DeMarcus Cousins to Golden State

[tykendo]

BonesJones- as he said, the big market fans are EVERYWHERE. Milwaukee fans are in Milwaukee for the most part. Blazers fans are in Portland for the most part. Lakers fans are EVERYWHERE.

Including prisons.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Including prisons.

Mostly in...

 

[BonesJones]

Fo every fan tuning out like you, they will gain 5 new fans enticed by the star power and marketing the league will do. The NBA hasn't been making bad business decisions, maybe decisions that fans like you don't agree with, but not decisions that hurt the bottom line. The NBA is in am amazing place popularity wise. Moves like this increase overseas viewing by millions.

That's entirely false. LeBron to LA and Cousins to GS isn't going to bring in millions of fans that weren't already watching. It will alienate fans though. Many people are coming to the conclusion that the league is fucked and will no longer care to watch this year. That's not easily replaceable.

 

[KingSpeed]

I will say that some of the big market World Series have been poorly watched in comparison to smaller market matchups. I didn't watch the Finals when LA and Boston were involved last matchup between those two.

That Game 7 (Lakers Celtics 2010) was the highest rated NBA game since Jordan in 1998. You guys are looking at ratings from a Portland perspective. Portland fans may not care about the NBA now but more people overall will.

 

[KingSpeed]

Talking about how broken the league is doesn't bring them money. You're an NBA fanboy, so you literally ignore the point against them based off semantics that aren't relevant to the point I'm trying to make... That's why I don't have conversations with you regarding stuff like this.

I'm not the only one who thinks this. LeBron in LA is better for NBA than LeBron in Cleveland. That's just the way it is.

 

[BonesJones]

Yes they do.

As for casual fans (the other part of your statement), they watch when the NBA is interesting and there are big stars in involved. They'll be watching this season. NBA had HUGE ratings when Jordan was beating on the league every year.

You're using past years to measure a league in uncharted territory, which I pointed out, but you're still doing it.

"casual fans (the other part of your statement), they watch when the NBA is interesting" - That's the problem, the NBA is no longer interesting to most people, even casual fans. I know a lot of casual fans that are stating they won't watch the NBA this year because of how boring the league is getting.

 

[calvin natt]

I don’t think the NBAchanges any of this chaos because of pissed off fans. But maybe if 25/30 NBA owners want a change that might do it. Of course I don’t know if that many care as long as their teams value continues to rise.

 

[BonesJones]

I'm not the only one who thinks this. LeBron in LA is better for NBA than LeBron in Cleveland. That's just the way it is.

I'm not the only one who thinks it's bad. That's just the way it is.

 

[KingSpeed]

That's entirely false. LeBron to LA and Cousins to GS isn't going to bring in millions of fans that weren't already watching. It will alienate fans though. Many people are coming to the conclusion that the league is fucked and will no longer care to watch this year. That's not easily replaceable.

There are millions of fair-weather Laker fans that weren't watching when Jordan Clarkson was their best player. All those fair-weather fans and then some will be Lakers fans again. Especially since a lot of casual fans hate the Warriors and want to see if Laker LeBron can beat them.

 

[BonesJones]

That Game 7 (Lakers Celtics 2010) was the highest rated NBA game since Jordan in 1998. You guys are looking at ratings from a Portland perspective. Portland fans may not care about the NBA now but more people overall will.

Or maybe it was highly rated because it was competitive, after a competitive playoffs, and both teams hadn't been there for 4 straight years...

 

[BonesJones]

There are millions of fair-weather Laker fans that weren't watching when Jordan Clarkson was their best player. All those fair-weather fans and then some will be Lakers fans again. Especially since a lot of casual fans hate the Warriors and want to see if Laker LeBron can beat them.

You're underrating the Lonzo Ball effect.

 

[trailblazer18]

That's entirely false. LeBron to LA and Cousins to GS isn't going to bring in millions of fans that weren't already watching. It will alienate fans though. Many people are coming to the conclusion that the league is fucked and will no longer care to watch this year. That's not easily replaceable.

What's your basis for saying it's false? China will definitely be showing as many Lakers games as possible now. I lived in China when the Heat big three was formed. All of a sudden heat jerseys everywhere and games on tv.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm not the only one who thinks it's bad. That's just the way it is.

Oh.... It may be "bad" for several reasons that you have brought up. But it won't decrease ratings. I guarantee you overall ratings on TNT, ESPN, and ABC will be up. Christmas Day will probably be one of the highest rated Christmas Day games ever.

 

[KingSpeed]

You're underrating the Lonzo Ball effect.

LeBron is more popular than Lonzo Ball. More people watch Lakers games when they think they have a chance to win and LeBron gives them that.

 

[BonesJones]

LeBron is more popular than Lonzo Ball. More people watch Lakers games when they think they have a chance to win and LeBron gives them that.

K.

 

[BonesJones]

Oh.... It may be "bad" for several reasons that you have brought up. But it won't decrease ratings. I guarantee you overall ratings on TNT, ESPN, and ABC will be up. Christmas Day will probably be one of the highest rated Christmas Day games ever.

K.

 

[KingSpeed]

Or maybe it was highly rated because it was competitive, after a competitive playoffs, and both teams hadn't been there for 4 straight years...

2018 was first time in 39 years that both conference finals went to Game 7. And Finals, despite 4 game sweep and 4th straight year of same teams, were one of the highest rated Finals of the last 20 years.

 

[KingSpeed]

You can learn a lot here, BonesJones:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings

Yes, as I said, 2010 Game 7 was highest rated since 1998. But 2018 was even higher rated than that. Despite non-competitive, same teams.

 

[BonesJones]

You can learn a lot here, BonesJones:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings

Yes, as I said, 2010 Game 7 was highest rated since 1998. But 2018 was even higher rated than that. Despite non-competitive, same teams.

I'm not talking about the Finals bro......
I'm done with this conversation.

 

[BonesJones]

 

[KingSpeed]

Holy. Shit.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm not talking about the Finals bro......
I'm done with this conversation.

Well the Finals are part of it since that is when they are on prime time and the most people are watching.

 

[theprunetang]

Damn!

 

[Gronk Brady]

Probably Neil feeding Chris Haynes some bs to make fans think he was trying when this offseason ends with only Curry and Stauskas... what a used car salesman

 

[KingSpeed]

Fuck. We nearly had PG last summer and nearly had Cousins this summer. Neil is trying, guys.

 

[BonesJones]

Fuck Bartlestein.

 

[KingSpeed]

Probably Neil feeding Chris Haynes some bs to make fans think he was trying when this offseason ends with onmy Curry and Stauskas... what a used car salesman

If that's what you want to believe.

 

[Scalma]

Fuck Bartlestein.

Bartelstein isn’t Cousins agent. He’s repped by dynasty, who also reps Nurkic. That’s why I was confused by that canzano bullshit.

 

[illmatic99]

I don't understand what one thing has to do with the other

 

[speeds]

Can we just sim the next season and skip to the summer of 2019?