Hell, Durant even signed a max deal to pull off his bitch move. Nothing shady about it. James, Wade, and Bosh conspired to each take 15 million less than the max they easily could've earned just so they'd all fit onto the same team together. So we've got pretty blatant cap manipulation on top of the borderline tampering behind the scenes it took for the deals to come together. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Hell, Durant even signed a max deal to pull off his bitch move. Nothing shady about it. James, Wade, and Bosh conspired to each take 15 million less than the max they easily could've earned just so they'd all fit onto the same team together. So we've got pretty blatant cap manipulation on top of the borderline tampering behind the scenes it took for the deals to come together.
“But but but 73 win team”
Like the Heat weren’t a world class organization that had recently won a championship with a legit #1 star player and former Finals MVP. Arguably the 3 best players in the conference coming together to take over the league and win “not 1, not 2…”.
17.0M UNC vs Kansas 16.2M UNC vs Duke 13.6M UNC vs St Peter's 11.9M NBA Finals Game 2 11.4M NBA Finals Game 1 11.2M Duke vs Mich St 11.1M Villanova vs Kansas 10.3M Duke vs Arkansas 10.1M Purdue vs St Peter's
17.0M UNC vs Kansas 16.2M UNC vs Duke 13.6M UNC vs St Peter's 11.9M NBA Finals Game 2 11.4M NBA Finals Game 1 11.2M Duke vs Mich St 11.1M Villanova vs Kansas 10.3M Duke vs Arkansas 10.1M Purdue vs St Peter's
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
LeBron moves the needle in the end, not Curry. Can see that in this thread too during a Finals that has nothing to do with him.
Yeah Lebron really moved the needle the last time he was in the Finals...
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For the 2020 NBA Finals, the ratings dropped to a historic low, with one of the games drawing only 5.9 million viewers. The average viewers figure over 6 games was 7.5 million, which is a 51% decline from the previous year.
Originally Posted by staylor26:
“But but but 73 win team”
Like the Heat weren’t a world class organization that had recently won a championship with a legit #1 star player and former Finals MVP. Arguably the 3 best players in the conference coming together to take over the league and win “not 1, not 2…”.
The revisionist history is absurd.
They won in 06 because Dwayne Wade was getting foul calls anytime someone attempted to defend him. [Reply]
17.0M UNC vs Kansas 16.2M UNC vs Duke 13.6M UNC vs St Peter's 11.9M NBA Finals Game 2 11.4M NBA Finals Game 1 11.2M Duke vs Mich St 11.1M Villanova vs Kansas 10.3M Duke vs Arkansas 10.1M Purdue vs St Peter's
Yes there are alot of dumb people in this country. College hoops is a garbage product with basically only a few teams caring enough to illegally buy players. Brick show on the court to boot. Fun.... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother:
Yes there are alot of dumb people in this country. College hoops is a garbage product with basically only a few teams caring enough to illegally buy players. Brick show on the court to boot. Fun....
This guys roots for a Bama fleshlight football program and thinks he’s watching a “good product”. Who is winning it all this year? Bama or Ohio State or Clemson?? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pablo:
This guys roots for a Bama fleshlight football program and thinks he’s watching a “good product”. Who is winning it all this year? Bama or Ohio State or Clemson??
Tee shirt fan boy...No one should care about collegiate sports other than students faculty alumni and boosters. Having no affiliation at all with a state or program sure brings that beaker pride though! [Reply]
Originally Posted by tyecopeland:
Yeah Lebron really moved the needle the last time he was in the Finals...
Sport viewership in general was way down across the board in 2020. Check any sporting event you can find from that year and you'll see a similar effect. With respect to the NBA specifically, I remember some trying to blame it on the BLM stuff at the time, but of course that had nothing to do with anything. Everyone was just watching less stuff during the pandemic.
My suggestion would be to go look at the ratings in 2016 and 2017 (and then the significant dropoff in 2019 when it was Warriors/Raptors instead of Warriors/LeBron).
You mean the years that Curry was also in the Finals? Could it be that people liked the matchup, rather than trying to explain away why Lebron was a draw then and isn't now? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother:
Tee shirt fan boy...No one should care about collegiate sports other than students faculty alumni and boosters. Having no affiliation at all with a state or program sure brings that beaker pride though!
:-). STL trash fan. Roots for Ferguson and a trash college. You live in that shithole city you root for? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kramerica:
You mean the years that Curry was also in the Finals? Could it be that people liked the matchup, rather than trying to explain away why Lebron was a draw then and isn't now?
See dropoff from 2018 to 2019. LeBron is the King in the end. [Reply]
