More like the NBA2k series is a more realistic approach of the NBA and the NBA itself is the joke of a video game.
There are Lakers fans all over the world. They're probably the most popular NBA team in the world, even when they sucked. There are only 5 teams that can play on TNT at 7:30pm ET. That means lots of Warriors and Lakers games. That means high ratings because the fair-weather Lakers fans just came out of the woodwork. Casual fans will watch Lakers to see how they are with LeBron. You and others are getting tired of it and you are the one who refused to watch the NBA Finals this year but the Finals still very good ratings despite and undramatic sweep. LeBron to Lakers is a national story right now on national news right now. If he signed with Portland, it wouldn't have been nearly as big a story. LeBron is joining one of the most popular sports franchises in the world.
lol I was kidding, bud. I said the same exact thing on page 2, I agree with you. But someone is bound to call us out and say were overreacting so I was saying it for them so they no longer need to post it here.
You realize their fans already watched a lot of games? So they got a few LA fans to tune back in and are alienating 10x more viewers... How's that productive?
From SB Nation on LeBron signing: Winners: The NBA Any time James changes teams, that’s good business, and when he leaves for the Los Angeles Lakers of all franchises, that’s MONEY. Jersey sales, ticket prices, fan attention, competitiveness, TV ratings ... everything is going up. The league is richer when the Lakers are good. Exactly.
You're out of touch dude. As I posted above, when the Lakers are good, NBA ratings are better. There are Lakers fans all over the country. When Lakers (even when they sucked) play at Moda Center, nearly half the arena is wearing Kobe jerseys. You are underestimating how many Lakers fans there are. They aren't alienating 10x more viewers. The haters will turn in because they want to see if their team can beat them. Plus, the casual fans will be happy there is a team that (in their mind) can challenge the Warriors.
Well...if we did just shoot half court shots against them Steph would probably start doing it too and kick our asses.
I mean BonesJones, you're forgetting how many times TNT puts the Lakers on TV the last few seasons. LeBron will be playing in those games now. Thus, ratings will go UP.
We beat them two out of three times last season and all they've done is replace a healthy McGee with an injured Cousins who may never play well again.
The last time the Lakers were good, you didn't have the best C in the NBA signing for $5M to join a team with 4 other all-stars that had won 3 of the past 4 championships. Most Lakers fans were tuning in last year to watch the Lonzo "show". You're underestimating how many non-Lakers/Celtics/Warriors/Sixer fans there are.
Hm, I wonder why, maybe because Laker fans still watched them! The Lakers will have more bandwagon fans that were tuning into the NBA before. LeBron lost a group of supporters that watched him every game. You replace them with Laker fans that viewed a lot of games, and that results in decline. You expect 3 or 4 fanbases to carry the NBA ratings wise during the regular season. That's a bad business model, when you're losing some casual fans as well as fans from the other 26 fanbases. National broadcasts (NBA's cash-cow) will suffer.
Cousins is not the best C in the NBA. Maybe he used to be. But not anymore. If he was, he'd be signing a max contract this summer. Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid are the best centers in the NBA. Cousins signing with Warriors is like when Oden signed with Miami.
