TV Ratings 2017 Finals Highest Since 1998

[Ugly0598]

Interesting that the regular season ratings drop has happened after Kobe Bryant retired, no I am not saying that a washed up Kobe was really watchable that much, but interesting thought I would say.

I didn't watch very many Jazz games besides going in person because the TV partner did not have online streaming options which I believe they might next season.

[Dirk]

The NBA doesn't give a flying **** about those keyboard warriors yelling about boring games who can't even afford cable and illegally stream games in their parents' basement.

They say no one watches these games and the facts just come hard on their face.

The world goes on without you.

It's fascinating how someone with such apparent disdain for other users is posting here among basement dwellers.

Baiting and blindly attacking everyone, good users and bad users is obviously not acceptable. And your whole post gives away your mentality. You apparently are very sensitive that many people have the audacity to question the quality of a playoffs... where you have 5 or 6 blowouts in a row.

I will make life easy for you - you are going to be taking a vacation from the General Board so that you no longer have to put up with the "keyboard warriors".

[Jkam31]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

It's hockey


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[RaptorsLife]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

It's hockey


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Yeah and it's 2-2 and yet no one gives a crap. Being competitve doesn't equal rating

[RaptorsLife]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

remember the Chinese watch the NBA... and so do some Indians.

So south America. Like Brazil. Basketball is popular

[WhateverBro]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

It's hockey


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Yeah and it's 2-2 and yet no one gives a crap. Being competitve doesn't equal rating

This is a pretty stupid argument considering that if this GSW - CLE series ends in a sweep the NBA will have terrible overall ratings compared to last years, competive series. The NBA wants quantity and during these playoffs there's been a historically low amount of quantity for them to sell.

Also, the average ratings might not suffer this year but I'm very sure that the interest level will be lower going into next year and that there's no real narrative to sell people on going in to this season. Yeah, the ratings are incredible which isn't surprising. Last years finals was one of the most exciting series of all-time and went down to the wire. LeBron finally won one in CLE and this years regular season had some crazy storylines going into the playoffs; Westbrook triple double race, the overall race for the MVP, the Warriors superteam, all the crazy statlines etc.

There's going to be none of this going into next year if Cleveland are swept or if it ends in five. This years playoffs have been the most boring one since I started watching the NBA playoffs regularly back in 2003.

[turk3d]

Everyone starts next season 0-0 (including the Dubs and the Cavs), All the young uo and coming teams are looking to improve as are the teams which came up short and think the may be just 1 or 2 players away from seriously contending. This thing goes in cycles.

Teams get older, guys leave in free agency, and you never know what's going to happen during the season (injuries, suspensions, etc.). What kind of fans are you if are read to give up because there are one or two teams are at the top of the NBA food chain? Considering what the Cavs and Warrior fans went through for a few decades, what if we abandoned ship?

It was a long time suffering for those two fan-bases, but look at them now, the two best teams in basketball for the last 3 seasons and perhaps beyond. True fans don't get discouraged during lean times because it all evens out eventually and when it does, it makes it that much more sweeter.

We need to endure through the bad times (as true Warrior and Cav fans have done all these years) and enjoy the good time as we now do as our teams enjoy the pinnacle of success. I think that this is proof that the NBA is just as watched as ever. If you are a true fan of basketball, you're not going to stop watching because of bad rules or a flawed system. Even if your team isn;t doing so well, I'm sure that you can find a way to get something out it.

[DNP - Old]

But I guess the NBA should do something about KD ruining their product.

[Madhouse]

The 30-40 million chinese that watch don't care if it's blowouts or not they want to see stars play. The NBA is a huge international product, they don't care if a guy in Idaho is mad because he thinks it's boring.

[Ganji]

Well, I am turning off the games due to disinterest and that's the whole reason why I'm frustrated but who am I to blow against the wind? I am convinced. This is some great, gripping basketball and I feel blessed to have witnessed a whole quarter and a half of it.

and yet everyone watched Jordan, even though there was little doubt he would lose.

[The_Hater]

Well, I am turning off the games due to disinterest and that's the whole reason why I'm frustrated but who am I to blow against the wind? I am convinced. This is some great, gripping basketball and I feel blessed to have witnessed a whole quarter and a half of it.

You're a Knicks fan, you've been turning off games due to disinterest for years......

