I don't know about the ratings, it just hasn't been the same since MJ left to me. It could also be the rise of the NFL and it overshadowing the NBA also that makes it appear that way.

Yep, that's why their PLAYOFFS are on some Turner network.

Lakers/Celtics final will be huge.

That has everything to do with the contract which happened before this season and nothing to do with how popular they are now.

http://www.nba.com/news/nba_tv_extensions.html

Mostly because of nostalga for those not living in LA or Boston.

Say what? They got as much money as they could get and the best exposure they could get. i.e. not network television like they used to have.

You know, i used to kind of think that way...

But honestly, TV is so fragmented and specialized now, Network TV isnt what it used to be.

Heck, who doesnt at least have basic network cable these days?? Thats usually what TNT, TBS, ESPN play on.

not as much as i hate the lakers

Yea I was just going to say the same thing. Hell we are lucky to get 2 football games on any given week now. Does it matter, no.

I hate the Spurs.

Tony Parker cries about calls a lot more than Tim Duncan, in my opinion. And he's a bigger douche.

I also can't stand how sports casters jizz their pants over Manu Ginobili. That flopping piece of shit can go to hell.

Agreed. On a side note do you notice a bald spot forming on the top of ginobli's dome?

You can't be serious. Kobe and Rasheed Wallace are the biggest whiners in the NBA.

Q: What did Dennis Quaid say to Robert Horry?

A: YOU JUST GOT ****ED IN THE ASS BY SASHA VUJACIC!!

Lakers win.

Finally, someone agrees with me that that was an amazing NBA Finals, and I'm a Piston fan. It went to game 7 tied going into the 4th quarter. How can anyone say other?