I can’t stand waiting 20+ mins for a game to start and the constant momentum killers of BS calls, it’s so annoying. I could care less about nba teams shooting 3s if they are wide open, just stop with the BS calls.
@@livingthecubelife3944with the amount of brainrot and attention span people have now days, they wouldn’t be able to watch slow, back to the basket type of play. The nba is lucky quick offense and 3 point shooting is popular because if it was the other way around the numbers could possibly be worse.
@ yeah, I think perfect game right now would be maybe 30 3s made in total, with a lot of dunking and Kyrie type layups, with ankle breakers and middies being shot. Unfortunately that won’t happen
No one watches bcuz: 1. Overpaid soft "stars" who barely play games 2. Excessive 3's 3. Excessive penalties for defending 4. TRASH REFS!!!!! 5. Way too many stoppages 6. Media gaslighters telling me what I should think/ like/ believe...
Some more issues: - Refs have too much power (soft calls etc.) - League is clearly about money rather than real basketball - Too many streaming services - Not enough emphasis on defense
@@somericanguy - the 2007 Spurs vs Cavs finals was the lowest rated finals at the time. Lebron is a ratings disaster, but the league forced him on us anyway
Maybe it's diffrent in europe, but here the nba leaguepass is about 15€ a month (arround 200$ a year) and you can watch every game live and on demand. We connected our PC to our TV so nba and gaming is no problem. Is that diffrent in the USA?
I'm fairly certain this is the actual problem. I have to subscribe to SlingTV and Fan Duel to watch my local team. If I want more interesting games, then I have to add league pass. Next year it's only going to get worse. I didn't even know how to watch the NBA Cup final, I had to google it, then I see it's on ESPN, fortunately I had it on Sling. I log in and the broadcast is only in Spanish? wut? When you're competing with illegal streams you need to make the paid experience good.
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@@Deathwink1that don’t make sense. Why should they be loyal to a player.? What company or business is loyal to employees?! You under perform or mess up you get fired. Teams reward you heavily with money. Basketball players make hundreds of millions of dollars so to me that’s loyal cuz where else you going to make that kinda money? If a player under performs they don’t get money taken away. If they don’t play they still get paid. You don’t show up to work you don’t get paid unless your salary and even then you can’t be missing a lot or you get fired..
@@SykoticWayz- why should a superstar player be loyal to an organisation that fails to provide the pieces they need to win, don't employees also have a choice to choose their employers.
1.) Too expensive to watch; have to purchase a variety of things to watch your own local team. (Cable, Hulu, Netflix, etc.) 2.) Politics: only sport that talks about it when people want to watch sports not politics. 3.) Gambling: it’s become a thing for the league to promote it constantly and it’s costing the outcomes of these games. 4.) 3-PT shooting: way too many teams offenses are too eerily similar. Instead of bully ball down low and midrange with occasional three pointers it’s almost a boatload of three point shooting. 5.) Officials: These officials have got to be the most soft, sensitive and no feel for the game referees of all time. Adam Silver refuses to let officials take the blame and cover their asses more than ever. Baldy has got work to do to fix this mess because he started it all.
@@kevinlam4550 hence why I said it’s one of the many issues the league is facing now. It’s not the biggest problem but it’s one of them. I agree it’s not the biggest problem
You don't have to agree or listen to them. It's not like they take a timeout during the game, grab the mic and start lecturing you. They do it pre/post game, other events that have no bearring on the actual game. The games are boring, possesions are predictable and refs want to be the star of the game
@@Cris.S. what about when they plastered BLM over everything? How more in the face can you get?? How about players removing their names from their jerseys to add BLM slogans to them?
as a european fan of basketball, i hate how long it takes to watch nba live... games start late, the long timeouts and commercial breaks are making the 48 mins of gameplay into a 2.5-3 hour unenjoyable experience, games should take maximum 1.5 hours... timeouts should be maximum 1-2 minutes and lower number of them allowed, that would help A TON to get people motivated to stick around and tune in for games, not watch dumb shit instead of basketball, that's not what people wanna sign up for
The players association would NEVER agree on lowering the amount of timeouts, it's insane that the best players can go 40 minutes while playing defense and offense anyway, we're lucky that there isn't more timeouts
1. Jack up 3s 2. Overpaid Entitled Players 3. Load Management 4. Politics instead of focusing in the Game 5. Lack of defense 6. Travel, Carrying and bad officiating 7. Subscription just to watch your local team 8. No competition, LeBalco started jumping team and the rest follow suit.
Neither was Stern. Neither of them ever played basketball at the NBA level. They're both business men. They need to have a commissioner who played the game, was loyal to the team they played for, and cares about the quality of the game. Also the players should vote for the commissioner like they vote for the players association president. If the commissioner is going to have the power then at least he should have played the game because he will care about the game first. If he improves the game then the money will come because the players will play the kind of basketball the people want to watch. Imagine if Magic Johnson or Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or Patrick Ewing were commissioner. They might bring back hand checks, have more input into choosing refs, widen the pool in that area and see if we keep getting the crap we get now. There needs to be change in this regard to improve the quality of the game.
The game is boring, the politics are nonstop, the league pushes LeBron and curry instead of up and coming players. Way too many 3s. Games are way too long, stars don’t play. Players are getting paid $50 and out. Way too many streaming services making it impossible to watch games. Until the politics stop LeBron curry are gone and it’s easier to watch games the league will continue to die
Exactly it’s because it’s on ESPN and tnt randomly as soon as nba is on nbc on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon again I can guarantee these numbers will literally skyrocket most people across country channel swap fox and cbs when it’s football on guarantee nba will be added to that
I’m just going to give a different take. I don’t believe the falloff in ratings have to do with any of that. not politics, 3s, nothing. The average person just does not have the time to follow and watch the NBA season. Especially when you can easily watch the highlights on your phone in 2 minutes on the way to work.
That's what always says, I am a rockets fan, but I don't have time to watch all the games and more if they are not ready to win a championship, I just watch the 2min highlights and if they classified to playoff I would watch completely
Thats true but the proportion of the games you watch would be higher if: -it costs less effort and money to keep up with the league -the product is better
My counter point would be people don’t think 3s are a problem because they just watch highlights. They don’t show the misses in highlights. I am a full game guy and it is so frustrating to watch. Today so far there have been 45, 48, 53, and 54 missed 3s. I did some math the other day and the league average was exactly 48 per game. A brick a minute.
My take is Lebron turned the NBA into the WWF and Circus. He would be a pure knock-down even if he hadn't been hit yet. He flops around when nobody even touches him. That man is a clown. He's an embarrassment. LeClown and Buffoony James Jr.. BUWAH HAH AHHA HAH.
While the Lebron fans keep telling us that "Lebron lives rent free in our heads" which is funny bcoz the media keeps talking about him 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. See you all in 2025!
