NBA's Hilariously Ironic Dilemma

[auroraave]

Well the Zombie Sonics are threatening to make a run at the WC finals and heading to the finals. We already have the big market LA teams out in the west, so the NBA faces the reality of the ghost of what used to be the warriors, the timberwolves or the nuggets coming out of the west - likely to meet either the Celtics or Knicks - or Cleveland - lol.

Now, you are the NBA - your ratings have completely cratered, fans have left in DROVES. You are an entertainment entity whose business is tv advertising, merch, $24 beers and gambling. Now you face the potentially smallest market making the finals - which means even lower rating.

If you're like me, you're all broken up about that.

How does this play out? Seems to me the NBA desperately needs Boston or the NYK from the East, you know, more eyeballs, shit to promote/market. But out of the west - how do you 'market' the Zombie Sonics? Does anyone outside of Stinkwater OK know anything about them? You cannot market the East/West matchup because the Lakers are out (thank f'n GOD), so what do you have left? The Ghost of the Warriors past? Jokic on the Nuggets?

Imagine watching you league circle the drain while facing the grim reality you are potentially faced with a cleveland/OKC Finals matchup.

This is shaping up to be another ratings bottom feeder finals. Imagine how nervous Adam SIlver is right now.

[Michael K.]

I might be able to name three players still playing in the East right now. I could not tell you who plays for OKC, nor do I care. I somewhat follow Golden State, mostly because I like the style. I believe I was a Sophomore on the JV when the three point shot came out. I took far more of those shots than probably my coach wanted, but I remember the Varsity coach telling me something along the lines of if I stay around that 40% mark, it's like shooting 60% from two point land. As a Senior I shot just under 50% from three, and was just over 40% from two! LOL.

The NBA seems like it is in trouble, because my circle of people don't really follow or don't follow at all. But that could just be Sonic issues. Maybe it's not that way nation wide?

[gil]

I've read that ratings on US networks/streamers is down quite a bit this year. Internationally, the NBA is still pretty popular, I think.

The NBA's popularity has really declined among conservative viewers.

[auroraave]

Huh?

I've read that ratings are down 40% over the last couple of years - would stand to reason it would be down across all all metrics. I have never seen sports ratings broken down by 'conservative" or other political affiliation. That's generally not how ratings and shares are tallied by nets/cablers. Would love to see the metrics that draw the conclusion you are suggesting - because they would also have to acknowledge that ratings taking that big of a dive would be down across ALL metrics - not just conservatives. Singling out 'conservatives' - is bizarre at best.

Funny to see how people think. (Literally ANYTHING happens) and somehow, some people be like OMG the conservatives - even on a goofy thread making fun of the zombie sonics and the NBA. Brought to you by the same people that tell you they "don't watch CNN" or the usual propaganda outlets whose entire existence is based on OMG Trump! OMG Conservatives! OMG Racism! Ratings are down OMG it must be the conservatives!

Yeah, couldn't have anything to do with the Sonics getting hijacked and the game being awful. Naw, it's gotta be some kinda right wing conspiracy.

stimulus response.

Zombie Sonics down 2-1!

[gil]

I thought it was pretty well known that a lot of conservatives didn't like the woke social justice vibe of the NBA. Maybe I'm wrong.

[auroraave]

I thought it was pretty well known that a lot of conservatives didn't like the woke social justice vibe of the NBA. Maybe I'm wrong.

No, you're not wrong. It's not just conservatives - it's the overwhelming majority of people that don't like that nonsense - but you only pointed out conservatives. I know plenty of loony lefties here who walked away from the NBA - but I never mentioned them, did I?

