What does this even mean
More than nostalgia: How NBC thrived and how ESPN failed with the NBA!
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Diddly Drogba
Superstar
And you're the little Richard of the coli
Dorian Breh
Veteran
Its true, ESPN tried to make the talking heads and narrative around the game bigger than the game itself
Screaming A Smith is bad television
Where does TNT fit in though?
They showed that having idiots who watch game shows rather than the game is interesting to audiences
The article trying to pretend Van Gundy and Jackson were good commentators is also hilarious...
Screaming A Smith is bad television
Where does TNT fit in though?
They showed that having idiots who watch game shows rather than the game is interesting to audiences
The article trying to pretend Van Gundy and Jackson were good commentators is also hilarious...
The NBA felt special on NBC. It felt prestigious. I remember, as a kid, being just as excited for the NBA on Christmas as I did for getting gifts.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
we were also younger.
Some shyt ain't gonna resonate the same way since we consume things differently.
Dipsey Doo
Superstar
The NBA product was just superior from 1990-2002.
NBC was at the right place and time
NBC itself isn't going to make analytics ball more interesting.
NBC was at the right place and time
NBC itself isn't going to make analytics ball more interesting.
wild article
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Yes, the Tesh theme will almost certainly return, but Jim Fagan passed away years ago, Marv Albert is retired, and Bob Costas and dikk Ebersol have not worked for NBC in years. Many of the accoutrements that made the NBA on NBC special — from the lasers forming the NBC peacock to Fagan’s voice-of-God introducing the participating teams (“TO-day, it’s the Chicago Bulls versus the Or-lan-do Magic!”) — had been shortened or phased out by the end of the network’s run and are unlikely to return in the new iteration. There will undoubtedly be more ESPN NBA alums on the new version than veterans of the original NBC run, if any return at all. Yet it is hard to blame viewers for retreating into the past given what ESPN is doing in the present.
That's a big reason why NBC was loved. Simply hearing Roundball Rock isn't gonna make the presentation tolerable.
That's a big reason why NBC was loved. Simply hearing Roundball Rock isn't gonna make the presentation tolerable.
NZA
LOL
i prefer the gee whiz way. espn is good when there are no sports on and you want to see loudmouths talking. when the sport is actually on, i want to see some gravitas
look at the quality of this production. bob costas knows how to set the scene
look at the quality of this production. bob costas knows how to set the scene
ESPN just lacks gravitas. NBC has it in spades. Just look at their Olympics and EPL coverage. It is class and the sport is the centerpiece.
Rick Fox at UNC
Superstar
But it isn't just the NBA and it isn't just ESPN.
You're dealing with an audience who has become increasingly suspect of heroes and hero worship, especially of the American kind.
You're also dealing with an audience who doesn't possess the attention span nor inclination to exalt.
You're dealing with an audience who has become increasingly suspect of heroes and hero worship, especially of the American kind.
You're also dealing with an audience who doesn't possess the attention span nor inclination to exalt.
Sbp
Superstar
NBC blows every network outta the water with presentation in any sport by far.