@@chilldoc9638imo he absolutely does have a part in this. From spouting his political bs to getting his son into the league he’s definitely played a part. LeFlop and the obvious rigging of the game are 2 major reasons I only watch a handful of games in comparison to how often I watched before the last 5 yrs or so. The online gambling promotions don’t help either. Hopefully nobody gambles on a sport where the outcome is rigged
@@InsidiousSwedetrue. he’s a billionaire but atleast we wont have to see him. just look at mj owning the hornets, no one cares lol. eventually itll be that way for bron
I think he will hang around for to be viewed as relevant like Michael Jordan now🤣. Looking at LeGM, he does give me the feel of michael Jordan as the owner
As a European, by far the worst thing about watching American sports is the constant stopping of play to show adverts. The right wing will always be angry, it's what their politics is all about and we shouldn't stop people talking about it. Remember how pissed off with MJ was when he chose not to get involved in politics? As some first steps I'd: 1: cut the number of timeouts to give more flow to the game and make it more enjoyable to watch. 2: Change the referring standards to make the game more physical and feisty. We miss the rivalries of Bulls v Knicks, Magic v Bird etc. 3: Make it easier to watch. Put all the games in 1 place and stop with the bullshit geographical restrictions.
@pigeonbass11 It shouldn't take considerably longer to get through an NBA game of 48 minutes than a football (soccer) game of 90 minutes. American sports have sacrificed the fans and the flow of the game for advertising revenue. Sa
@@timetherington-judge3719sometimes its not the numbers. Its how the customer feels during those numbers. Advertisement fatigue is because of context switching.
i guess you missed the screaming and crying, and outright rage, from the left wing following the election, then? leftists crying their eyes out after losing absolutely everything, whilst pretending that theyre not will never stop being highly entertaining!
I hate liberal politics of the NBA just as much as anyone (because I’m pretty left wing), but that’s a terrible reason. I just feel like you’re sensitive if you’re not watching due to comments from off the court by players and coaches.
Politics have nothing to do with it, viewership is down because over the last 6 to 7 years star players are constantly missing games especially during the regular season ..... The players dont care about the regular season only the playoffs
@@airealarmour3281 people seem to not focus on this, part of the reason I stopped watching the nba was because the players constantly missing games....... I still never got a chance to see harden,durant kyrie, healthy play against a healthy paul george , Kawhi leonard clippers team, even the lakers anthony davis would constanly get injured ..... Can you imagine if you have a high profile cheifs vs Bill's regular season game, and josh allen isnt playing, or mahomes decides to sit out...... the nfl would go down the drain...... Players are getting paid close to a billion dollars and not playing, which is a huge problem if you want viewership the politics, and teams shooting too many threes narrative is really not a factor ........
For me it’s: 1. Players attitude towards the game. They don’t care, so why should. They sit out games, so do I. Only I’m not paid to come back. 2. Too many 3 pointers. There’s a handful of guys who should always have the green light to shoot 3s. The entire league should not get that green light. It’s time to be realistic. 3. No defense.
Lol YES you know he voted Kamala. Says he doesn't disagree with what Pops said.... uhhh if you don't disagree with Pops rant, then lol yeah your lost my friend. Still love the show though so yeh, definitely stay away from the political and you're good. Especially don't listen to Gregg Pop
Nothing to do with politics. Nobody even watches those postgame interviews. Everything to do with the stoppages and bad refereeing/player rotation. Stop showing me adverts every 2 minutes man. I want to see the game flow. Cut the number of timeouts.
3’s take the majority of the blame. It’s a lazy cop out to offence. Instead of using your brain and athleticism to generate a shot you just drive and kick constantly. People don’t like to watch repetition, they like to watch creativity, athleticism, uniqueness. The reason Caitlin Clark and Curry can take 3s and be popular is because they do step backs, fadeaways and hit tough shots while be guarded like a hawk. It is not repetitive. You’re missing the nuance behind why the average player shooting 3s is so bad for the league
lol nba is cooked, I didn’t know about the 3 point formula. It makes a lot of sense now why teams are shooting so many threes. I don’t think moving the 3 point line is going to change that statistic either. Why leave points on the board with 2s? I also think the nba stars moving around and teaming up with others has made the NBA even more boring. Like when LeBron did it with Miami it was the biggest news ever! Now every time I hear something like that I don’t even react anymore. I also agree with players missing so many games is causing fans to get disinterested as well. Seems like some players are not giving their full effort all the time! They get paid to not play.
Indeed. Most fans can play this style of basketball in their backyard, just jack up threes. There's nothing special about the NBA game. People want to see things they can't do themselves. And I think most players in the NBA are bored, if no one is really competing, than why not play at a 60% level and just grab your insane moneybag.
I agree. I think the main problem is simply the reffing. If the league established improved standardized rules, then it would fix a lot of problems. Techs for excessive flopping and complaining, allow more physical defense and incidental contact, actually call travels and carries... and make the new updated rules clear to everyone like they did a couple years ago with the flopping rules and whatnot. All of this would even out the defense and offense some more, and we might actually get some new styles of play out of it
I love watching nba, my issues are that the nba is constantly advertising gambling and that the refs are terrible. I wish the refs would a) make sure the calls are going both ways and b) let them boys play (call less fouls in general)
L take when we have no team identity, worst referees in any sport and zero rivalries. People want to watch their team. Not whatever the fuck LeBron wants to play next. Then you add into that that you need to have 3+ stream services just to see all games. Fuck that noise I watch pirated streams rather than pay 3 differnet platforms for 1 game a week.
@@2403rygar But there is no evidence at all that the politics is why anyone is turning it off. How often do politics come up during play? Basically never. There are many reasons people aren't watching and politics is very far down the list.
That not how free speech works. Free speech is about the government not restricting what you can say. The NBA could definitely have policy’s that restricted the players speech while they are at work…(playing). I don’t think they necessarily should, but people can decide for themselves whether or not to invest time and money on it!
@@sidequestcellars1056when you have two great coaches and all time greats like James and Curry that are the face of the league talking down on half of the country it seems bound to happen that viewership will dip. I agree that it’s definitely not one of the main reasons why the league viewership is in decline but I say it plays a role still
@r_watkinsi9443 but there is zero evidence of that. Maybe a handful of bigots are turned away, but who gives a fuck. The peak viewership was when bron was playing curry in the finals over and over again. We don't have the same star power - it's as simple as that. This notion that conservatives would be mid game and suddenly remember black people are liberal and turn off the game is so fucking stupid honestly.
Refs are afraid for reputation. So thank God thst Schroeder lady acknowledged she was wrong and I say this cuz replay showed she was. If she was right, that.her statement rules. But the fact she acknowledged it and reversed, you get Scott Foster and Natalie Saco do it and by do it I mean for EVERY TEAM. Enough of this vegas odds. It's all about EPSN viewership. Aka. BASKETBALL IS CORPORATED
It's because we need to subscribe to about 7 different apps to watch games. If I cant see it on my cable or NBA League Pass I'm out. And a $100/year league pass should be enough to watch EVERY game.
Most fans don't agree with Pop, they disagree. NBA fans are MAGA and if you disagree that is fine, but don't whine when your subs and views also go down too.
Another problem with blaming players and coaches speaking out is that they’re not saying these things during basketball. They’re saying it after the game. And I don’t think most fans tune into after game interviews.
Exactly. If you only watched the games, you would have no idea what the political views of NBA players and coaches are. My apolitical brother is really into the NBA and I'm sure if I quizzed him about the political positions within the NBA he would draw a blank.
It went down big time because players these days are lazy to play defense. And most of the star players spend most of the time seating on the bench and making excuses due to injuries reserving themselves for playoffs and lmaking a lot of 3 point shits in a game!
