now is just hot garbage. Motorsports dont need a "playoff"

>>76360431
>Brazil rangeban when?
The second one of you share the Sopa de Macaco recipe, we'll no longer need you. Keep that a secret if you want to stay.

>>76360624

He's not wrong though. You're basically saying you want forced mediocre teams and the pageantry of a league rather than simply sitting down and watching your team play and enjoying the actual sport. A closed league and single entity franchise based systems were a mistake.

>>76360624
This regular season was, indeed, fun.

>>76360419
Are they?
Here in hueland 1 tv rating point equals X number os households or some shit like that

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>>76360739
>>76360751
It sucked ass.

>muh triple doubles
>muh forced MVP meme
>muh tanking teams
>muh resting players

What was the fun part again?

It was the worst season ever.

>>76360801
>I didn't like it, thus it sucked
Have a (You).

>>76360801
This is the worst troll attempt you could come up with?

Because I've seen worse, and there's no way this was a real attempt. You'd have to be straight from facebook to be this bad at trolling.

Good finals ratings won't make up for regular season ratings

>>76360810
>>76360997
Nice non-argument Schlomo

>>76361033
Ratings are bogus nonsense.

Like Twitter followers.

It's a scam.

>>76361063
t. negro

>>76361174
Still no argument


Do you shills even know anything about basketball?

>>76360801
Don't forget about the ridiculous Devin Booker 70 point 'game'.

The NBA is a fucking joke. Fixed media narrative bullshit.

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>>76361260
>mfw the NBA will NEVER be the most popular league in America
>mfw if and when the NFL declines, soccer and hockey will just take its place
>mfw the NBA will always be third place at best

>>76361260
Yep. And The Suns fucking LOST. By 10 points. And the (((media))) treated it like some grand moment.

>>76361299

If you count college football and NASCAR, NBA is more like 5th or 6th, or even 7th.

>>76361196
I had my argument, but you are black, so you can't understand.
Go get shot by a cop, LeLeShawn.

>>76361380
You know dick about basketball.

It's quite obvious.

Fuck off.

>>76361403
Just because you are black you think you understand it? Shut up negro, clean my shoes or I'll make soup of you.

Being a Boston fan this season, through both the regular season and the playoffs was exciting as fuck.

But yes, it sucks that there's only two teams that have any chance of winning the championship at the start of the season.

>>76361434
I'll curbstomp myself ff you say another word

>>76360359
well after the media lied about the election why would I believe anything else the media would say?

>>76360359
>Superteam and lack of parity is kill
Casuals like me are looking up the finals because last years were great

The ratings will go down next year if this ends in a sweep

>>76360663

NASCAR's problems begin and end at the top.

You know how football teams with bad owners tend to be shit? Try having that, but with an entire league.

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>>76360359
>mfw the Warriors brand of basketball is saving the NBA

But yeah it's about a 50/50 split on the based dubbies. Some hate for obvious fan-related reasons, but the Warriors are a new team to dominate which is the very definition of parity and on top of that, have a style of play that appeal to the masses. So it's a even split and ultimately awesome to watch.

Not surprised it's being proven to be good entertainment.

>>76363241
Warriors are the most popular team internationally. Curry is a sensation to spics and Asians

>>76360359
>Superteam and lack of parity is kill-

1) people love watching excellence.
2) the warriors are fun to watch
3) LBJ is still the most hated player in the league
4) Steph Curry is the first crossover (read that as casual white fans) star since Jordan. Hate him all you want, but he's the star the league's lacked since Jordan (and to a lesser extent Shaq). All the white parents are buying their white kids curry gear. And curry's gear is huge for the kids, like nothing we've seen since jordan.

>>76364080
How old are you?

>>76364080

curry isn't even the best player on his team, he had one meme season and that was it

>>76364502
old enough to remember the bird vs magic finals. 40+ yo, you?

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>>76364622
it's not about curry being the best player. It's about marketing.

Curry is marketable. Even my 70yo father knows who steph curry is, and the only other basketball players he could name would be Jordan, Bird, Magic, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar (that's right, he NEVER watches the NBA, yet he talks about Steph Curry, doesn't even know who LeBron is.)

The only NBA superstars that had that level of marketability since Jordan was Shaq. And Shaq wasn't on Jordan's level. You don't have to be the best player in the league to be the biggest star.

The ratings would be higher if lecuckhold wasn't shit and could keep it within 18

>>76364764
That's it. That's all. I'm done. Fuck this league and fuck this sport, when does football season start?

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>warriors so stacked they decided to get javale mcgee a ring just for shits and giggles
sad thing is, he is outplaying tristan kardashian and he has only played like 9 minutes in the series

>>76364764
>grandfather doesn't know who lebron is but knows curry
I have trouble believing this as you can't go 5 minutes in the day without someone from some location slinging jordan comparisons at your head

>>76364080

>Memechuckers are fun

Unironically kill yourself.

>>76360663
NASCAR is the only sport that is going to be killed through sheer mismanagement of the people who run it.

>>76360608
Wow, ia this true? Is KT sister hot?

>>76360539
No that's pretty much just accounted for younger people not watching tv. 2nd highest revenue sport easily in the world. It isn't going anywhere.>>76360545

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>>76364643

>>76365223
Kek

NBA is like the 4th or5th most popular sport in the U.S..

The media LIES

3/4 of the teams can't sell out playoff games

>>76365202
Take all the worst characteristics of Bud Selig, Roger Goodell, Gary Bettman, and David Stern and boom, you have Brian France

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>>76360359
I'm sure the ratings will be through the roof when it's the Cavs/Warriors for literally the 7th or 8th time in a row.

KD signing with Golden State instead of Boston completely destroyed any semblance of a power balance in the West and assured that the East will be a literal joke for the next 5 years.