<div class="quote_poster">Quoting UrbanLegend:</div><div class="quote_post">Sports losing its popularity is not because kids wanna be pimps and shit. They just feel like they got better things to do, like playing sports video games. The thing is the world has changed. Back in a day all they had was readio and 3 tv channels. Now we have so much entertainment tools around uS (internet for example) we don't need to go outside and play sports. We are having a kick ass time inside. And please...Nobody wants to be 50 cent in the ghetto. For us he is just another cat who made it.</div> What about the fools at school who rather just stand against a wall then to play ball, they just care about their "image" too much, don't wanna get dirty and such. Yeha, we have kickass time inside, but sports are sports. Going on the internet and playing ball are two different things. If you have true love for the game (which your right...the "other stuff" is bombarding it) then they would go play. The tech. isn't always the reason...There's a b-ball court, and a skate park right next to it...The skate park has 100X more people than the b-ball court. Alot of people don't even like/watch/play b-ball. And the number of people who watch the NBA is decreasing. If you ask a random guy on the street who Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Richardson, Richard Hamilton is...7/10 They be like WHO? Everything is easy and things are getting easier to use and more convinient for us humans...which is a good/bad thing...bittersweet. I mean football is still as popular...everybody got Madden. Baseball is being talked about... But baskeball...yeha...they got the jerseys, accessories, etc...but the number of "real fans" are decreasing...not the fools who got a LeBron jersey and don't even know who won the Finals this year. People now get bored quick, the society is changing, morals, values, are forgotten. I hope the future is better. Sports is a wonderful thing and we should always cherish it...especially basketball. The game "Jordan VS Bird" Just two players...and that shit selled...that's how pop the NBA was. The NBA was perfect in a popularity stand point...you had the greatest player ever...and you had EAST VS WEST rivals (jordan vs drexler, ewing VS the admiral, etc.)...There were rivalries..That made it so much more fun.
The NBA is about making big money. Its not about the sport anymore. Athetes coming out more and more st8 outta high school. Huge endorsements even before they step foot on a pro court. (LJ is a prime example) Too much. What happened to the joy of just being able to play in the elite league called the NBA?
maybe they should start officiating the games fairly. Give rookies and less than stellar players the same calls as the all-stars. The NBA lacks integrity in that area. The NFL is pretty good about that. Also, change the faces of the league. Right now people are seeing potential rapists, criminals, and young punks on TV.
Damn,k prodigy has alot to say, and he breaks it down well, basketball itself isn't popular enoug. But tfor it to be popular, I think the NBA has to be popular, because it's wha everybody watches and what everybody thinks of. Basketball: NBA(and everything related to it). No one thinks Basketball: Damn, that game i had yesterday was a good one.
nothing nothing needs to be done, the nba has plenty of viewers i dont know what your all worried about it i mean there r 6k people on this website considering a lot of people barely know how to use a computer beside having to find forums and all so i really dont think the nba is on the verge on callapse guys lol
NBA is fine. It could be better. The only collapse that could happen is there could be a lockout after this season. Only thing I'd like to see is shorten the playoffs. It's way too long and drawn out.
They could put free to air games back on tv in Australia, rather than forcing people to pay for cable when they only want one friggin' channel. Yes, I live in Australia.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NBA is fine. It could be better. The only collapse that could happen is there could be a lockout after this season. Only thing I'd like to see is shorten the playoffs. It's way too long and drawn out.</div> from a marketing point of view you want to hav longer playoffs for more and higher ratings.
A lot of the streetballers of and some other recreational YMCA type pick-up basketball players who have great shots, but not much else think that there'e too many politics in basketball at least at my school anyway. THey think that whose ever parents pay the school board the most money gets there kid on the team. THe truth of that is if you have raw talent, and you can go into an open gym, and you can play with pretty much everyone. THey can't deny you.
how to make the NBA more popular? simple--get players who can play and are grounded in fundamental skills such as shooting the open 18-ft jumper, making the extra pass, playing position defense, and responding to coach's instructions. enough of entertainment basketball--if i want to be entertained, i'd rather watch the movies or go to a concert. all that jawing and preening are not going to put points in the scoreboard.
The best thing is if you were able to make every game close (so it all comes down to the last posession). There is just the question about how to do that, in a non-cheesy way
I think in the exhibition season, the NBA should experiment with playing games without a three-point line. I think this will reduce the number of isolations and 2-man games by reducing the spacing a bit. I predict this will cause more player movement in the half-court sets (out of necessity), and more fastbreaks. As a compromise, perhaps there should be a rule which limits the number of 3 point shots which may be scored in a game (say, 5). Or devalue the shot by only awarding 3 points every other time (so, its actually only a 2.5 pointer). Another drastic measure would be for the NBA to penalize any team which doesn't score at least, say, 95 points per game.
^ the last point is wack. People don't like the "low scores" because the lack of fundamentals (hitting open shots, moving the ball) and 1 on 1 matchups. Not because it doesn't look good. You can still have a b-ball game in which both team shoot 100%, and can still be a low-scoring game because of hard-nose defense, it is still fun/great b-ball. If they elimate the zone, bring back the mid-range, ball movement, then everything would be Gravy.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Prodigy:</div><div class="quote_post">^ the last point is wack. People don't like the "low scores" because the lack of fundamentals (hitting open shots, moving the ball) and 1 on 1 matchups.</div> I don't like low scores because slow paced games are boring to watch. The offensives tend to be very repetitive, and less spontaneous. Because the talent level per team has gotten so low, most coaches don't trust their players to play a high tempo game. They need to micromanage everything, and that grinds the game down to a halt. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Not because it doesn't look good.</div> Its a matter of opinion, I guess, but I don't think the phenomenon I describe above looks good at all. My team (Rockets) are particularly guilty of this. Its ugly to watch. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">You can still have a b-ball game in which both team shoot 100%, and can still be a low-scoring game because of hard-nose defense, it is still fun/great b-ball.</div> The gameplay is varied, then maybe. But those kind of games tend to have very boring, repetitive gameplay. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If they elimate the zone, bring back the mid-range, ball movement, then everything would be Gravy.</div> I agree, but what would be the incentive for teams to bring back the mid-range jumper and improve ball movement? As I said, teams put too much value on the three point shot, which has constrained the ball movement greatly. There are two problems: (1) teams aren't running nearly as much, which allows defenses to get set, (2) offensive strategy is too much dependent on three point shot, which results in bad ball movement and limited mid-range game. I think the NBA should provide incentives to teams to clean up their gameplay. Maybe instead of penalizing low-scoring teams, they reward high-scoring teams. Rewards could be given to teams with high offensive effiency (points per possession) and defensive effiency (points per possession allowed).