Politics is not the biggest problem in the NBA, we rarely hear about it. WE can't watch the games, becuase we litterally cannot watch them. We don't have thier channels, their subscription doesn't even give us the games we want, and the refs fucking suck.
You rarely hear about it FROM THE MEDIA. If you talk to regular people it gets brought up all the time. It's not the only reason, but IT IS a part of the problem, and denying that fact would just be silly
"I shouldn't feel judge for my opinion on whether woman should have bodily autonomy". It's not a politics issue, it's a game issue. Football is filled with politics, as is baseball.
NBA is way too political, nobody watches sports to be lectured. Soft ass, overpaid divas that have way too much leverage and influence, worst refs in all of sports imo, too many calls that kill the momentum of the game, lack of star power, in the nba is almost impossible for teams to upset higher ranked teams, I can go on but need I say more?
Mainstream sports betting and questionable ref calls are screwing up the NBA... Lets not forget the all the streaming subscriber you need to buy just to watch games.
Its a multifactorial thing why NBA rating is down but overall the product is becoming bad due to the following: ~ Load management ~ no new stars are being promoted that much (as they rely still on KD, Steph, LBJ) ~ no variance in game play (just shoot 3s and thats it) ~ low defense /no effort on defense ~ bad officiating ~ no rivalries/drama
Shi will go up eventually, these new players definitely got it in them to carry the league, guys like jokic, Edward’s, donic, ja, Tatum, Gianni’s just need to start making the finals every year against each other and the legacy gotta let these guys play and get off whatever they feel in these pressers, what makes ufc so great is the press conferences before the fight be so wild everyone wants to see what happens
I’m not going to lie, when Steph retires, I won’t be watching must NBA again. Part of it is not having another favorite player but part of it is just being bored of the NBA. I do think there are too many games per season too. These days I watch more women’s basketball because of Caitlin Clark and the NCAAW.
Exactly. We pretend like politics is something which we can avoid when in reality politics permeates our society. Sports is a right wing safe space, and everyone who can see this calls it out like it is.
those athletes and coaches that you mention, are sponsored by slave traders. sportswear companies that procure slaves from the chinese government. the nba is obscenely wealthy, and that wealth is generated by slavery in asia. funny how they never seem too interested in calling that out
No one's saying they can't use their 1st Amendment rights, it's just that no one wants to hear politics and such when they want to unwind from their 9-5 job while trying to watch sports
@@TeamStudNation1280Nick Bosa showed up with a maga hat for a postgame interview but no one gave a shit. Because he is right wing. We can look as far back as we want in sports history and we can see that right wing politics are welcomed in sports media. It is ONLY left wing politics which are demonized. Abdul Jabbar and Ali can both attest to this too. The media hated them for promoting left wing, socialist and anti-war values. No more pretending; only right wing politics are allowed in sports. Sports are a right wing safe space.
@TeamStudNation1280 no one wants to hear something they disagree with. If lebron was pro trump, you best believe that people would be applauding him for speaking his mind.
I think when people say “politics in the nba” they mean things like why Michael Beasley and others like that are not in the league despite being more than talented enough
NBA is NOT in trouble. US ratings do not affect NBA at all because NBA has already landed 11-year, $76 billion mega broadcast deal. It doesn't matter if y'all Americans watch NBA or not. The world is watching NBA. The NBA gets millions and millions of viewers from China, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Europe and Japan which no other American sports league gets. Adam Silver does not care if few million US fans don't watch it. NBA far more popular globally. Don't forget NBA has 90 mil while NFL has only 30 mil insta followers. Pat Mahomes has 6 mil while LeBron has 160 mil insta followers!!
Bruh its because of all the player movement. Players are moving from team to team like its nothing. MJ, magic, Kobe and bird stuck on one team and those are some of the biggest stars ever
Its not the star power ill take to MANY 3's for 75% and politics for the other 25%. Been watching since the mid 80's this is the worst NBA product ever!
Politics is the real reason in my opinion. I didn’t vote Kamala and I have no problem with anyone who did. I just don’t wanna hear about it. I don’t even wanna hear anyone talk about Trump. It’s basketball man!
@ people watch post game press conferences. It comes up wayy more than it should. No point in playing stupid about it. I’ve been a LeBron fan my entire life. Always will be. The dude gets shit on more than he should but it’s hard to watch him talk about equality when people who are basically slaves are making his shoes. The NBA treated the Rockets organization like crap when they spoke out against the CCP. It’s there man
Cost and local blackouts also a real problem. I live in an area where apparently 5 teams are considered local. I got hot to find that the local teams are blocked for away games. That pisses me off. I have too many subscriptions already I'm not gonna pay to have five teams home and away games blocked. I cancelled subscriptions and will find better and less insulting uses of my time.
The game is much weaker than before. There's no real rivalries and rules have changed to make it more score friendly. 3 pointers just made it more obvious. There's also much less hustle from players compared to the past. College basketball is more entertaining at this point. Not everyone is a die hard fan. I would say most aren't and if it's not entertaining diehard fans won't watch. Players, coaches, owners are responsible.
Your first point hit the nail on the head for me. Them making players wear “pride” shirts, and basically spitting in the face of every Christian, Muslim, Jew..etc was it for me. SEPARATE POLITICS AND SPORTS!!
So real. And during the whole BLM movement, it was so heavily frown upon by the media to NOT kneel which is insane. What happened to, idk, freedom of expression and autonomy? But I digress🤷♂ Side note: It feels so disingenuous to amplify the voices of a minority to THAT much of an extent. There was no active hate or exclusion going on prior to the pride stuff so I don't understand the need to virtue signal so hard by doing so.
the problem is that when you see how these players interact with one another you get the feeling that competition is dead. Why are you so friendly to guys on the other team. Lebron started this soft culture, people want to see competition, real competition. Plus the players don't care about winning, it's all about the money for them, why should I be a loyal fan when these players aren't loyal to anything but themselves.
Wemby and Ant are absolutely "enough" to carry the league. The problem is that Wemby is 7'4 shooting 16 3 pointers on Christmas Day, while also getting robbed from a W by the refs. Ant (9.9 3s) has practically the same shot chart as Tatum (10.6 3s), but Tatum gets 7.2 free throws per game to Ants 3.9. The league is the problem and who they decide to promote (Harden, Tatum, SGA, Brunson...), not the players
The problem is, people can watch post game highlights and it is ok no need to watch the entire game. Also there are a lot of sources in the internet and social media where to watch live NBA games. The NBA cannot see the actual numbers of global viewers and supporters of the NBA games.
NBA as is now forgot people have lives. Games dont start on time, stupidly long ad breaks, if you want to follow a certain team well better subscribe to a milion chanels. And also how are you gonna generate hype if the next day matches play on another service. Just imagine at the end of a match: and tommorow Spurs @ Lakers and we hear "Hey grandpa,move" and then see wemby dunking over Lebron.