Again, out of all the responses you could have made - you defaulted to some veiled criticism of conservatives - rather than holding the league responsible for their total failure on so many levels. Here's a tip for you Gil - you are what you consume. When you consume anti Trump, anti conservative, anti anything content - your default response to just about everything reflects that. On thread about the NBA - somehow you default to it being about conservatives - because that is what you consume - despite your previous denials. It's fine - you do you - I support that 100% - it's just amusing to watch it. Kinda like that SOB dude who was completely mired in TDS - he didn't wake up that way - he simply sat around consuming it - the hate and vitriol - and guess what? His posts reflected it. One day you guys will wake up and realize you are being duped. Ever get behind someone who totally reeks of garlic and leaves a stink trail of it behind them? Why do you think that is? Same principal applies here. Think about it.

[gil]

I thought it was pretty well known that a lot of conservatives didn't like the woke social justice vibe of the NBA. Maybe I'm wrong.

No, you're not wrong. It's not just conservatives - it's the overwhelming majority of people that don't like that nonsense - but you only pointed out conservatives. I know plenty of loony lefties here who walked away from the NBA - but I never mentioned them, did I?

Again, out of all the responses you could have made - you defaulted to some veiled criticism of conservatives - rather than holding the league responsible for their total failure on so many levels. Here's a tip for you Gil - you are what you consume. When you consume anti Trump, anti conservative, anti anything content - your default response to just about everything reflects that. On thread about the NBA - somehow you default to it being about conservatives - because that is what you consume - despite your previous denials. It's fine - you do you - I support that 100% - it's just amusing to watch it. Kinda like that SOB dude who was completely mired in TDS - he didn't wake up that way - he simply sat around consuming it - the hate and vitriol - and guess what? His posts reflected it. One day you guys will wake up and realize you are being duped. Ever get behind someone who totally reeks of garlic and leaves a stink trail of it behind them? Why do you think that is? Same principal applies here. Think about it.

Just FYI, if ratings are down 40%, as you stated, there is no overwhelming majority who walked away. But don't you think a greater percentage of conservatives than lefties have abandoned the NBA because of LeBron and the others becoming prominent champions of social justice?

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Personally, I never liked basketball.

On a side note, I lost all respect for LeBron when he made the statement a few years ago that he is scared of white men when he is walking down the road. Isn't he like 6'6 and 280 lbs..... and he said he is scared of white men.

Fucking joke of a man.

[auroraave]

Personally, I never liked basketball.

On a side note, I lost all respect for LeBron when he made the statement a few years ago that he is scared of white men when he is walking down the road. Isn't he like 6'6 and 280 lbs..... and he said he is scared of white men.

Fucking joke of a man.

LeBron - the curse. Remember when he was pretending to read the Malcolm X bio - he was carrying the book around - then when a reporter asked him about it it was clear he wasn't even reading it? Jesus what a clown, an utter embarrassment. The first big dagger for the NBA was the conf finals when the suns shot 67 free throws vs the Sonics so the NBA could get their Jordan/Barkley match up. Even the commentators were like wtf is this? Clearly the fix was in - then the Laker/Sac series, Laker/Portland series fix and then the hijacking of the sonics spearheaded by the commissioner. buh bye. Talking about bringing a franchise back to the city they completely fucked over - and literally no one cares. The ridiculous covid games, don't they have a mid season tournament now? I don't know anyone who follows it anymore. The rigging, the over saturation, the twats like LeBron being the face of the league, the hijacking, the covid nonsense, the fraud that was "BLM" plastered on courts, zero defense, everyone makes the playoffs, the blatant rigging of games and series, I mean, they have really fucked themselves. Now, the smallest market in the league is threatening to make a run and no one is watching that. LMAO - this league could not deserve it more. Once I saw the rigging of the Suns/Sonics series, it was so blatant, I knew my time watching the NBA would be coming to an end. If the NBA is one thing - it is disingenuous - and I ain't got no time for that nonsense.

[Donn Beach]

Its television viewing so streaming is not included. Its also American television, there's fans around the world now, it's embarrassing but not really that serous a problem, supposedly 52% of Chinese watch NBA games, that alone dwarfs American fan numbers. Television viewing is down 2-5%, it changes. NBA television is down 19%