NBA viewership down

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Maybe it’s time for the NBA to bring in the big guns to save the day.

Spoiler:

Caitlyn Clark, c’mon down!

[Black Jack]

I feel like the product is premium only. How do normal kids even view games anymore?

[SpreeChokeJob]

Mr Beast pulls in more viewers than NBA championships, just not on a nightly basis and not over 2 hours.

I don’t see many kids on the playground courts and watching live games at least in the Bay Area is reserved for the wealthy. Most kids and younger generation don’t even know a lot about players on the Warriors, more concerned with video games. I only hear the older office crowd of Gen X talking about the games. Combined with the disconnect with modern athletes who don’t resemble the athletes of prior generations who connected with the local community, there’s little interest and that’s why viewership is down which isn’t the concern of the NBA.

They secured their contracts and look for revenue streams such as gambling. That’s not what built the NBA to what it was today and I think the NBA should be more successful than it is if it was like the early 90’s they could have brought in even more money. From the companies that signed the media deals, I think it will be money losers for them.

[nomansland]

I wouldn't have thought so many 3's in a game could make basketball boring, but it kind of does. Even if it's a good shot you kind of just shrug.

[CodeBreaker]

NBA viewership down because Khris Middleton is injured

[Lalouie]

dodgers yankees ohtani judge

the yankee dodger rivalry is the oldest in american pro sports

football. football will dominate the news through january

the last two decades of basketball have one foot in the grave. the top stars now are foreign

[Lalouie]

I wouldn't have thought so many 3's in a game could make basketball boring, but it kind of does. Even if it's a good shot you kind of just shrug.

other than espn hiliting wemby's ONLY made 3 in 10 tries does anyone really want him to shoot 3s

[druggas]

The product is no bueno.

[JT3000]

Viewership is down? That's really weird. It doesn't have anything to do with them giving local broadcast rights to channels with limited availability which expect you to pay $20 a month just to watch that one channel, does it? I mean who would possibly have a problem with that?

I'm sure giving all of the nationally televised games to teams that are well into their decline isn't a factor either. I mean who doesn't love has-beens? Start including some musical interludes here and there and I'm sure VH1 would be more than happy to show some games.

[tbhawksfan1]

For decades games where "free" on free tv. That built the giant economy of today's sports. For a long while now, "free" tv games have benn replaced with pay to watch. Who would have thought that that would effect the health of the sport?

They didn't kill the golden goose, they ate it

[beeshma]

I think that the NBA TV analysts are a huge turn off at this point. Everyone is more interested in establishing their personality rather than covering the games for the fan’s best interest.

[mademan]

They milked markeing stars for as long as they could, but those stars just dont really exist anymore. There is no combination of GOAT talent + personality + marketability like Lebron or MJ (or Shaq, or Steph, Kobe...etc). They gotta go with the NFL model and start caring more about franchises and develop more rivalries (make divisions more important)

[ThunderBolt]

Maybe feature players that can actually play basketball instead of Bronny James first turnover being the lead story.

[Chuck Everett]

They milked markeing stars for as long as they could, but those stars just dont really exist anymore. There is no combination of GOAT talent + personality + marketability like Lebron or MJ (or Shaq, or Steph, Kobe...etc). They gotta go with the NFL model and start caring more about franchises and develop more rivalries (make divisions more important)

Schedule should be unbalanced and teams should play their division rivals more. NBA believes only playoff rivalries matter, even though it's the regular season that pays the bills. Really strange. Complete opposite of pretty much every other professional league.

[John Murdoch]

I checked that Raps v Hornets game for fantasy purposes last night...my god if i didnt have action on it theres no way im hell id watch or godforbid PAY to do so

[Hair Jordan]

The league is in decline in my opinion. At some point the game went from being an athletic competition into full fledged entertainment. Adam Silver doesn’t understand the game. He’s an Ivy League educated lawyer who looks at the NBA as a business. I get it. He’s trying to appeal to the casual fan with all of the gimmicky stuff he’s introduced (Mickey Mouse tournament, play in tournament, All Star game draft, multi colored play in tournament courts, teams having dozens of home and away jerseys, redesigning all of the season award trophies, conference finals MVP trophies etc). The game is hard to watch for real fans: Teams spamming 50-60 3’s a game, no defense being played, players scoring 70+ frequently, load managing, not playing back to backs, marquee players acting like idiots (Ant, Ja etc), obnoxious carrying, traveling and other rule violations that slide in favor of more points and highlights. It’s turning into the WWF. Watch the NCAA or FIBA to see real basketball.

[ItsDanger]

We dont have reliable consistent data to properly evaluate. But the product quality has declined. Let the vets retire quickly and let the young players play more.

[gavran]

International LP forced me to watch something called NBABet Stream, and I'm seriously considering cancelling my subscription, so it is not surprising. I'm on ILP for a reason you r*******, I couldn't bet on your product, even if I wanted to.

[Duke4life831]

As someone who used to be a die hard NBA fan (followed all the off season transactions, signed up on here, used to get league pass every year and watch multiple games every night).

I am now the definition of a casual. I watch Magic games and that’s it. It’s actually been weird checking box scores of other games and constantly thinking to myself “he’s on that team now?”

I will say a few things have led to me really just checking out. The product of the regular season. I just feel like the product sucks. There were a few games in a row 2 years ago where I bought tickets, then come game time I found out multiple big players were resting. Players take lots of games off now. Also the game itself just doesn’t do it for me anymore. A lot of these games are just average players running down the court and launching 3s.

I will say this, all my friends who in the past I would talk NBA with. No longer watch it. And ya while we’re no longer young. But we’re all in our late 20s to mid 30s. We’ve all checked out. So I don’t think we’re old enough to be the old guys yelling at clouds haha.

[GamecockFan1024]

It's a terrible product right now. I love basketball, but I can't even watch the games anymore. Star players always seem to be missing marquee games, ZERO defense, 50 three point attempts a game, way too many free throw attempts, etc. I always change the channel after a minute or two because the product is so bad.