To me it’s a few things: -7 ft tall people shooting 3s -Stars choosing not to play -Impossible to watch games I want to watch without every streaming service -Every team plays the same way -Endless commercials -Every day teams have new uniforms and play on a new court -Announcers are garbage
38 year old die hard basketball fan here…Loved watching Jordan and Kobe of course. The problem now is 1. The style of play (too many 3’s) Steph didn’t ruin the game, the coaches did b thinking there players are Steph Curry! 2. The players complain EVERY SINGLE play for a foul not being called, in a softer era I might add. 80s and 90s players got clobbered and hacked all the time and didn’t complain. They embraced it. THAT is Adam Silvers fault by letting this whining attitude go on, along with the refs who don’t put these players in their place. 3. The league has many Stars and Superstars but they don’t have that aura, or Star appeal about them. Boring personalities like Tatum, Brown, Shai, Lillard, and sorry to say even Jokic. He’s unbelievable, but doesn’t have a likable personality to market. The stars are there with Giannis, Luka, Wemby, Ant Man, Maxey, Booker, LaMelo, DeAaron Fox, and Brunson. Along with the OG’s LeBron, Steph, KD, Kyrie and Harden. So less 3 point shooting, more mid range, more creativity, less complaining about fouls, more competition, don’t allow Stars to sit and rest so much, and do a better job marketing the stars they have so the viewer can fall in love with their personality.
It’s a multitude of issues for us. As a (former)leftist NYer the game isn’t recognizable. Us New Yorkers loved watching guards drive to the paint and absorb contact now everything is a foul or a step back three along with player availability. It’s not one thing that cancels out the league. It’s multiple factors that just make it a legit boring product
The problem is not the players or gameplay, it’s the schedule and the pricing to watch. The NFL own sundays and people look forward to their favorite team to play. In the nba it’s a lot of games and random days. They should adopt what they did for Christmas when we have several game back to back on a Wednesday but move it to a Saturday. On Saturday we set time aside to watch several games and more viewers.
To me, it's because of: The officiating, needed multiple streaming services or subscriptions to watch one game (or multiple if your TV can play 4 channels at once in real time), lack of marketing the next generation of stars, not being allowed to defend consistently, biased media, and LeBron
The biggest problem is an 82 game season. Nobody cares about watching the Pistons vs Hornets on a Tuesday night like 4 times a season. It gets boring and repetitive. 82 games is way too much and it makes it more prone for people to tune out.
The problem is the NBA rigs its games but does not rig it for who we want to see. Warriors are the most valued team, Curry is the most popular athletes but the refs are causing them to lose games. They should have a favorable whistle every game
Ewing: But it wasn’t “mostly” guys with backs to net, Hakeem was a lot of fun to watch, the bigs back then were skillful on offense. Battling low or dishing low is more entertaining than watching a lot of missed 3’s, especially consecutive missed 3’s, it also allows everyone to trot back on defense. Just one man’s humble opinion. Merry New Year!
different apps/services is killing the ratings. all games arent viewable by regular TV anymore. one day your team is viewed on one app, then the next day you need to sub to a different streaming service just to watch the same team.
I can’t stand waiting 20+ mins for a game to start and the constant momentum killers of BS calls, it’s so annoying. I could care less about nba teams shooting 3s if they are wide open, just stop with the BS calls.
Yeah but people are still just chucking up contested 3s with 12 seconds left on the shot clock just cause they think they will make it
@@livingthecubelife3944with the amount of brainrot and attention span people have now days, they wouldn’t be able to watch slow, back to the basket type of play. The nba is lucky quick offense and 3 point shooting is popular because if it was the other way around the numbers could possibly be worse.
I dont like any of the women commentators (not that that’s the reason i dont watch ball like i use to) easy fix
@ yeah, I think perfect game right now would be maybe 30 3s made in total, with a lot of dunking and Kyrie type layups, with ankle breakers and middies being shot. Unfortunately that won’t happen
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No one watches bcuz:
1. Overpaid soft "stars" who barely play games
2. Excessive 3's
3. Excessive penalties for defending
4. TRASH REFS!!!!!
5. Way too many stoppages
6. Media gaslighters telling me what I should think/ like/ believe...
I agree with everything except for the 3s
Also Malika Andrews exists
Good point
Agree with everything as well as removing the emotion in the game
And finally, go woke and go broke
Its because its not regular tv anymore 😭
You forgot to add all the different apps/ streaming services & tv subscriptions you need to watch a game
@highwizdom1399 that's what I mean, most people don't care enough to pay a bunch of money. You usually can't just watch it on regular TV
Simple as that. Growing up we had NBA on NBA. The second it went to TNT I couldn't watch until I got it.
a little less politics and a lot more common sense. I can't STREAM my team
if that's the case, then why only NBA? MLB and NFL ratings have gone up.
Some more issues:
- Refs have too much power (soft calls etc.)
- League is clearly about money rather than real basketball
- Too many streaming services
- Not enough emphasis on defense
All those are much more valid reasons that what this video is centered off of. Trust me Trumpers weren't watching all that much to begin with anyways.
Point #2 is the big one. It feels like its not the players deciding the outcomes, and that makes it unwatchable
The SanAn v Pistons series was historically terrible for ratings. Ppl don't want to see 85-79 pt games
@@somericanguy - the 2007 Spurs vs Cavs finals was the lowest rated finals at the time. Lebron is a ratings disaster, but the league forced him on us anyway
@@somericanguy No, but they also don't want to see games that go in the 130s and 140s.
I just subscribed to 6 different places just to watch my local team just for it to be blacked out!!!! Thanks NBA 😇
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Maybe it's diffrent in europe, but here the nba leaguepass is about 15€ a month (arround 200$ a year) and you can watch every game live and on demand.
We connected our PC to our TV so nba and gaming is no problem.
Is that diffrent in the USA?
Nailed it. That’s the issue and no one seems to be talking about it.
I'm fairly certain this is the actual problem. I have to subscribe to SlingTV and Fan Duel to watch my local team. If I want more interesting games, then I have to add league pass. Next year it's only going to get worse. I didn't even know how to watch the NBA Cup final, I had to google it, then I see it's on ESPN, fortunately I had it on Sling. I log in and the broadcast is only in Spanish? wut? When you're competing with illegal streams you need to make the paid experience good.
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a third of the video wha ta fkin joke
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This is the part where we laugh at these peasants 😂😂😂😂
It's the players attitudes to work ethic, entitlement and lack of loyalty to teams.
Are teams loyal to players?
@Deathwink1 I don't expect them to be. It's their business. They need to do the right thing by their fans
@@Deathwink1that don’t make sense. Why should they be loyal to a player.? What company or business is loyal to employees?! You under perform or mess up you get fired. Teams reward you heavily with money. Basketball players make hundreds of millions of dollars so to me that’s loyal cuz where else you going to make that kinda money? If a player under performs they don’t get money taken away. If they don’t play they still get paid. You don’t show up to work you don’t get paid unless your salary and even then you can’t be missing a lot or you get fired..
@@ham-on-the-bone and players shouldn't do right for themselves?
@@SykoticWayz- why should a superstar player be loyal to an organisation that fails to provide the pieces they need to win, don't employees also have a choice to choose their employers.
Millionaires with guaranteed contracts complaining about playing games and telling fans how to think isn't a recipe for getting more fans.
Finally someone said it
Who's telling you how to think?
1.) Too expensive to watch; have to purchase a variety of things to watch your own local team. (Cable, Hulu, Netflix, etc.)
2.) Politics: only sport that talks about it when people want to watch sports not politics.
