NBA Playoffs

[The Fonz]

For me the NBA died after the 80's showtime.
It was a great era for Basketball .

 

[darthseinfeld]

A SN:

If you have ever seen the Raspberry Ice Tea KFC video, then you pretty much know the rumors about Delonte West are true. I mean because thats the type of dude that would sleep with Lebrons mom

 

[Supercowboy1986]

 

[darthseinfeld]

Lol that Forestt footage doe

 

[Supercowboy1986]

My favorite part is when JR out runs usain bolt

Lol that Forestt footage doe

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Curry is cold-blooded.

 

[ESisback]

Lebron’s losing!

 

[Nightman]

@FuzzyLumpkins Just like I showed last week

46m watched the AFCCG
15.8m watched Game 2 of NBA Final on Sunday Night

It is no contest and that is with the NFL losing 20% and NBA gaining 20%

The NBA product stinks...... they make these Superteams but it still whoever shoots the 3 pt shot better wins a blowout game....yawn

 

[TheCoolFan]

The NBA product is at one of the lowest points I can ever remember and it will only get worse when LeBron joins whatever team and makes the rich get richer this summer. The game itself is bad, with the ref quality still terrible, everyone falling in love with jacking up threes, playing 1 on 1, etc.

The years immediately following MJ were pretty bad but then we saw an emergence of new stars take the game to another level and we saw teams who began ushering in a more exciting brand of basketball (Kings, Mavs).

 

[darthseinfeld]

The NBA product is at one of the lowest points I can ever remember and it will only get worse when LeBron joins whatever team and makes the rich get richer this summer. The game itself is bad, with the ref quality still terrible, everyone falling in love with jacking up threes, playing 1 on 1, etc.

The years immediately following MJ were pretty bad but then we saw an emergence of new stars take the game to another level and we saw teams who began ushering in a more exciting brand of basketball (Kings, Mavs).

IMO the Rockets are the only team he would push over the top. He may win in Philadelphia, but its not a forgone conclusion. I think the Celtics could beat that team, at least next year.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Imo Jordan was the downfall as the league figured out they made tons more money when a star like Jordan was winning, hence him getting away with murder and egregious traveling violations sometimes.....after Jordan, star power has ruled and gets well timed calls. I’ll never forget the Kings having the Lakers almost put away and phantom call after phantom call kept LA in it, even the players in that game think it was rigged. Then an official actually came out and even admitted as much essentially. If you bet, bet on star power in NBA games and you will win big $ esp come playoff time. The Celtics didn’t have to star power to compete with the money the league would get from LeBron being there. Houston is still a distant money making finals team compared to a California team with the star power GS has. You can see the date stamp on my earlier post calling the matchup. I keep hoping I’ll be wrong.

Well, it's way worse now but I do agree, this is where we really saw this kind of thing become way more apparent in the NBA. I agree.

 

[ghst187]

Well, it's way worse now but I do agree, this is where we really saw this kind of thing become way more apparent in the NBA. I agree.

PS, I’m wearing a tin foil hat

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

PS, I’m wearing a tin foil hat

Take it off. It's about 105 outside. Any intelligent thoughts you may have will be dead and gone in no time in that kinda heat!

 

[ESisback]

The league clearly favors stars over teams.

 

[TheCoolFan]

IMO the Rockets are the only team he would push over the top. He may win in Philadelphia, but its not a forgone conclusion. I think the Celtics could beat that team, at least next year.

Yeah if he wants the best shot of winning in the next 3 years then Houston is his best option. Philly has young talent but Simmons and Embiid are still maybe 3-4 years away from being on that elite level. And I don't think he fits well with Simmons anyway. All of the talk of him deciding to stay in the East are overblown because at this point, it doesn't matter. This is a 1-team league right now with the Warriors dominating, it's more about going to a team that could potentially knock them off, regardless of what conference they're in.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

@FuzzyLumpkins Just like I showed last week

46m watched the AFCCG
15.8m watched Game 2 of NBA Final on Sunday Night

It is no contest and that is with the NFL losing 20% and NBA gaining 20%

The NBA product stinks...... they make these Superteams but it still whoever shoots the 3 pt shot better wins a blowout game....yawn

https://www.___GET_REAL_URL___/s/variety.com/2018/tv/news/nba-ratings-1202752848/amp/

NBA viewership hit its highest mark in four years this season.

• The 2018 NBA playoffs begin Saturday. Last year’s NBA finals match up between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers was the most watched finals since 1998. The 2017 championship averaged 20.4 million total viewers, up from 20.2 million viewers for the previous season’s seven-game series. In 2017, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in five games.
  
• For the regular season, which ended earlier this month, Nielsen-measured average total viewers for national telecasts of NBA games was up 8% from 2016-17 at 1.28 million. That’s across the league’s four television-network partners — ABC, ESPN, NBA TV, TNT — and the highest average since the NBA’s 2013-14 season.
• The increases countered downward viewership trends in other sports, particularly NFL football, which saw average total viewers fall 9.7%, from 16.5 million in 2016 to 14.9 million in 2017.

Yall are treating your opinions as facts.

 

[icup]

 

[LACowboysFan1]

"2017 championship averaged 20.4 million total viewers, up from 20.2 million viewers for the previous season’s seven-game series"

Oh wow, up 1%!!!!

Not statistically significant...

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

"2017 championship averaged 20.4 million total viewers, up from 20.2 million viewers for the previous season’s seven-game series"

Oh wow, up 1%!!!!

Not statistically significant...

And you completely ignored the other data...

 

[LACowboysFan1]

And you completely ignored the other data...

Yes, I did. But for the drop in NFL viewers, I think that was largely due to the kneeling issue, and people in general have a short memory, they will come back to the NFL once the kneeling fad goes away, which it will...