NBA All Time lowest Rating

pepa pig wrote:

Definitely one of the better finals in recent memory.

Gianis has officially arrived. Was so dominant on the biggest stage.

That with good looks and one of the most likeable personalities of a star athlete ever means he’ll be plastered everywhere. He deserves it.

If you saw him on Grindr you'd hook up?

NBA fan here wrote:

The NBA just suffered their worst rating in modern history. Why is this? Is it because Lebron James wasn't playing in the finals? I tend to believe that racism (either overt or covert) is playing a part in this. This really p1ssez me off. These young men went through unbelievable circumstances to even be on the court entertaining these ungrateful people. Can we please move past the color of ones skin and identify and enjoy great talent and entertainment??

False. Wrong. You are lying.

Ratings weren't an all time low.

As for race. I saw 50,000 white people outside of Fiserv arena in Milwaukee last night cheering and celebrating.

Star wrote:

Star wrote:

Giannis was a regular season MVP [in the past] . That’s a different game and gets far less views.

He is now a win away from possibly being Finals MVP.

https://www.nba.com/news/giannis-wins-2021-finals-mvp

To bad people didn't watch for whatever reasons they chose.

That was a pretty good show and you will be hearing a lot about Giannis now. Probably commercials and such.

He scored 50 points in the clincher. Made his free throws this time. Great defense and rebounding.

Was huge when it counted.

A star was born and people missed it, I guess.

First time anyone has scored 50 points in the clincher since Petit in 1958. Fans will look back on Giannis' performance as legendary. I was rooting for the Suns but it was good series with some really high level of play and the best team won.

As far as China, Nike, Apple, Disney and a lot of big companies generate a significant portion of revenue from the country. I don't hear any other corporation speaking out against Chinese human rights violations. Why should the NBA be held to a different standard?

Questionable1 wrote:

NBA fan here wrote:

The NBA just suffered their worst rating in modern history. Why is this? Is it because Lebron James wasn't playing in the finals? I tend to believe that racism (either overt or covert) is playing a part in this. This really p1ssez me off. These young men went through unbelievable circumstances to even be on the court entertaining these ungrateful people. Can we please move past the color of ones skin and identify and enjoy great talent and entertainment??

False. Wrong. You are lying.

Ratings weren't an all time low.

As for race. I saw 50,000 white people outside of Fiserv arena in Milwaukee last night cheering and celebrating.

The only white people hoping for poor ratings

are Republicans and they were not watching

anyway.Which is understandable considering

it was a basketball game and not a cross burning contest.

LRC's conservative disgruntled white male obsession with starting threads about black people is at an all time high.

Wow. Gianis hit his free throws and was amazing. Color me Impressed and wrong.

high school xc coach wrote:

solid troll, op.

I've stopped watching NBA since last June. The BLM stuff is out of control. The voice of the NBA, Lebron, is a raging racist, liar, and complete moron. Many others have closely followed his lead. The non stop virtue signaling by the ESPN and other media members is unbearable. Right down to the Rachel Nichols and whoever black girl I'd never heard of squabble from a couple weeks ago. IT's all insane. People just want to watch a game.

The ratings are also down because of the teams and because nobody watches tv anymore.

This really turned a lot of people off last year and the NBA did no damage control. In addition, I'll add that Lebron can not carry the league the way Magic, Bird, Jordan and earlier guys. He couldn't even carry his team through the playoffs. It's Lebron's League and it's failing.

Giannis really rose to the occasion and delivered in the finals about as well as any star ever, despite the hyper-extended knee in the semis.

People see what they look for. I watched the games and I did not hear any mention of BLM. What I did see was exciting basketball played at a high level by some top players who many people didn't know well because it was their first time in a finals.

I saw a young star carry his team with a fantastic game clinching performance. This was the same player who declined the chance to join a super team and instead choose to stay with the small-market team that drafted him and try and lead them to a championship - a team that had not won a championship since 1971 and had 50,000+ wildly enthusiastic fans outside of the arena.

There are plenty of feel-good stories if you want to see them, or you can stay with your preferred narrative.

las pinas wrote:

People see what they look for. I watched the games and I did not hear any mention of BLM. What I did see was exciting basketball played at a high level by some top players who many people didn't know well because it was their first time in a finals.

I didn't see much BLM stuff this year and don't recall anything in the playoffs, but I never watch the pregame shows and stuff. Definitely didn't obscure the game. There was a lot of it in the bubble, but it wasn't noticeable in this year's playoffs.

NBA fan here wrote:

The NBA just suffered their worst rating in modern history. Why is this? Is it because Lebron James wasn't playing in the finals?

Actually, the ratings were up 32% from last year and it's being spun that they're up because everyone hates LeBron and didn't want to watch him last year.

NBA fan here wrote:

The NBA just suffered their worst rating in modern history. Why is this? Is it because Lebron James wasn't playing in the finals? I tend to believe that racism (either overt or covert) is playing a part in this. This really p1ssez me off. These young men went through unbelievable circumstances to even be on the court entertaining these ungrateful people. Can we please move past the color of ones skin and identify and enjoy great talent and entertainment??

Believe it or not when you tell a major portion of the country they are racist, which is exactly what the NBA did they tune out. The NBA beat that message into everyone's head in the bubble last year and has made little bones about directing it at conservative America. They were smart enough to pull BLM off the courts and stop the jersey messages but unfortunately they can't shut up Lebron's twitter account.

Race is only important right now because the left is making it so. People widely accross the country loved tuning in when Jordan, Shaq or Kobe were the stars because not only were they great players but no cared what race they were and those athletes didn't use a race as a tool of division. The NBA is probably screwed for a generation. NFL is up next as they think it is a smart idea to start playing racial identity national anthems. Not going to endear them to a wide swath of the country.

Star wrote:

It’s Phoenix and Milwaukee.

This right here. A satellite city of Chicago vs a satellite city of LA. Giannis and Khris are like a super-low-glamour Shaq and Kobe. Booker is an interesting antagonist.

I started watching the bucks bc I’m a wi transplant, but I must admit I wouldn’t have otherwise. And that would have been a shame bc they really did show tremendous grit throughout the whole thing.