3.) Gambling: it’s become a thing for the league to promote it constantly and it’s costing the outcomes of these games.
4.) 3-PT shooting: way too many teams offenses are too eerily similar. Instead of bully ball down low and midrange with occasional three pointers it’s almost a boatload of three point shooting.
5.) Officials: These officials have got to be the most soft, sensitive and no feel for the game referees of all time. Adam Silver refuses to let officials take the blame and cover their asses more than ever.
Baldy has got work to do to fix this mess because he started it all.
Gambling is not as big of an issue considering every sports has it and it hasn’t affected their ratings. It’s mainly 1 and 5.
@@kevinlam4550 hence why I said it’s one of the many issues the league is facing now. It’s not the biggest problem but it’s one of them. I agree it’s not the biggest problem
I disagree with your second reason. If there is something important going on, it has to be said.
6) Adam Silver
Lack of tough defense, lack of household names, lack of teams with identities
Kerr & Pop love to Virtue Signal
You don't have to agree or listen to them. It's not like they take a timeout during the game, grab the mic and start lecturing you.
They do it pre/post game, other events that have no bearring on the actual game.
The games are boring, possesions are predictable and refs want to be the star of the game
@@Cris.S. what about when they plastered BLM over everything? How more in the face can you get?? How about players removing their names from their jerseys to add BLM slogans to them?
Well you're a spurs fan are you supposed to have a blastingly fun time?
as a european fan of basketball, i hate how long it takes to watch nba live... games start late, the long timeouts and commercial breaks are making the 48 mins of gameplay into a 2.5-3 hour unenjoyable experience, games should take maximum 1.5 hours... timeouts should be maximum 1-2 minutes and lower number of them allowed, that would help A TON to get people motivated to stick around and tune in for games, not watch dumb shit instead of basketball, that's not what people wanna sign up for
I have been saying this for awhile also. 100% agree
The players association would NEVER agree on lowering the amount of timeouts, it's insane that the best players can go 40 minutes while playing defense and offense anyway, we're lucky that there isn't more timeouts
@@jacklike2526 they last on average 3-5 minutes, that's too much
@ not for me? The games on the local networks are like 2 minutes max it's like 4 or 5 commercials
1. Jack up 3s
2. Overpaid Entitled Players
3. Load Management
4. Politics instead of focusing in the Game
5. Lack of defense
6. Travel, Carrying and bad officiating
7. Subscription just to watch your local team
8. No competition, LeBalco started jumping team and the rest follow suit.
They all care more about their stupid podcasts than actually playing basketball.
2016 was the turning point people were starting not to be afraid how they feel.
Stern would’ve never allowed this clown show. Silver has never been fit to be the commissioner
Neither was Stern. Neither of them ever played basketball at the NBA level. They're both business men. They need to have a commissioner who played the game, was loyal to the team they played for, and cares about the quality of the game. Also the players should vote for the commissioner like they vote for the players association president. If the commissioner is going to have the power then at least he should have played the game because he will care about the game first. If he improves the game then the money will come because the players will play the kind of basketball the people want to watch. Imagine if Magic Johnson or Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or Patrick Ewing were commissioner. They might bring back hand checks, have more input into choosing refs, widen the pool in that area and see if we keep getting the crap we get now. There needs to be change in this regard to improve the quality of the game.
1. Bs calls
2. Shooting 500 3s in the first qtr
3. Shooting 600 3s in the 2nd
4. 549 3s in the 3rd
5. Lastly shooting the last 1070 3s in 4th
Haha
The game is boring, the politics are nonstop, the league pushes LeBron and curry instead of up and coming players. Way too many 3s. Games are way too long, stars don’t play. Players are getting paid $50 and out. Way too many streaming services making it impossible to watch games. Until the politics stop LeBron curry are gone and it’s easier to watch games the league will continue to die
Nailed it
Free games on free TV after dinner time is the f****** key bring back family time
Exactly it’s because it’s on ESPN and tnt randomly as soon as nba is on nbc on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon again I can guarantee these numbers will literally skyrocket most people across country channel swap fox and cbs when it’s football on guarantee nba will be added to that
I’m just going to give a different take. I don’t believe the falloff in ratings have to do with any of that. not politics, 3s, nothing.
The average person just does not have the time to follow and watch the NBA season. Especially when you can easily watch the highlights on your phone in 2 minutes on the way to work.
That's what always says, I am a rockets fan, but I don't have time to watch all the games and more if they are not ready to win a championship, I just watch the 2min highlights and if they classified to playoff I would watch completely
Thats true but the proportion of the games you watch would be higher if:
-it costs less effort and money to keep up with the league
-the product is better
Agreed. The condensed games are short and skip the bs calls/free throwz.
My counter point would be people don’t think 3s are a problem because they just watch highlights. They don’t show the misses in highlights. I am a full game guy and it is so frustrating to watch. Today so far there have been 45, 48, 53, and 54 missed 3s. I did some math the other day and the league average was exactly 48 per game. A brick a minute.
My take is Lebron turned the NBA into the WWF and Circus. He would be a pure knock-down even if he hadn't been hit yet. He flops around when nobody even touches him. That man is a clown. He's an embarrassment. LeClown and Buffoony James Jr.. BUWAH HAH AHHA HAH.
Its just annoying. All they talk about is LeBron james and Steph curry.
While the Lebron fans keep telling us that "Lebron lives rent free in our heads" which is funny bcoz the media keeps talking about him 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. See you all in 2025!
White boy saying his biggest videos are about bronny James that can't play, then again u still made videos about kid and made money off of it 😂
@@VenusSelena yall mad LOL im gon get you mad lebron lenron lebron
@@kendalmurff-o6l *Lenron?
This is so fun, never get tired of watching your posts.
For me, it is that games are no longer on TV.
LeBron and Klutch sports control media and players contracts, that is a problem
Stop bringing his name in everything
@@chilldoc9638So he is lying? In denial?
@@Gurenn83 he has nothing to do with this
@@chilldoc9638imo he absolutely does have a part in this. From spouting his political bs to getting his son into the league he’s definitely played a part. LeFlop and the obvious rigging of the game are 2 major reasons I only watch a handful of games in comparison to how often I watched before the last 5 yrs or so.
The online gambling promotions don’t help either. Hopefully nobody gambles on a sport where the outcome is rigged
@@Gurenn83 he is lying he has no idea or any evidence of what he is saying
Great video man, Merry Christmas everyone 🎅🎄🙏
Hot take. LeBron needs to retire. He is taking to much mindshare for the next face of the NBA to establish himself
You think LeBron is going away when he retires? If anything, he'll control more.
@@InsidiousSwedetrue. he’s a billionaire but atleast we wont have to see him. just look at mj owning the hornets, no one cares lol. eventually itll be that way for bron
A true superstar will shine anyways.
Steph had a mid career rise to stardom while lebron was in his prime.
I think he will hang around for to be viewed as relevant like Michael Jordan now🤣. Looking at LeGM, he does give me the feel of michael Jordan as the owner
@@InsidiousSwede Like Obi-Wan, strike him down, and he'll only become more powerful. He'll probably do a Space Jam 3. God help us.
As a European, by far the worst thing about watching American sports is the constant stopping of play to show adverts.
