NBA viewership is down 26% on TNT and 6% on ESPN one month into the season. Much of the sharp decline can be attributed to LeBron James’ move to the Western Conference, which has hit viewership for the early-window primetime NBA telecasts particularly hard so far. TNT is averaging 1.79 million viewers after 12 game telecasts, the net’s slowest start to a season in at least a decade.
Those are early returns but like a 26% change is just a HUGE difference right?
Rarely is there just one reason for ratings changing. Lebron out west I guess would make some sense. People thinking they know before the season starts who is going to win, could be another?
What do people think? Are YOU watching less NBA?
(If this needs to get moved to general or closed or whatever have at it (Duh) but I did want to see what my Bullsies thought. For our part, watching the Bulls is has not been as fun the last few years it seems like. Four page post game thread the other day. That's insane to the membrane.
