only 9 national tv games

schnakenpopanz · Post #1 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:56 am

suns are no longer getting the attention they used to have.
http://www.nba.com/suns/schedule/

oh wait, will there be a season? :lol:

Post #2 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:02 am

We'll see if there's even a season first. But I didn't think we were nearly as exciting as we used to be anyway. 9 national tv games is pretty good for, what is likely, a lottery-bound team.

Nando88 · Post #3 » by **Nando88** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:24 am

be grateful for 9. after lebron left cleveland the cavs only got 1 last year lol

BurningHeart · Post #4 » by **BurningHeart** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:45 am

Pretty dumb that a team still led by Steve Nash only has 9 games on national TV. Oh well. Hopefully I have a job by then and I can afford to get the LP.

vincecarter4pres · Post #5 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:07 am

BurningHeart wrote:Pretty dumb that a team still led by Steve Nash only has 9 games on national TV.

Feel grateful, NJ has 0...

Post #6 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:53 am

Nando88 wrote:be grateful for 9. after lebron left cleveland the cavs only got 1 last year lol

I'd be amazed if we even got 1 if we didn't have Nash. It would be an ugly, ugly beat down.

BurningHeart · Post #7 » by **BurningHeart** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:47 am

Suns are always a draw for TV. We'll never be in a position where we don't get any national TV games.

gaspar · Post #8 » by **gaspar** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:37 am

We have 13 games on national TV, not 9 (8 on ESPN, 2 on TNT and 3 on NBA TV)

schnakenpopanz · Post #9 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:00 pm

sorry counted wrong, but nba tv doesnt count really.

Blackification · Post #10 » by **Blackification** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:41 pm

Does it matter suns lose all the national tv games anyway.. this might be for the best.

hunterxaz · Post #11 » by **hunterxaz** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:09 pm

On DirecTV I get FSAZ out here in Salt Lake City, so I don't need to order NBALP anymore, additionally, FSAZ will have all games in all-HD this year. So if it's blacked out, it'll be on a national channel that I have anyway.

harshey1388 · Post #12 » by **harshey1388** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:52 pm

not mad at the 9 games. FSNAZ has the hook up with ALL games this year so not really worried.

but my shock is.. the Knicks have 29??? i read that somewhere not sure if true.. but seriously.. 29??!?!?

Post #13 » by **Miklo** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:53 pm

Well, I disconnected my cable TV last month so the national games don't even bother me anymore, I'll be stuck streaming everything.

I'm not even surprised about the Nix either, with them being at all good we have another super-major market that's worth showing games of, which means the networks will go crazy.

Either way though I was even surprised that the work was put into making schedules and setting up network privileges with near 100% certainty that there won't be a full season.

eastsidecrossover · Post #14 » by **eastsidecrossover** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:49 pm

This is what I read into it, like I think so many of you guys do too. that the suns are becoming irrelevant again and an old nash is intriguing enough to put the suns on for 9 or 10 games this next year. They can see the fall of the suns while our FO cant seem to get it or see it. its going to be interesting when Nash is done when this team gets no national exposure like the nets.

JohnVancouver · Post #15 » by **JohnVancouver** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:15 pm

eastsidecrossover wrote:This is what I read into it, like I think so many of you guys do too. that the suns are becoming irrelevant again and an old nash is intriguing enough to put the suns on for 9 or 10 games this next year. They can see the fall of the suns while our FO cant seem to get it or see it. its going to be interesting when Nash is done when this team gets no national exposure like the nets.

and remember that teams breakout or flameout when the season starts for real ands they often change the sked to reflect that - and there are the fan-vote games as well.

But no, bnothing like the SSOL days, is it? we were on every week it seemed, sometimes twice

RaisingArizona · Post #16 » by **RaisingArizona** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:29 pm

We sucked last year. I am not surprised.