The right wing will always be angry, it's what their politics is all about and we shouldn't stop people talking about it. Remember how pissed off with MJ was when he chose not to get involved in politics?
As some first steps I'd:
1: cut the number of timeouts to give more flow to the game and make it more enjoyable to watch.
2: Change the referring standards to make the game more physical and feisty. We miss the rivalries of Bulls v Knicks, Magic v Bird etc.
3: Make it easier to watch. Put all the games in 1 place and stop with the bullshit geographical restrictions.
Agree with number 2. These rules are meant to keep order. The "let them play" crap
Same here. But I'm also from europe.
@pigeonbass11 It shouldn't take considerably longer to get through an NBA game of 48 minutes than a football (soccer) game of 90 minutes. American sports have sacrificed the fans and the flow of the game for advertising revenue. Sa
@@timetherington-judge3719sometimes its not the numbers. Its how the customer feels during those numbers. Advertisement fatigue is because of context switching.
i guess you missed the screaming and crying, and outright rage, from the left wing following the election, then? leftists crying their eyes out after losing absolutely everything, whilst pretending that theyre not will never stop being highly entertaining!
definetely not politics
Delusional
It depends. Dubs fans here but hate Steve Kerr for focusing on politics but not coaching
Literally stopped watching in 2020 because of politics in the nba.
It’s part of why I watch less.
I hate liberal politics of the NBA just as much as anyone (because I’m pretty left wing), but that’s a terrible reason. I just feel like you’re sensitive if you’re not watching due to comments from off the court by players and coaches.
Politics have nothing to do with it, viewership is down because over the last 6 to 7 years star players are constantly missing games especially during the regular season .....
The players dont care about the regular season only the playoffs
I don’t think politics is the main driving factor why viewership is down, but it’s definitely one of the few reasons why it’s in decline
@r_watkinsi9443 then other sports would be down. Star players not playing is a huge reason
@@airealarmour3281 people seem to not focus on this, part of the reason I stopped watching the nba was because the players constantly missing games....... I still never got a chance to see harden,durant kyrie, healthy play against a healthy paul george , Kawhi leonard clippers team, even the lakers anthony davis would constanly get injured .....
Can you imagine if you have a high profile cheifs vs Bill's regular season game, and josh allen isnt playing, or mahomes decides to sit out...... the nfl would go down the drain......
Players are getting paid close to a billion dollars and not playing, which is a huge problem if you want viewership
the politics, and teams shooting too many threes narrative is really not a factor ........
For me it’s:
1. Players attitude towards the game. They don’t care, so why should. They sit out games, so do I. Only I’m not paid to come back.
2. Too many 3 pointers. There’s a handful of guys who should always have the green light to shoot 3s. The entire league should not get that green light. It’s time to be realistic.
3. No defense.
Bro's trying so hard not to get "cancelled". Kamala lost. Trump won. Deal with it.
Lol YES you know he voted Kamala. Says he doesn't disagree with what Pops said.... uhhh if you don't disagree with Pops rant, then lol yeah your lost my friend. Still love the show though so yeh, definitely stay away from the political and you're good. Especially don't listen to Gregg Pop
Nothing to do with politics. Nobody even watches those postgame interviews.
Everything to do with the stoppages and bad refereeing/player rotation.
Stop showing me adverts every 2 minutes man. I want to see the game flow. Cut the number of timeouts.
It’s the bunch of 3s and no defense , players constantly getting injured .
3’s take the majority of the blame. It’s a lazy cop out to offence. Instead of using your brain and athleticism to generate a shot you just drive and kick constantly. People don’t like to watch repetition, they like to watch creativity, athleticism, uniqueness. The reason Caitlin Clark and Curry can take 3s and be popular is because they do step backs, fadeaways and hit tough shots while be guarded like a hawk. It is not repetitive. You’re missing the nuance behind why the average player shooting 3s is so bad for the league
Politics. Threes. Load management. Travelling. It's crap.
adam silver also
allow me to add the flop..😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Watch clips on TH-cam, 3’s have nothing to do to with it. Political stuff is true though, they not protecting their brand.
Nailed this! Keep politics out of sports!!!
Not the maga hat tho… keep that in sports, right?
@ nope! Keep politics out!..
MAGA
@@NewsPenguin2017 keep it or leave it, trump won, and the democrats lost absolutely everything.
@@NewsPenguin2017lmao you're so lame 🤣🤣
So the UFC is included in this too or…?
lol nba is cooked, I didn’t know about the 3 point formula. It makes a lot of sense now why teams are shooting so many threes. I don’t think moving the 3 point line is going to change that statistic either. Why leave points on the board with 2s? I also think the nba stars moving around and teaming up with others has made the NBA even more boring. Like when LeBron did it with Miami it was the biggest news ever! Now every time I hear something like that I don’t even react anymore. I also agree with players missing so many games is causing fans to get disinterested as well. Seems like some players are not giving their full effort all the time! They get paid to not play.
They need to let NBA go back to 90s rules. Let them be physical and ratings might just go back up
Indeed. Most fans can play this style of basketball in their backyard, just jack up threes. There's nothing special about the NBA game. People want to see things they can't do themselves. And I think most players in the NBA are bored, if no one is really competing, than why not play at a 60% level and just grab your insane moneybag.
I agree. I think the main problem is simply the reffing. If the league established improved standardized rules, then it would fix a lot of problems. Techs for excessive flopping and complaining, allow more physical defense and incidental contact, actually call travels and carries... and make the new updated rules clear to everyone like they did a couple years ago with the flopping rules and whatnot. All of this would even out the defense and offense some more, and we might actually get some new styles of play out of it
I love watching nba, my issues are that the nba is constantly advertising gambling and that the refs are terrible. I wish the refs would a) make sure the calls are going both ways and b) let them boys play (call less fouls in general)
Way too many stoppages for me. The games dont start on time and take too long.
The politics are also awful
L take when we have no team identity, worst referees in any sport and zero rivalries.
People want to watch their team. Not whatever the fuck LeBron wants to play next.
Then you add into that that you need to have 3+ stream services just to see all games. Fuck that noise I watch pirated streams rather than pay 3 differnet platforms for 1 game a week.
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I have been a life long nba fan. I stop watching bc its streaming package sucks. Games are boring to watch.
What about free speech? Guess it only matters when you like what’s being spoken
They have every right to talk politics. Fans have every right to turn it off. And they are.
@@2403rygar But there is no evidence at all that the politics is why anyone is turning it off. How often do politics come up during play? Basically never. There are many reasons people aren't watching and politics is very far down the list.
That not how free speech works. Free speech is about the government not restricting what you can say.
The NBA could definitely have policy’s that restricted the players speech while they are at work…(playing).
I don’t think they necessarily should, but people can decide for themselves whether or not to invest time and money on it!
@@sidequestcellars1056when you have two great coaches and all time greats like James and Curry that are the face of the league talking down on half of the country it seems bound to happen that viewership will dip. I agree that it’s definitely not one of the main reasons why the league viewership is in decline but I say it plays a role still
@r_watkinsi9443 but there is zero evidence of that. Maybe a handful of bigots are turned away, but who gives a fuck. The peak viewership was when bron was playing curry in the finals over and over again. We don't have the same star power - it's as simple as that. This notion that conservatives would be mid game and suddenly remember black people are liberal and turn off the game is so fucking stupid honestly.
