USA Today: "The NBA is finally ready to move on from the LeBron James era"

Bornstellar · Post #41 » by **Bornstellar** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:46 am

life_saver wrote:Unfortunately I took a look at the comment section of that Breitbart article...gosh it's a cesspool. Some of these folks really live in some alternate reality

You just had to make me curious. I wish I hadn't read through that :lol:

Jables · Post #42 » by **Jables** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:48 am

I genuinely don't even know, but why do people always measure this by finals and playoffs? Isn't keeping fan interest high over 82 regular season games more important financially? I guess it's more difficult and there's a lot more markets to account for.

Edrees · Post #43 » by **Edrees** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:48 am

Last I checked he was still the top all star vote getter. At worst he'll be the 2nd highest next season. It won't happen until he retires folks.

Blazing_royale · Post #44 » by **Blazing_royale** » Thu May 5, 2022 2:18 am

Tottery wrote:
Blazing_royale wrote:Giannis/Luka/Ja. Here we go.

Hopefully, Zion can get it together as well. Can be an exciting future.

I don't see it with that weight he has on.

Dino353 · Post #45 » by **Dino353** » Thu May 5, 2022 2:59 am

LeBron is simply the best to ever do it, no superstar in NBA history can get a crowd going like the King. His game is unparalleled and can't be replicated.

Lalouie · Post #46 » by **Lalouie** » Thu May 5, 2022 3:44 am

writer must have read realgm

well,,,,some of "us" anyway.
lebron is a metaphor for his generation. it's their time to pass the torch. the game is too fast or they're too slow.

lebron gets his numbers because he will always be 6'8/255 and a freight train,,,but none of the vets he likes playing with are aging well, and curry basically said "i have no use for you on my team" - the gsw shoutout was lebron's last grasp for the brass ring

Raps in 4 · Post #47 » by **Raps in 4** » Thu May 5, 2022 3:53 am

Dupp wrote:Welcome to the Luka era

Lebron dominated everyone's attention because he was the best player in the NBA and no one was close to him. He was a legitimate GOAT candidate.

Luka has a lot of competition. He's not even the best player in the league yet. He'll be popular, but more on the level of a Dwyane Wade or Steph Curry than a Lebron.

Badlands · Post #48 » by **Badlands** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:02 am

Big J wrote:Bron always makes everything about him. It's funny to see him tweeting about the games now so that people still talk about him. The attention on other guys has to be killing him.

Are you for real? A basketball player tweeting about basketball games is trying to make everything about himself?? A lot of players tweet about games. Are they trying to make things all about themselves or is it just Lebron?

That's what I thought.

shangrila · Post #49 » by **shangrila** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:04 am

I feel like I read this exact article 2-3 years ago

LuckyLeprechaun · Post #50 » by **LuckyLeprechaun** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:07 am

HotRocks34 wrote:
life_saver wrote:That's clickbait...the ratings have been better than last 2 seasons but not the best ratings I'm 20 years.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/04/nba-playoff-ratings-most-watched-opening-weekend-11-years-nets-celtics/

Sunday’s Nets-Celtics Game 1 led the way with a 3.1 rating and 6.90 million viewers on ABC, the most-watched opening weekend game in 20 years (2002 Trail Blazers-Lakers: 8.37M) and the most-watched first round game overall in six (2016 Warriors-Rockets: 7.24M).

(snip)

I wonder what % of the people turning in for the Nets/Celtics game 1 were just there for the potential Kyrie/Boston drama?

OriginalRed · Post #51 » by **OriginalRed** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:16 am

As they should. You can't have a player in their 20th season still be the face of the league when you have a bundle of young superstars available to market. It's a credit to Lebron for being able to remain relevant for such a ridiculous length of time but the NBA needs to be preparing for life without him. And what better way than these playoffs where we're seeing so many emerging superstars.

Tottery · Post #52 » by **Tottery** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:28 am

Blazing_royale wrote:
Tottery wrote:
Blazing_royale wrote:Giannis/Luka/Ja. Here we go.

Hopefully, Zion can get it together as well. Can be an exciting future.

I don't see it with that weight he has on.

That's what I mean. If he can lose weight and stay healthy.

DroseReturnChi · Post #53 » by **DroseReturnChi** » Thu May 5, 2022 4:32 am

HotRocks34 wrote:
Dupp wrote:Welcome to the Luka era

That may be coming. I'm not sure it's here just yet, but we may be on the verge of it.

He's ready, IMO. Or close to being ready.

Luka, as someone who watches a lot of Mavs games (me), is more competitive and aggressive (in personality) than I realized he was. He wants to dominate, not just win.

Good omen. Just hope he stays healthy.

jokic era then doncic soon.

macNcheese3 · Post #54 » by **macNcheese3** » Thu May 5, 2022 5:03 am

Luka/Giannis with a mix of Morant (especially if they can beat GSW)

shinshiliukas · Post #55 » by **shinshiliukas** » Thu May 5, 2022 12:51 pm

Franco wrote:
An Unbiased Fan wrote:
KGtabake wrote:
LeBron has been dominant for two decades.
And the NBA in the '00s was in decline in the post MJ era. The sport became big worldwide in the 90s with the dream team, declined in the 00s in popularity and exploded again in the '10s. LeBron deseves a lot of credit for this.

This is inaccurate. The NBA declined in the late 90s, and came back in the early 00s with tons of young stars, while also going international. The NBA dropped off with Lebron in the 10s until the Warriors came up.

"Source: the funny voices in my head"

This is so cool, thanks for sharing! Ignoring the overall trends and just looking at one year dips (years where ratings are higher the year before and the year after) it seems pretty clear what's bad for the ratings - Spurs winning :wink:

JayMKE · Post #56 » by **JayMKE** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:09 pm

Lebron is still an elite talent even at his age but there are other guys that are better now, doesn't seem like he's interested in being done until his body demands it so might be awhile longer.

Ckay · Post #57 » by **Ckay** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:42 pm

Breitbart website? Lol

Come on now.

MotownMadness · Post #58 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:50 pm

Get him outta here

art_tatum · Post #59 » by **art_tatum** » Thu May 5, 2022 1:52 pm

Clickbait it’s been better than the last two years. But that’s also because the most popular draws like curry didn’t play in the playoffs+ Covid and boring competition. People wanted to see gianiss but not cp3 and the suns.
More like the curry era is ending after this playoffs.
I look at who gets the most commercial deals. It’s curry by far since 2016.
The data that these advertisers have just show something.

Grumpy Heat Fan · Post #60 » by **Grumpy Heat Fan** » Thu May 5, 2022 3:02 pm

KGtabake wrote:
An Unbiased Fan wrote:
KGtabake wrote:20 years of dominance and entertainment.
He did a phenomenal job, the sport is becoming popular worldwide again like in the mid 90s. His contributions cannot be ignored.

Eh 10 years, and the sport got big in the 00s worldwide.

LeBron has been dominant for two decades.
And the NBA in the '00s was in decline in the post MJ era. The sport became big worldwide in the 90s with the dream team, declined in the 00s in popularity and exploded again in the '10s. LeBron deseves a lot of credit for this.

No he hasnt.

I dont remember when lebron was ever "dominant" ... he's not that type of player. A lot of his success came from when he learned how to stack superteams.