As a whole, the NBA has lost around 45% of its viewership since 2012.

[SchoolboyC]

WELL THE GRAPH
DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE....

THERE WERE MORE PRIMETIME GAMES
LAST SEASON THAN IN 2012-13
SO WHY IS 2012-13 AT
112.9 MILLION VIEWERS
AND 2023-24 AT 63.8 MILLION?

WHY IS THE LOCKOUT
SHORTENED 2011-12 SEASON
AT 112 MILLION VIEWERS COMPARED
TO 63.8 MILLION FROM LAST SEASON?

LOOKS LIKE THE 44-45%
DECREASE IN VIEWERSHIP IS ACCURATE


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The primetime number is the viewers for primetime TV in general during those years, not the total sum of NBA watchers that season

 

[THE 101]

We definitely needed another NBA ratings thread.

 

[Apprentice]

People don't watch the same way they did in 2012

They don’t obviously and the same posters who claim they don’t care bout this topic are trying to link the opinion NBA is an ass product to political talking points

Quite sad, like a washed up grown man begging to stay popular

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

WELL THE GRAPH
DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE....

THERE WERE MORE PRIMETIME GAMES
LAST SEASON THAN IN 2012-13
SO WHY IS 2012-13 AT
112.9 MILLION VIEWERS
AND 2023-24 AT 63.8 MILLION?

WHY IS THE LOCKOUT
SHORTENED 2011-12 SEASON
AT 112 MILLION VIEWERS COMPARED
TO 63.8 MILLION FROM LAST SEASON?

LOOKS LIKE THE 44-45%
DECREASE IN VIEWERSHIP IS ACCURATE


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The 2012 lockout season was only shortened by 16 games. It’s also the most watched season overall since 2000. It’s not that hard to believe that their prime time ratings remained high.

So basically he had to cook the books by singling out the highest rated year in the past 20 years. You can do this with literally any sport, including the NFL.

You should’ve known that he was lying when said “every other league is setting records”

This is literally just a flat out lie. NHL ratings are down 24% this season, which is the same as the NBA.

Overall, TNT Sports’ NHL season average is currently down 24% vs. last season

You got scammed by fukking Clay Travis.

Is this really what it’s come to?

 

[Sccit]

IM HONESTLY SURPRISED THAT NO ONE HAS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATING ADAM SILVER YET

 

[CHICAGO]

The 2012 lockout season was only shortened by 16 games. It’s also the most watched season overall since 2000. It’s not that hard to believe that their prime time ratings remained high.

So basically he had to cook the books by singling out the highest rated year in the past 20 years. You can do this with literally any sport, including the NFL.

You should’ve known that he was lying when said “every other league is setting records”

This is literally just a flat out lie. NHL ratings are down 24% this season, which is the same as the NBA.





You got scammed by fukking Clay Travis.

Is this really what it’s come to?

LAST SEASON WAS THE LOWEST WATCHED SEASON SINCE 2007 PERIOD
WHICH WERE THE DARK AGES
OF THE SPURS/CAVS FINALS


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[mastermind]

Is this really what it’s come to?

He and Clay Travis share most of the same opinions

 

[SchoolboyC]

They don’t obviously and the same posters who claim they don’t care bout this topic are trying to link the opinion NBA is an ass product to political talking points

Quite sad, like a washed up grown man begging to stay popular

Multiple things can be true

Is the NBA as hot as it was in 2012 when The Heatles were on their run or in 2016 when Warriors vs. Cavs was at its peak? No

Is Outkick, the ones who pushed the article this thread is based on, a lying right wing MAGA platform whose racist founder has been slandering the NBA for years over their BLM support? Yes

Are there ppl whose frustration with the product have nothing to do with politics? Also yes.

Nuance is a thing

 

[Ribbs]

The same people who bytch and complain about the NBA shooting too many 3's are the SAME people dikk riding Caitlin Clark because she shoots too many 3's.