So this guy said"i dont necessarily disagree what pop said"
Really ? Im out and unsubscribed, hope many will follow
Nah, the problem is the refs and calls. It’s destroyed the way the game is played
That sixers spurs game
Refs are afraid for reputation. So thank God thst Schroeder lady acknowledged she was wrong and I say this cuz replay showed she was. If she was right, that.her statement rules. But the fact she acknowledged it and reversed, you get Scott Foster and Natalie Saco do it and by do it I mean for EVERY TEAM. Enough of this vegas odds. It's all about EPSN viewership. Aka. BASKETBALL IS CORPORATED
It's because we need to subscribe to about 7 different apps to watch games. If I cant see it on my cable or NBA League Pass I'm out. And a $100/year league pass should be enough to watch EVERY game.
It is in germany. Maybe nordvpn solves your problem?
Most fans don't agree with Pop, they disagree. NBA fans are MAGA and if you disagree that is fine, but don't whine when your subs and views also go down too.
Yep.
Most NBA fans aren't maga lol majority of fans are black asian mexican
Is this just like a hunch or like what? I’m not trying to debate or anything I’m just genuinely curious
I think it's somewhere closer to 50/50 and switches back and forth. It's never black and white. I don't have numbers or stats on this though
So pop hurt their feelings so they don't watch basketball? What a bunch of snowflakes ❄️❄️
Even on Christmas most consistent nba TH-camr merry Christmas 🎉
Its because we are bored of it
Another problem with blaming players and coaches speaking out is that they’re not saying these things during basketball. They’re saying it after the game. And I don’t think most fans tune into after game interviews.
Exactly. If you only watched the games, you would have no idea what the political views of NBA players and coaches are. My apolitical brother is really into the NBA and I'm sure if I quizzed him about the political positions within the NBA he would draw a blank.
It went down big time because players these days are lazy to play defense. And most of the star players spend most of the time seating on the bench and making excuses due to injuries reserving themselves for playoffs and lmaking a lot of 3 point shits in a game!
Happy, holidays and merry Christmas Casey!! Thanks for being my favorite source of NBA content
Politics is not the biggest problem in the NBA, we rarely hear about it. WE can't watch the games, becuase we litterally cannot watch them. We don't have thier channels, their subscription doesn't even give us the games we want, and the refs fucking suck.
You rarely hear about it FROM THE MEDIA. If you talk to regular people it gets brought up all the time. It's not the only reason, but IT IS a part of the problem, and denying that fact would just be silly
Merry Christmas everyone 🎅 🎄
Merry Christmas 🎅
The Saviours of the leauge are the Neumanns
"I shouldn't feel judge for my opinion on whether woman should have bodily autonomy". It's not a politics issue, it's a game issue. Football is filled with politics, as is baseball.
NBA is way too political, nobody watches sports to be lectured.
Soft ass, overpaid divas that have way too much leverage and influence, worst refs in all of sports imo, too many calls that kill the momentum of the game, lack of star power, in the nba is almost impossible for teams to upset higher ranked teams, I can go on but need I say more?
Imho it aint politics. Its espn insider leaks hype on teams and players to bet on. Let sports be sports, get the betting crap out of here.
Main takeaway: Adam Silver needs to get a grip. David Stern would never.
Steph Curry didn't ruin the game. Mofos all trying to be Steph ruined the game.
Your point is that Steph can chuck 3's anytime but not other players? Got it!
The Warriors got everyone thinking they can win with 3's
Mainstream sports betting and questionable ref calls are screwing up the NBA... Lets not forget the all the streaming subscriber you need to buy just to watch games.
Its a multifactorial thing why NBA rating is down but overall the product is becoming bad due to the following:
~ Load management
~ no new stars are being promoted that much (as they rely still on KD, Steph, LBJ)
~ no variance in game play (just shoot 3s and thats it)
~ low defense /no effort on defense
~ bad officiating
~ no rivalries/drama
Shi will go up eventually, these new players definitely got it in them to carry the league, guys like jokic, Edward’s, donic, ja, Tatum, Gianni’s just need to start making the finals every year against each other and the legacy gotta let these guys play and get off whatever they feel in these pressers, what makes ufc so great is the press conferences before the fight be so wild everyone wants to see what happens
These guys get fined for just looking at the ref 😂😂😂
I stopped watching because the nba app is getting worse and worse!
More than half the voters and you don’t need to confirm your politics 😂 But politics are the least of the NBA problems.
I will say your content has more refreshing takes and less recycled content then some of the hoop you tubers right now. Thanks brotha
Kerr should be seen not heard...
I’m not going to lie, when Steph retires, I won’t be watching must NBA again. Part of it is not having another favorite player but part of it is just being bored of the NBA. I do think there are too many games per season too. These days I watch more women’s basketball because of Caitlin Clark and the NCAAW.
There is no face of the league. That is the problem.
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Wemby and AJ Dybansta will be
Nah thats a small problem, 50% is how many subscription you have to pay
People in positions of power, such as top athletes and coaches, have a responsibility of calling out the BS.. and Sports is also Politics..
Exactly. We pretend like politics is something which we can avoid when in reality politics permeates our society. Sports is a right wing safe space, and everyone who can see this calls it out like it is.
those athletes and coaches that you mention, are sponsored by slave traders. sportswear companies that procure slaves from the chinese government. the nba is obscenely wealthy, and that wealth is generated by slavery in asia. funny how they never seem too interested in calling that out
@@NewsPenguin2017 when was the last time you called out the slave traders that sponsor the nba? the sportswear companies, for example?
Athletes have a right to speak. And if a platform can grow outreach, then respect their right to use one or so moment to speak and then let them play.
No one's saying they can't use their 1st Amendment rights, it's just that no one wants to hear politics and such when they want to unwind from their 9-5 job while trying to watch sports
And the customers have the right to not support after feeling attacked 😂
@@TeamStudNation1280Nick Bosa showed up with a maga hat for a postgame interview but no one gave a shit. Because he is right wing. We can look as far back as we want in sports history and we can see that right wing politics are welcomed in sports media. It is ONLY left wing politics which are demonized. Abdul Jabbar and Ali can both attest to this too. The media hated them for promoting left wing, socialist and anti-war values. No more pretending; only right wing politics are allowed in sports. Sports are a right wing safe space.
@TeamStudNation1280 no one wants to hear something they disagree with. If lebron was pro trump, you best believe that people would be applauding him for speaking his mind.
I think when people say “politics in the nba” they mean things like why Michael Beasley and others like that are not in the league despite being more than talented enough
Waiting for AJ Dybantsa and Cooper Flagg
NBA is NOT in trouble. US ratings do not affect NBA at all because NBA has already landed 11-year, $76 billion mega broadcast deal. It doesn't matter if y'all Americans watch NBA or not. The world is watching NBA. The NBA gets millions and millions of viewers from China, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Europe and Japan which no other American sports league gets. Adam Silver does not care if few million US fans don't watch it. NBA far more popular globally. Don't forget NBA has 90 mil while NFL has only 30 mil insta followers. Pat Mahomes has 6 mil while LeBron has 160 mil insta followers!!
