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Nov 20, 2024
1:12:23pm

CougarCanuck76 Political Junky

Did the NBA sell high?

Or is their ratings downturn short-term? They made off like bandits with their new TV deals, which were based on ratings trajectories that may have already peaked. Could be a blip and it's clearly still early, but LeBron James is on his way out, and there doesn't appear to be someone of his stature to take his place.

NBA ratings down 3% on TNT, down 28% on ESPN, through Nov 14. wrote about this in my @FOS weekend column:

- Shaq says it's too much three pt shooting
- Adam Silver says it was the World Series and election
- I say not enough storylines so far this szn:https://t.co/B6XodY3pCY
— Daniel Roberts (@readDanwrite) November 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/readDanwrite/status/1858881752946614293

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Originally posted on Nov 20, 2024 at 1:12:23pm

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Did the NBA sell high?

Nov 20, 1:12pm

I’m sure ESPN, NBC, and Amazon are regretting their purchase already. Good call

TCuz

Nov 20, 1:14pm

They kept catering to the offensive player. I want to see more defense

Nov 20, 1:19pm

I am honestly confused how they got so much for it with ratings going down.

JuicyJam

Nov 20, 1:19pm

I can only speak for myself but I used to be an avid fan

Beggar

Nov 20, 1:24pm

All the rules changes to allow basically anything on offense has caused my

mudpupper

Nov 20, 1:26pm

Plus that stupid James Harden and his soul-crushing offensive game

TNT

Nov 20, 1:30pm

Not sure it matters, but they’ve back tracked on how they call certain things

PHXSUNS31

Nov 20, 1:31pm

This summarizes TNT as well

TNT

Nov 20, 1:29pm

My fandom is way down the past few years, but I think it's mostly because

JuicyJam

Nov 20, 1:38pm

The league just needs a few more obviously unqualified children of superstars

Still Blue

Nov 20, 1:26pm

I agree with Daniel Roberts. The NBA thrives on drama. There isn't much right

Hypnotoad

Nov 20, 1:27pm

The personalities have gradually faded away. Back in the 90’s every team had a player you hated or rooted against….

Bonoman

Nov 20, 1:34pm

Excellent point

TNT

Nov 20, 1:36pm

The basketball is so chaotic to watch

Nov 20, 1:28pm

Stupid analytics

TNT

Nov 20, 1:28pm

They should make the rim smaller

Nov 20, 1:33pm

There were no games on election night and World Series is every year.

ochobeeguy

Nov 20, 1:36pm

The World Series excuse seems dumb, but maybe he meant Dodgers/Yankees

PHXSUNS31

Nov 20, 1:38pm

And we all pay for it with 3+ hour games and a crap-ton of commercials.

ochobeeguy

Nov 20, 1:39pm

A few things which caused me to lose interest:

PoolBoy

Nov 20, 1:54pm

#5. Exactly. TNT is tired of Mao James

TNT

Nov 20, 1:56pm

Its not very interesting.

Nov 20, 1:58pm

Too many meaningless games.

Spiff

Nov 20, 2:09pm

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