Good point that trashing players and then telling us to watch the same players on the same network has a predictable outcome. But, the players and league are in it together to scam fans. The money is too good and too guaranteed at the moment to gaf about fan enjoyment
Record low all star game ratings… by a WIDE MARGIN
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Good point that trashing players and then telling us to watch the same players on the same network has a predictable outcome. But, the players and league are in it together to scam fans. The money is too good and too guaranteed at the moment to gaf about fan enjoyment
1. A million to them is like a quarter to you. Its not enough incentive for them
2. Gambling is pretty much legal now everywhere
Elim Garak
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They probably still will. Obviously the league has issues but it's valuable content. You really can't compare NBA and NFL ratings though that doesn't even make sense imo.
And y'all still believe they're getting $75 billion for their media rights.
The NFL could put on a flag football league tomorrow with practice players and have more viewers than the NBA regular season.
Did KAT, AD and Kahwi even get selected as all stars this year?
Trojan 24
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New record-low, by a wide margin, for NBA All-Star Game (link)
We tried to tell y’all this was the worst of all time era and y’all ain’t wanna believe. This what happens when you cater to fat Europeans and try to make those guys the “faces” if the league instead of black Americans, yea I said it.
It’ll only get worse from here, that mid season playoff will eventually fall irrelevant too.
I assume you mean the Jokics of the world...
Well, he's on record as saying that today's All-Star Game is not meant for his style of play.
If a league wants an ALL-STAR game/weekend to succeed, then it probably needs its ALL-STARS to take part in the festivities or set up the rules/format of the game that allows its superstars to accurately showcase the game of basketball.
Instead, you get a game that basically amounts to Adam Silver telling Damian Lillard and Steph Curry to play a 2-hour game of HORSE.
mbewane
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I don't know why certain people try to blame Europeans and Africans cause 4 of them are great at basketball
3 of them are even big men, which is what people are missing and all the casuals (left) treasure. So in other words it would be far worse without them.
This has exactly nothing to do with NBAs fall off, especially not the All-star weekends fall off. Cause this fall off started far before them and rating in regular season has actually increased with them.
All-star however, the new generation of players have killed it. The game is absolutely trash and they are not competing in the contests. How is this Jokic fault? Jokic is just a boring guy who does his job, like Duncan.
Another fact is that the NFL season is too close to the All-star now.
When everything else fails, blame foreigners, the MAGAbreh way
I've been saying for years that this might the first time in decades that the old guard is going out and the next megastar isn't there yet. When Magic and Bird were aging MJ was already there. When MJ was on his way out Kobe was already there, soon joined by Lebron. But now that Lebron is on his way out who is supposed to be the new NBA Megastar? Giannis, Luka, Jokic, Tatum, Ja, Zion...none of these guys are transcendent or in that category. Might be that we were spoiled.
Gotta enforce that in players contracts that they have to do it, and if they half ass and pout through those competitions it’s their own risk because everyone sees it
Time flies. Just 3 years ago we had one of the GOAT all star games in the last 15-20 years with the introduction of the target score.
LeBron, Kawhi, AD, Harden, CP3 vs Giannis, Embiid, Siakam*, Lowry*, Kemba*
* = that was with KD, Steph injured (and Jokic/Luka on the bench for team LeBron)
Everyone was so hyped about having KD/Steph joining the fray the following year.
LeBron, Kawhi, AD, Harden, CP3 vs Giannis, Embiid, Siakam*, Lowry*, Kemba*
* = that was with KD, Steph injured (and Jokic/Luka on the bench for team LeBron)
Everyone was so hyped about having KD/Steph joining the fray the following year.
thelonious21
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Tems is dope
This. They don’t feel it’s their duty to push the game forward. And as great as Luka/Ja/Zion/Jokic/Embiid/Giannis are..I don’t think anyone has grabbed the general public’s attention in the way that Bron/Kobe/Mike/Magic/Bird did…
Dog Based Gremlin
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2 reasons I think fukked it up this year
1. Not exactly knowing who was gonna play or not. I didn't know till day of some of the guys not playing
2. That little draft in the beginning was dumb as hell. Bush that idea and go back the TNT broadcast. It sounded good in theory but played out wack
1. Not exactly knowing who was gonna play or not. I didn't know till day of some of the guys not playing
2. That little draft in the beginning was dumb as hell. Bush that idea and go back the TNT broadcast. It sounded good in theory but played out wack
The “stars” now don’t have the personality or charisma as the ones before them.
One day you're going to post something that suggests you like basketball or at least know something about it, and aren't just here to stalk me.
One day you’re gonna post something that suggests you’re anything other than a fraudulent, dap fishing, DNC agent/LeGBT soldier, and aren’t here just to be an essay typing cock sucker
Only Steph has grabbed the public’s attention on a street level but unfortunately the LeGBT media and online fags have been downplaying him his entire run because of FMVPs and the presence of KD.