[righterwriter]

Yeah, I don't know if the Negative Nancy's here read that point in the OP where it said that these are the highest ratings since Jordan's last Finals. Everyone expected Jordan and the Bulls to win that series (and of course they did) but the largest group of people ever tuned in anyway.

The casual fan turns on the Finals in hopes of being entertained by great basketball. They don't really care about whether it was morally right or wrong for Durant to come to GS and they don't care if Lebron did the same thing a few years earlier. They enjoy watching the play of the Warriors without judgment, they love watching Lebron play with such dominance without caring about his past.

In a way, they are the most pure fans of the sport, not the people who care so much and are so judgmental that it makes them not able to appreciate what's in front of them.

[MartinToVaught]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

It's hockey


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Yeah and it's 2-2 and yet no one gives a crap. Being competitve doesn't equal rating

Parity and competition aren't why hockey isn't getting good ratings in America. We're just now coming off a period of dominance by the Blackhawks and Kings, two teams in top-three media markets, and not even that was enough to move the needle.

Three lockouts, including one that cancelled an entire season and got them booted off of ESPN, as well as an incompetent league office that can't market their product to save themselves are why the ratings are low. Gary Bettman and the idiots he's allowed to own NHL franchises have turned hockey into a regional sport at best.

[Illmatic12]

It's hockey


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Yeah and it's 2-2 and yet no one gives a crap. Being competitve doesn't equal rating

This is a pretty stupid argument considering that if this GSW - CLE series ends in a sweep the NBA will have terrible overall ratings compared to last years, competive series. The NBA wants quantity and during these playoffs there's been a historically low amount of quantity for them to sell.

Also, the average ratings might not suffer this year but I'm very sure that the interest level will be lower going into next year and that there's no real narrative to sell people on going in to this season. Yeah, the ratings are incredible which isn't surprising. Last years finals was one of the most exciting series of all-time and went down to the wire. LeBron finally won one in CLE and this years regular season had some crazy storylines going into the playoffs; Westbrook triple double race, the overall race for the MVP, the Warriors superteam, all the crazy statlines etc.

There's going to be none of this going into next year if Cleveland are swept or if it ends in five. This years playoffs have been the most boring one since I started watching the NBA playoffs regularly back in 2003.

They'll always find a storyline to sell. If the Warriors go 16-0, the talk will be about how we're witnessing a potential dynasty and they'll sell GSW as the modern version of the 90s Bulls

Curry/Durant jerseys and Warriors merchandise will be flying off the shelves (more than they already are) and this GSW team will become perceived as larger than life

[JordansBulls]

well if warriors sweep cavs. then thats issue. but this the series everyone waited for. i think people talking about competitiveness was about the other rounds. 7 all stars. lebron vs curry and durant. i would shocked this series wasnt a draw for folks

Wasn't an issue in 2001 when Lakers dominated the playoffs nor in 2002 when they swept the Nets

[Axel]

I'm not surprised. The NBA has been making executive decisions based upon improving TV ratings without regard for basketball quality for years. That said, the ratings have plenty of time to plummet before the series is over, especially if it doesn't become more competitive. Ratings will always be good as long as LeBron is playing, and isn't going up against SAS.

[Axel]

The first 4 games nhl stantly cup playoffs added together don't match game 1 of NBA finals ratings. Enough said

It's hockey


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Yeah and it's 2-2 and yet no one gives a crap. Being competitve doesn't equal rating

No one cares because its hockey, not because of the competitiveness of the series.

[Capn'O]

Well, I am turning off the games due to disinterest and that's the whole reason why I'm frustrated but who am I to blow against the wind? I am convinced. This is some great, gripping basketball and I feel blessed to have witnessed a whole quarter and a half of it.

You're a Knicks fan, you've been turning off games due to disinterest for years......

The playoffs have been my only refuge of good basketball and now I can't even have that

[Bolivar]

Everyone just tunes in to watch one hour of a blowout and then proceeds to do something more interesting.

[Capn'O]

Well, I am turning off the games due to disinterest and that's the whole reason why I'm frustrated but who am I to blow against the wind? I am convinced. This is some great, gripping basketball and I feel blessed to have witnessed a whole quarter and a half of it.

and yet everyone watched Jordan, even though there was little doubt he would lose.

It's true. None of those series were closely fought. This is a great series just like those ones were. "Oceans Eleven" is a better movie than "A Serious Man." The Super Bowl Halftime Show is the best musical event of this year. I'm happy!