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World series is happening and NFL is back. College sports are also happening right now plus thousand of other shows. There's plenty to watch right now.
NBA TV viewership in the dumps so far
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yuplevitate
I love you, you know.
For some reason, I’m not interested in the league at all recently.
I think I may have flabby-headed out of it.
All the All-Star changes, logos on jerseys, partnerships with streamers and I have no idea who the fukk they are…
It’s like the league isn’t for me any more.
Been fukking with soccer and NHL more…
I think I may have flabby-headed out of it.
All the All-Star changes, logos on jerseys, partnerships with streamers and I have no idea who the fukk they are…
It’s like the league isn’t for me any more.
Been fukking with soccer and NHL more…
Fanservice
Bih call me senpai
Only interested in seeing if Bronny gets better/worse
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
if you wanna start after Halloween, cool, but then more back to backs.Sorry
But
Fix those West Coast game times during the week
Crack down on load management
Start the season after Halloween
IIVI
Superstar
Get a power forward like Mobley or Chet?
That's literally the game, in most facets: a three point shooting contest.
That's how you play winning, championship basketball.
That's literally the "problem": basketball is so optimized right now that you know what the game will come down to.
Boston Celtics Average Total Field Goal attempts in 2011: 75
Boston Celtics Average Three Point Fields Goal attempts in 2024: 50
Really think about those last two numbers and what they mean:
What did the games come down to before? Simply overall shotmaking.
Now it's a very specific type of shotmaking, so it's less dramatic.
Three point shooting was once seen as difficult: remember when corner threes back in 2011 was the "statistical edge"?
Now logo threes are cake.
When stars play? They basically do like what most other players do: Crossover -> Stepback -> Three Pointer/Pass to three point shooter.
Most stars wouldn't be a winning player if they didn't have a strong three point shot: which means they're going to launch them.
Basketball has basically been solved and you're only going to be an unserious team if you can't shoot three pointers at a high clip and make a high percentage of them. You basically have slim chances of beating an exceptional three point shooting team if you're not a good three point shooting team, so you got to become a good three point shooting team yourself.
It even makes the game look exponentially easier and like no defense is being played (although a lot of high-effort defense is being played) because there's simply so much spacing. A player gets a pass when they cut and the paint is wide open because the paint defender is guarding a center waiting for catch and shoot at the three point line.
Now picture all this and the refs still calling some of the most ridiculous fouls on a defender.
When did the NBA REALLY lose it's drama and storylines though? I'd say after Curry won in 2022. If dude didn't win people would be giving him a whole lot of shyt. Now that he won and the way it was done, that basically opened up the flood gates for real. Now everyone knows you can win the game and beat the best healthy teams simply with three point shooting spam.
- "Can he get to be a reliable three point shooter?"
- "They need to surround him with three point shooters."
- "They need to surround him with three point shooters."
- "Can he get to be a reliable three point shooter so that we can additionally surround him with three point shooters?"
- "They don't have any three point shooters."
- "Are they a three point shooter?"
- Three pointer shooters putting up a whole lot of shots.
That's literally the game, in most facets: a three point shooting contest.
That's how you play winning, championship basketball.
That's literally the "problem": basketball is so optimized right now that you know what the game will come down to.
Boston Celtics Average Total Field Goal attempts in 2011: 75
Boston Celtics Average Three Point Fields Goal attempts in 2024: 50
Really think about those last two numbers and what they mean:
What did the games come down to before? Simply overall shotmaking.
Now it's a very specific type of shotmaking, so it's less dramatic.
Three point shooting was once seen as difficult: remember when corner threes back in 2011 was the "statistical edge"?
Now logo threes are cake.
When stars play? They basically do like what most other players do: Crossover -> Stepback -> Three Pointer/Pass to three point shooter.
Most stars wouldn't be a winning player if they didn't have a strong three point shot: which means they're going to launch them.
Basketball has basically been solved and you're only going to be an unserious team if you can't shoot three pointers at a high clip and make a high percentage of them. You basically have slim chances of beating an exceptional three point shooting team if you're not a good three point shooting team, so you got to become a good three point shooting team yourself.
It even makes the game look exponentially easier and like no defense is being played (although a lot of high-effort defense is being played) because there's simply so much spacing. A player gets a pass when they cut and the paint is wide open because the paint defender is guarding a center waiting for catch and shoot at the three point line.
Now picture all this and the refs still calling some of the most ridiculous fouls on a defender.
When did the NBA REALLY lose it's drama and storylines though? I'd say after Curry won in 2022. If dude didn't win people would be giving him a whole lot of shyt. Now that he won and the way it was done, that basically opened up the flood gates for real. Now everyone knows you can win the game and beat the best healthy teams simply with three point shooting spam.
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Ant Man shooting 13 3s a game.. we thought this man was Jordan part 2 now he’s chucking like everyone else in the league. Nobody wants to watch 32 Boston Celtics 
No style variance between the teams just shoot 3s and play no defense.
No style variance between the teams just shoot 3s and play no defense.
Torrential
LWO
The game has became ”accidental”
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Retired Hoodrat whisperer
The style of play is an issue . shyt is boring . Everyone plays the same
The NBA decided to market themselves as players over teams …which is cool when you have Magic, Micheal and Bron…but what happens when a good chunk of the league are international ? ..we see what’s happening now
There are a good chunk of fanbases that cannot watch their teams unless they either get a premium cable subscription or pay 20+ a month for a streaming app..that’s laughable. Could you imagine the NFL letting their regional matchups being handled by a near bankrupt company? Hell naw. The NBA is a joke for that . The MLB had the same issue ..difference Baseball is probably the GOAT stadium game experience and there are many of their fans who listen to radio broadcasts anyway.
So now we have a situation where the stars aren’t really there and local fanbases can’t engage with the local team outside of a subscription.
They need to figure it out because it’s a joke at the moment
The NBA decided to market themselves as players over teams …which is cool when you have Magic, Micheal and Bron…but what happens when a good chunk of the league are international ? ..we see what’s happening now
There are a good chunk of fanbases that cannot watch their teams unless they either get a premium cable subscription or pay 20+ a month for a streaming app..that’s laughable. Could you imagine the NFL letting their regional matchups being handled by a near bankrupt company? Hell naw. The NBA is a joke for that . The MLB had the same issue ..difference Baseball is probably the GOAT stadium game experience and there are many of their fans who listen to radio broadcasts anyway.
So now we have a situation where the stars aren’t really there and local fanbases can’t engage with the local team outside of a subscription.
They need to figure it out because it’s a joke at the moment
This.
choc_cardigan
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