While true, we have to find a medium somewhere or else we'll get this more and more

Hornets And Bulls Make Unwanted NBA History By Combining For A Record 75 Missed Threes

History was made when the Charlotte Hornets took on the Chicago Bulls on Friday at United Center, but not the kind that either team would have wanted. The Hornets and Bulls missed 75 threes combined in that contest in Chicago and according to NBA analyst Nate Duncan, that set a new record for...

www.yardbarker.com

 

[Apprentice]

Multiple things can be true

Is the NBA as hot as it was in 2012 when The Heatles were on their run or in 2016 when Warriors vs. Cavs was at its peak? No

Is Outkick, the ones who pushed the article this thread is based on, a lying right wing MAGA platform whose racist founder has been slandering the NBA for years over their BLM support? Yes

Are there ppl whose frustration with the product have nothing to do with politics? Also yes.

Nuance is a thing

The NBA is ass and we telling y’all it’s ass

Y’all bringing up political nikkas using it as a talking point is not nuance at all, it’s a red herring to divert away from something we all seen

 

[CHICAGO]

The NBA is ass and we telling y’all it’s ass

Y’all bringing up political nikkas using it as a talking point is not nuance at all, it’s a red herring to divert away from something we all seen

THESE nikkaS HAVE RESORTED
TO USING THE
"IF YOU QUESTION THE DEMOCRATS
YOU'RE MAGA" TACTICS
ON PPL CRITICIZING THE NBA.


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[SchoolboyC]

The NBA is ass and we telling y’all it’s ass

Y’all bringing up political nikkas using it as a talking point is not nuance at all, it’s a red herring to divert away from something we all seen

THESE nikkaS HAVE RESORTED
TO USING THE
"IF YOU QUESTION THE DEMOCRATS
YOU'RE MAGA" TACTICS
ON PPL CRITICIZING THE NBA.


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No, nuance is there’s not one singular reason why this discourse is happening

There’s multiple factors at play, and yes right wing racists labeling the NBA as a woke league is one of them. Just like them rallying around Caitlin Clark isn’t the sole reason she’s the biggest basketball star under 30 in the U.S. right now but it’s a factor to her popularity

Clay Travis/Outkick and their ilk shytting on the NBA has nothing to do with 3 pointers or bad regional TV deals or freedom of movement rules

 

[CHICAGO]

No, nuance is there’s not one singular reason why this discourse is happening

There’s multiple factors at play, and yes right wing racists labeling the NBA as a woke league is one of them. Just like them rallying around Caitlin Clark isn’t the sole reason she’s the biggest basketball star under 30 in the U.S. right now but it’s a factor to her popularity

Clay Travis/Outkick and their ilk shytting on the NBA has nothing to do with 3 pointers or bad regional TV deals or freedom of movement rules

AINT NOBODY ON
THIS SITE PAYING ATTENTION TO
RIGHT WINGERS BUT nikkaS
WHO ARE TRYING TO DEFLECT FROM
THE NBAS TRASH.

WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
shyt ON OUR OWN MERIT.

I COULD GIVE A fukk WHATS
GOING ON IN RIGHT WING CIRCLES.

IF WE JUST HAPPEN TO AGREE
SO fukkING WHAT.

IM SURE WE CAN ALL AGREE
THE SUN WAS IN THE SKY THIS MORNING ALSO



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[SchoolboyC]

AINT NOBODY ON
THIS SITE PAYING ATTENTION TO
RIGHT WINGERS BUT nikkaS
WHO ARE TRYING TO DEFLECT FROM
THE NBAS TRASH.

WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
shyt ON OUR OWN MERIT.

I COULD GIVE A fukk WHATS
GOING ON IN RIGHT WING CIRCLES.



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Maybe if you didn’t make a thread co-signing an article from a right wing site no one would associate it but here we are

 

[CHICAGO]

Maybe if you didn’t make a thread co-signing an article from a right wing site no one would associate it but here we are

ONCE AGAIN IF WE
HAPPEN TO AGREE ON THE SAME TOPIC
SO fukkING WHAT.

IM NOT GOING TO DENY
THE WORLD IS ROUND BECAUSE
A RIGHT WINGER SAID THE WORLD IS ROUND.



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