MagicMatic wrote:SFour wrote:I'd rather watch NHL playoffs over the Cavs/Magic
You’re a Toronto fan. Of course you would.
Raptors won like 10 games this year.
I wish they only won 10 games, we'd have a better chance of keeping the pick
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MagicMatic wrote:SFour wrote:I'd rather watch NHL playoffs over the Cavs/Magic
You’re a Toronto fan. Of course you would.
Raptors won like 10 games this year.
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:Statlanta wrote:None of these teams will beat the 2nd round opponent and there might not be a single award winner from this series.
Basically mid basketball.
This mindset is part of the reason the NFL destroys the NBA in ratings.
I fully understand there are other factors in play, but the media really does a great job of covering every NFL team to some degree. The media pushes the Cowboys more than others, but they at least still focus on other teams and players a good bit.
The NBA/media only really pushes a handful of teams/players. Every other team is essentially a Harlem Globetrotters opponent to them. Would be interesting to see a tally of the amount of times ESPN mentioned the Lakers this season vs the amount of times they mentioned the Cavs. Meanwhile, the Cavs are likely to be in the second round while the Lakers are in danger of being swept.
From a marketing standpoint, I somewhat get it. The Lakers have the biggest fan base, therefore talking about them constantly will get more views, but I feel it’s a bit shortsighted as when you ignore teams to the degree the NBA/media does, it just creates a wider gap in interest between the most popular teams and least popular.
Like I said, I know there are other factors, it’s just interesting to see the different marketing strategies. For me, the NBAs is dreadful, but I’m sure Lakers fans love it haha.
Jimmit79 wrote:Yea RJ played well he was definitely the x factor
dakomish23 wrote:It’s more about the appeal of the other series in comparison
Chokic wrote:Paolo is one of the least hyped/talked sbout good 1st picks by media and rgm in recent memory. Scrubs like ben simmons got way more hype attention.
GIMME_DATT wrote:These sport shows are going through the playoffs and not even talking about this series at all. Shouldn't they be taking about the entire playoffs. Paolo had a good game yesterday isn't he one of the young players you want to let the general public know about into the future.
Texas Chuck wrote:we watch super slow motion replay from 4 different angles and get angry if a ref missed something at full speed in real time . . . Newsflash to fans--it doesn't slow down matrix style for the refs as the game is going on
Scalabrine wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:Statlanta wrote:None of these teams will beat the 2nd round opponent and there might not be a single award winner from this series.
Basically mid basketball.
This mindset is part of the reason the NFL destroys the NBA in ratings.
I fully understand there are other factors in play, but the media really does a great job of covering every NFL team to some degree. The media pushes the Cowboys more than others, but they at least still focus on other teams and players a good bit.
The NBA/media only really pushes a handful of teams/players. Every other team is essentially a Harlem Globetrotters opponent to them. Would be interesting to see a tally of the amount of times ESPN mentioned the Lakers this season vs the amount of times they mentioned the Cavs. Meanwhile, the Cavs are likely to be in the second round while the Lakers are in danger of being swept.
From a marketing standpoint, I somewhat get it. The Lakers have the biggest fan base, therefore talking about them constantly will get more views, but I feel it’s a bit shortsighted as when you ignore teams to the degree the NBA/media does, it just creates a wider gap in interest between the most popular teams and least popular.
Like I said, I know there are other factors, it’s just interesting to see the different marketing strategies. For me, the NBAs is dreadful, but I’m sure Lakers fans love it haha.
I personally didn't hear much at about the Atlanta Falcons outside of them not playing Bijan Robinson more. Hell, the Texans made the playoffs and they barely got any exposure. The NFL is a whole different beast but they have a large set of hteir own issues too. I have three fantasy football teams and won 2 of them so it's not like I'm just some guy not paying attention either.
kuclas wrote:Cleveland choose this series by losing on purpose. Plus Orlando likely is a year away from being a real playoff team. I doubt Orlando would have made it out of the play in.
So just a weird match up Cleveland wanted by losing to charlotte end of the seaoson. Cleveland settling for first round win and likely losing in second round