Bruh its because of all the player movement. Players are moving from team to team like its nothing. MJ, magic, Kobe and bird stuck on one team and those are some of the biggest stars ever
Its not the star power ill take to MANY 3's for 75% and politics for the other 25%. Been watching since the mid 80's this is the worst NBA product ever!
GO WOKE GO BROKE🤷♂️
You Daddy Trump is back in charge
Politics is the real reason in my opinion. I didn’t vote Kamala and I have no problem with anyone who did. I just don’t wanna hear about it. I don’t even wanna hear anyone talk about Trump. It’s basketball man!
This idea that people aren't watching because of politics is nonsense. How often is politics coming up during play? Basically never
@ people watch post game press conferences. It comes up wayy more than it should. No point in playing stupid about it. I’ve been a LeBron fan my entire life. Always will be. The dude gets shit on more than he should but it’s hard to watch him talk about equality when people who are basically slaves are making his shoes. The NBA treated the Rockets organization like crap when they spoke out against the CCP. It’s there man
Good video AM. God bless and merry christmas
Cost and local blackouts also a real problem. I live in an area where apparently 5 teams are considered local. I got hot to find that the local teams are blocked for away games. That pisses me off. I have too many subscriptions already I'm not gonna pay to have five teams home and away games blocked. I cancelled subscriptions and will find better and less insulting uses of my time.
The game is much weaker than before. There's no real rivalries and rules have changed to make it more score friendly. 3 pointers just made it more obvious. There's also much less hustle from players compared to the past. College basketball is more entertaining at this point. Not everyone is a die hard fan. I would say most aren't and if it's not entertaining diehard fans won't watch. Players, coaches, owners are responsible.
Your first point hit the nail on the head for me.
Them making players wear “pride” shirts, and basically spitting in the face of every Christian, Muslim, Jew..etc was it for me.
SEPARATE POLITICS AND SPORTS!!
So real. And during the whole BLM movement, it was so heavily frown upon by the media to NOT kneel which is insane. What happened to, idk, freedom of expression and autonomy? But I digress🤷♂
Side note: It feels so disingenuous to amplify the voices of a minority to THAT much of an extent. There was no active hate or exclusion going on prior to the pride stuff so I don't understand the need to virtue signal so hard by doing so.
@ That’s the trick!
They don’t “force” you to take part, but will shame you out of your job if you don’t!
Could you elaborate on
Things have changed, you have to cater to every audience. Besides your point won’t save ratings
Well said
the problem is that when you see how these players interact with one another you get the feeling that competition is dead. Why are you so friendly to guys on the other team. Lebron started this soft culture, people want to see competition, real competition. Plus the players don't care about winning, it's all about the money for them, why should I be a loyal fan when these players aren't loyal to anything but themselves.
Wemby and Ant are absolutely "enough" to carry the league. The problem is that Wemby is 7'4 shooting 16 3 pointers on Christmas Day, while also getting robbed from a W by the refs.
Ant (9.9 3s) has practically the same shot chart as Tatum (10.6 3s), but Tatum gets 7.2 free throws per game to Ants 3.9. The league is the problem and who they decide to promote (Harden, Tatum, SGA, Brunson...), not the players
The problem is, people can watch post game highlights and it is ok no need to watch the entire game.
Also there are a lot of sources in the internet and social media where to watch live NBA games.
The NBA cannot see the actual numbers of global viewers and supporters of the NBA games.
I think the truth, is no nba fan agrees with Pop’s non-nba opinions
NBA as is now forgot people have lives. Games dont start on time, stupidly long ad breaks, if you want to follow a certain team well better subscribe to a milion chanels. And also how are you gonna generate hype if the next day matches play on another service.
Just imagine at the end of a match: and tommorow Spurs @ Lakers and we hear "Hey grandpa,move" and then see wemby dunking over Lebron.
I don’t understand how I get a subscription for 1 app just to need 2 more to watch that game plus others .
To me it’s a few things:
-7 ft tall people shooting 3s
-Stars choosing not to play
-Impossible to watch games I want to watch without every streaming service
-Every team plays the same way
-Endless commercials
-Every day teams have new uniforms and play on a new court
-Announcers are garbage
38 year old die hard basketball fan here…Loved watching Jordan and Kobe of course.
The problem now is
1. The style of play (too many 3’s) Steph didn’t ruin the game, the coaches did b thinking there players are Steph Curry!
2. The players complain EVERY SINGLE play for a foul not being called, in a softer era I might add.
80s and 90s players got clobbered and hacked all the time and didn’t complain. They embraced it.
THAT is Adam Silvers fault by letting this whining attitude go on, along with the refs who don’t put these players in their place.
3. The league has many Stars and Superstars but they don’t have that aura, or Star appeal about them. Boring personalities like Tatum, Brown, Shai, Lillard, and sorry to say even Jokic. He’s unbelievable, but doesn’t have a likable personality to market.
The stars are there with Giannis, Luka, Wemby, Ant Man, Maxey, Booker, LaMelo, DeAaron Fox, and Brunson. Along with the OG’s LeBron, Steph, KD, Kyrie and Harden.
So less 3 point shooting, more mid range, more creativity, less complaining about fouls, more competition, don’t allow Stars to sit and rest so much, and do a better job marketing the stars they have so the viewer can fall in love with their personality.
It’s a multitude of issues for us. As a (former)leftist NYer the game isn’t recognizable. Us New Yorkers loved watching guards drive to the paint and absorb contact now everything is a foul or a step back three along with player availability. It’s not one thing that cancels out the league. It’s multiple factors that just make it a legit boring product
Bron part of Diddy scandal 😂😂😂
The problem is not the players or gameplay, it’s the schedule and the pricing to watch. The NFL own sundays and people look forward to their favorite team to play. In the nba it’s a lot of games and random days. They should adopt what they did for Christmas when we have several game back to back on a Wednesday but move it to a Saturday. On Saturday we set time aside to watch several games and more viewers.
To me, it's because of: The officiating, needed multiple streaming services or subscriptions to watch one game (or multiple if your TV can play 4 channels at once in real time), lack of marketing the next generation of stars, not being allowed to defend consistently, biased media, and LeBron
1. Load Management
2. Bad officiating
3. Stupid Gather Rule
4. Excess Three Point shooting
5. Bromance.. Not enough Rivalry
The biggest problem is an 82 game season. Nobody cares about watching the Pistons vs Hornets on a Tuesday night like 4 times a season. It gets boring and repetitive. 82 games is way too much and it makes it more prone for people to tune out.
Nah ... Refs and Silver are joining together to ruin the game.
The problem is the NBA rigs its games but does not rig it for who we want to see. Warriors are the most valued team, Curry is the most popular athletes but the refs are causing them to lose games. They should have a favorable whistle every game
Idk about y'all, but I've been watching street ball. Y'all got to tap into the next chapter
Ewing: But it wasn’t “mostly” guys with backs to net, Hakeem was a lot of fun to watch, the bigs back then were skillful on offense. Battling low or dishing low is more entertaining than watching a lot of missed 3’s, especially consecutive missed 3’s, it also allows everyone to trot back on defense. Just one man’s humble opinion. Merry New Year!
different apps/services is killing the ratings. all games arent viewable by regular TV anymore. one day your team is viewed on one app, then the next day you need to sub to a different streaming service just to watch the same team.