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  • BBoyd21
    Pro
    • May 2003
    • 595

    #31
    Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

    Originally posted by mugginns
    Not surprising, the NBA has a lot of problems:

    1) Regular season is too long
    2) Playoffs are too long
    3) Too many games in a series in the playoffs
    4) It is hard to care about team that are 40-42 and make the playoffs

    They need to fix it, then there will be more viewership. Houston and Utah? Forgettable series.

    Also, the GS / Mavs game was on way too late for EST viewers to even care.
    i agree with the playoffs are too long, i enjoyed it when the 1st round was a best of 5. Now with each series being 7 games the season goes well into june and almost july. But usually around this time of year everyones (or most peoples thoughts) are either on baseball or the upcoming football season. the NBA really needs to take a long look at their product and come up with ways to make it enjoyable again.

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    • DW Rutledge
      Banned
      • Jan 2005
      • 686

      #32
      Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

      i'm an nba fan who also happens to be a fan of a small market team.

      i dont' watch as much as i used to during the reg season because to me espn/abc coverage panders to the big market teams like the lakers and the knicks. it just gets old after a while talking about these lottery teams from large markets. who cares?

      i've watched almost all of the playoffs though, and will continue to do so even if my team gets knocked out. the nba is by far my favorite sport.

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      • Cebby
        Banned
        • Apr 2005
        • 22327

        #33
        Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

        Originally posted by BBoyd21
        i agree with the playoffs are too long, i enjoyed it when the 1st round was a best of 5. Now with each series being 7 games the season goes well into june and almost july. But usually around this time of year everyones (or most peoples thoughts) are either on baseball or the upcoming football season. the NBA really needs to take a long look at their product and come up with ways to make it enjoyable again.
        They should probably either:

        A) Shorten the regular season
        or
        B) Start the season a month or two earlier, as nobody cares about the games during football season anyway.

        Either way, I think the best thing for the NBA would be to piggyback off of March Madness and start the playoffs then.

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        • TheMatrix31
          RF
          • Jul 2002
          • 52915

          #34
          Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

          Originally posted by MassNole
          I must say, that BS call on Barbosa yesterday killed a great game for me. Damn those foreign players bringing the soccer flopping into the NBA.
          **sigh**

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          • Air23
            Banned
            • Feb 2003
            • 2502

            #35
            Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

            Originally posted by The Soldier
            In my opinion, ABC/ESPN shouldn't have the rights to any major sporting events other than college football.


            QFT.

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            • Air23
              Banned
              • Feb 2003
              • 2502

              #36
              Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

              Originally posted by xythander
              If the Refs didn't call ticky tack fouls then the flopping would probably go down. I say bring the game back to the way it was when Magic and Bird played.


              That, too.

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              • muggins
                It is now the SW Era
                • May 2003
                • 5379

                #37
                Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                Cowherd reported today that Utah / San Antonio game 1 fell 43% from last year's game 1 of the same series. The Preakness slammed it in ratings
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                • jmood88
                  Sean Payton: Retribution
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 34639

                  #38
                  Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                  Originally posted by mugginns
                  Cowherd reported today that Utah / San Antonio game 1 fell 43% from last year's game 1 of the same series. The Preakness slammed it in ratings
                  Well the Spurs didn't even sell out their arena so I'm not surprised by the ratings.
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                  • Cebby
                    Banned
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 22327

                    #39
                    Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                    Originally posted by mugginns
                    Cowherd reported today that Utah / San Antonio game 1 fell 43% from last year's game 1 of the same series. The Preakness slammed it in ratings
                    The combination of:

                    1. Probably the two smallest Western Conference markets

                    2. The bad taste of the last series

                    3. Two of, if not the two most boring teams in the NBA

                    will not help ratings

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                    • fsquid
                      Banned
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 17635

                      #40
                      Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                      How do you not sell out your arena in the Conference Finals?

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                      • muggins
                        It is now the SW Era
                        • May 2003
                        • 5379

                        #41
                        Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                        Originally posted by fsquid
                        How do you not sell out your arena in the Conference Finals?
                        Ouch...
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                        • SPTO
                          binging
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 68046

                          #42
                          Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                          Originally posted by fsquid
                          How do you not sell out your arena in the Conference Finals?
                          Continued success often makes a team's fanbase apathetic and not to mention they're playing the Jazz who most people think will be swept. It's the same thing that eventually happened to the Braves. The first half of their excellent run they had sold out crowds but by the second half of it it became so old hat that the crowds would dwindle until the Braves were in the World Series.
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                          • 23
                            yellow
                            • Sep 2002
                            • 66469

                            #43
                            Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                            no one really cares about utah except utah

                            the nba continues to kill the conference finals with this division crap

                            people are tired of abc

                            the nba shoved certain individuals down your throats all year and now they can't market these two teams at the last second

                            looking at the last 4 teams its that vomit in the stomach that you know is coming up real soon

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                            • SPTO
                              binging
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 68046

                              #44
                              Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                              Originally posted by KDRE_OS

                              looking at the last 4 teams its that vomit in the stomach that you know is coming up real soon
                              I think the folks at NBA HQ are praying that Lebron somehow gets into the Finals. I think that'd be the only way to salvage what has been a crappy playoffs and deflect a bit from the HORRIBLE decision making by Stern and co. regarding the SA/PHX series.
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                              "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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                              • VanCitySportsGuy
                                NYG_Meth
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 9351

                                #45
                                Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                                Originally posted by SPTO
                                I think the folks at NBA HQ are praying that Lebron somehow gets into the Finals. I think that'd be the only way to salvage what has been a crappy playoffs and deflect a bit from the HORRIBLE decision making by Stern and co. regarding the SA/PHX series.

                                There's no data that indicates LBJ draws better than the other big stars in the NBA. All of the 4 teams remaining won't draw good ratings. Interest in the NBA in North America has been fading for years.

                                Lasy year the NBA had 2 big markets in Dallas and Miami (and tons of stars like Dirk, Wade, and Shaq) and the ratings were still bad.

                                The declining interest in the NBA is why Cuban doesn't understand why Stern is focusing so much of his time on promoting the game internationally. Cuban said they should focus on cities in America that don't have an NBA team. He said games should be played in cities like Pittsburgh, Kansas City, etc...

                                Edit: I believe the Cavs played a pre-season game in Pittsburgh this season.
                                Last edited by VanCitySportsGuy; 05-21-2007, 02:32 PM.

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