NBA's TV Partners Seek Flexible Scheduling For National Games

[Championships]

tbh, I've watched the Wizards, Bobcats and Raptors more than I've watched the Knicks, Celtics or Lakers. Yes those teams have a ton of history but when your team sucks the banners up in the rafters don't tend to fall down and create offense or defense to help win games.

That being said the Partners should know what they're getting into when they schedule the games.

[crazymaso]

The city of New York and its biggest market of fans wants to watch their team. Unlike fans of other teams like the Heat, Knicks fans are not bandwagoners. We love our team even during the bad times and support them all the way through. That is the mark of a true fanbase. So we will continue to watch games and cheer for our beloved team even when they are losing!

If what you said was true then ESPN and TNT wouldn't be negotiating for a flex schedule where low performing teams in big markets, like NY, can be removed from the schedule. NYC is a large market, sure. But putting losing teams on time and time again is not a good financial decision. People get tired of watching horrible Lakers/Knicks games on national TV when they don't deserve it, and the TV execs know this.

No. Die hard Lakers and Knicks, which are the two biggest markets in the NBA, will continue to watch. They are the biggest markets and will get the highest viewership. How hard is this to understand for people?!

"The NBA's three biggest media markets posted significant drops in local TV viewership this season, with the five clubs in those markets shedding a combined 259,000 homes per game from last year. Those losses for the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls highlight a story line for the NBA that saw the league heading into the final days of its regular season last week on pace to post audience declines in six of its eight biggest markets. "
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2038 ... tv-viewers

Stop talking please.

[DEEP3CL]

I want NBA showtime on NBC again.

Lol....that's a pipe dream, it was a reason they lost out on the last bidding in the TV contract. NBC will never again get that package.

[GreenRiddler]

You knw how many blazer games they missed show the crapfest in NY and LA? Too damn much!

[Knicks Universe]

The Knicks and Lakers could both be bad for the forseeable future. That's the next 2-3 years. The TV execs wouldn't want a flex if they thought those teams would be dominant again for the next decade. Large market teams can, and do deliver mediocre performances in the NBA. I think it's a myth that they don't actually.

Well it's a short term anomaly. Big markets in the long-run are always better. It's just a fact if you look at stats.

show us your stats where the big market Knicks have more championships than the Spurs and Heat in the long run. lol

Look it up yourself

[Knicks Universe]

If what you said was true then ESPN and TNT wouldn't be negotiating for a flex schedule where low performing teams in big markets, like NY, can be removed from the schedule. NYC is a large market, sure. But putting losing teams on time and time again is not a good financial decision. People get tired of watching horrible Lakers/Knicks games on national TV when they don't deserve it, and the TV execs know this.

No. Die hard Lakers and Knicks, which are the two biggest markets in the NBA, will continue to watch. They are the biggest markets and will get the highest viewership. How hard is this to understand for people?!

"The NBA's three biggest media markets posted significant drops in local TV viewership this season, with the five clubs in those markets shedding a combined 259,000 homes per game from last year. Those losses for the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls highlight a story line for the NBA that saw the league heading into the final days of its regular season last week on pace to post audience declines in six of its eight biggest markets. "
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2038 ... tv-viewers

Stop talking please.

I'm not saying they haven't declined. But their viewership is still higher than smaller markets. Man how hard is it to understand that a big market has more fans than a small market and therefore more viewership?!!