<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NBA sets attendance record for second straight yearAssociated PressNEW YORK -- The NBA set an attendance record for the second straight year, announcing Thursday that it averaged 17,558 fans for its games this season.With the league's arenas filled to 91.4 percent capacity, the league bettered last season's average of 17,314. Before that, the previous mark had been 17,252 in 1995-96.Commissioner David Stern said in a phone interview that he wasn't surprised by the figures."Our teams are getting to be so intent on using the most impressive professional techniques for engaging their fans," he said, "for making the consumer experience so good, that we saw very early on that renewals were going well and that fans were responding in a positive way."The league does not release individual team totals, but according to ESPN.com, Detroit led the way with an average of more than 22,000 for its games at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Chicago and Dallas also drew more than 20,000 per game, with Miami and Cleveland rounding out the top five.The league's total attendance figure of 21,595,804 also was a record, surpassing the 21,296,497 of last season. A highlight was the performance of the New Orleans Hornets, who were barely outside the top 10 while playing in four different cities.Not surprisingly, some of the worst figures came from the Northwest. Portland, which had the NBA's worst record, was last with just over 15,000 fans per game. Seattle was 23rd.Both teams say they are losing money, and Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen has said he may sell the team. The SuperSonics could move out of Seattle when their lease expires in 2010 if they don't get a better arena deal."There's an ebb and flow of building issues in any sports league and we just happen to be in the ebb," Stern said. "Hopefully the flow will pick up, and these things really do have a way of either working themselves out one way or the other."The NBA also announced that numbers were up in merchandising, sponsorships, visits to NBA.com and television viewership. Much of that business has been overseen by Adam Silver, who was appointed as the league's new deputy commissioner Wednesday."We have to be in front of our fans however they consume us and the methodology for consuming us is changing," Stern said.</div>Hell yeah! Detroit leads the way again. Detroit fans are simply amazing, we always show up for our team. Not to mention, we have a ridiculous amount of consecutive sellouts - something like 120+.
I don't find them that interesting to watch on TV, but I'm sure being at the game is great because of the atmosphere at The Palace.
yea i cant watch the pistons, bores me wayy to much, im not a fan of 80pt games, but games are a lot more funnier when ur there.
Detroit fans are a rowdy bunch, I remember two years ago the fans went to the hotel the lakers were sleeping in and honkey their horns all night long. And who can forget the brawl.I wonder what's gonna happen to the crazy Detroit fans when this squad starts getting old.
80 pt games SerbBojo? If you didn't know the Pistons are over those days.... Piston fans always get hated on because of the brawl, can we get over it, it was just a bunch of drunk fools.About the Lakers thing, that is smart, I would have done the same thing.
^ Spell league right.....One incident, and now Piston fans are all drunks? I hope you are the only one who thinks like that, we don't need to many stereotype posters at BBW.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pistonfan11 @ Apr 21 2006, 08:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>^ Spell league right.....One incident, and now Piston fans are all drunks? I hope you are the only one who thinks like that, we don't need to many stereotype posters at BBW.</div>Ooh wow I spelled a word wrong. God forbid my 3rd grade teacher comes and changes the grade I got in that class. :shifty2: It was just a joke man, obviousely not everyone in that arena is drunk. Pistons fans have a rep of being the most wild fans. The Laker incident, the brawl, booing the other teams intros, getting really fired up. It's not a bad thing they're just really fired up about their team. Hell I wish the Laker fans would get that excited.
It seems like a lot of the fans at Lakers' games go just to be there, like the celebrities who just go because it's like the thing to do in L.A. They're not going to get all fired up when they're not real fans.
It's based on attendance average, so by your logic a new team with no fanbase would hurt the statistic.
Wow you guys are stereotyping Detroit fans way too much. We are passionate for the team. Plus, it was one fan. I hated Ron Artest too, so I don't blame him. Let me repeat that. <u>I don't blame the fan that threw the beer. at Ron Artest.</u>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ReppinTheD @ Apr 20 2006, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Detroit was boring with Larry Brown, but not any more - they can score.</div>ding, ding, ding! There you go. I completely agree.
