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How will you react if the NBA cancels its season? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=250743)

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Originally Posted by </post> (Post 7953177)

I think I'm being trolled, but here's the demographic breakdown for New York City which would be the largest urban population in the US.

Leave the thinking to those of us with the genetics to do so. You take your extra leg muscle and to run and jump.

I'm not the biggest fan of the NBA, but I'm growing to like it more and more. I just wish I had a team I could root for. :(

I watched the playoffs last year and they were absolutely epic form top to bottom. You never get such tense moments in the NFL and it was just nonstop in 2011.

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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7953181)

Leave the thinking to those of us with the genetics to do so. You take your extra leg muscle and to run and jump.

You must have "extra leg muscle" envy

It doesn't matter because NBA2k12 is still coming out and that's much more entertaining than watching the NBA.

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Originally Posted by </post> (Post 7953201)

You must have "extra leg muscle" envy

:D Nice.

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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7953175)

I son't contend the NBA is dead, just that the product isn't what it used to be and the rating reflect that. Look at the last ten years and tell me differently.
This has been the most succesful year in NBA history? By what measure?
Tell that to the owners who are losing money.

I know you were probably being sarscatic a little but you were the one that said the NBA is dead. Now if they cancel the entire season you may be right.

The NBA said it was their most successful season ever.

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NBA season draws most TV viewers

<cite class="source"> ESPN.com news services
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NEW YORK -- The NBA says its three national TV partners all had their most viewers ever this season, topped by a 42 percent increase for TNT.

ABC was up 38 percent and ESPN had a 28 percent jump, the league said Friday.

Turner Sports also says its 1.6 rating was its highest in 27 years of NBA coverage and that it televised three of the five most-watched NBA regular-season games ever on cable this season.
Despite fears of a labor stoppage after the season, the NBA reported success across many platforms. Arena capacity was 90.3 percent, its seventh straight year of 90 or better, and the 17,306 average was up 1 percent from last year and was its fifth highest.

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In some ways, the N.B.A.’s present condition closely resembles that of Major League baseball before its 1994-95 strike. Baseball was still profitable as a whole in advance of the strike, but about one-third of its teams had lost money in 1993, according to Forbes, while just four teams accounted for almost half of all league profits.

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Originally Posted by dirk digler (Post 7953254)

Yeah I was being sarcastic. For me the post-MJ era was the worst bball I've ever seen pro or college. In the last 3-4 years some of the young teams have started to play ball in a way that is fun to watch again i.e. no one-on-five crap, team defense, ball distribution on offense, and the game has become more watchable.
Last year's young teams were great to watch.
Shooting themselves in the dick this year would not be a good idea but they have owners losing money and have to change their business model or contract.

I don't watch any NBA, so I could give a rats ass.

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Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 7952918)

See? They lost me a long time ago. Where did Kobe play college ball? Lebron James? Surely Lebron hasn't been in the NBA 7 years, has he?

8, actually.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...jamesle01.html

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Originally Posted by 58kcfan89 (Post 7953269)

8, actually.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...jamesle01.html

Wow, no wonder he is so ugly, he is an old fart.

If you had this thread up here in Chicagoland, it would be just the opposite.

They love their NBA, and could care less about CBB unless their team is having a good year.

Of course they pretty much suck at CBB, and have multiple NBA championships.

I wouldn't really notice until maybe sometime in April.

Frankly not much. Its a ploy and probably a good one if it gets both sides to move. NBA players are the richest of the major sports. They have guarenteeed contracts. Their careers generally are not cut short. In essence, they have the best of all situations for athletes.

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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7953109)

Table of NBA Finals average Nielsen ratings since 1976
Net. Year Series Rating
CBS 1976 Boston Celtics 4, Phoenix Suns 2 11.5
CBS 1977 Portland Trail Blazers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2 12.7
CBS 1978 Washington Bullets 4, Seattle Supersonics 3 9.9
CBS 1979 Seattle Supersonics 4, Washington Bullets 1 7.2
CBS 1980 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2 8.0
CBS 1981 Boston Celtics 4, Houston Rockets 2 6.7
CBS 1982 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 2 13.0
CBS 1983 Philadelphia 76ers 4, Los Angeles Lakers 0 12.3
CBS 1984 Boston Celtics 4, Los Angeles Lakers 3 12.3
CBS 1985 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Boston Celtics 2 13.7
CBS 1986 Boston Celtics 4, Houston Rockets 2 14.1
CBS 1987 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Boston Celtics 2 15.9
CBS 1988 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Detroit Pistons 3 15.4
CBS 1989 Detroit Pistons 4, Los Angeles Lakers 0 15.1
CBS 1990 Detroit Pistons 4, Portland Trail Blazers 1 12.3
NBC 1991 Chicago Bulls 4, Los Angeles Lakers 1 15.8
NBC 1992 Chicago Bulls 4, Portland Trail Blazers 2 14.2
NBC 1993 Chicago Bulls 4, Phoenix Suns 2 17.9
NBC 1994 Houston Rockets 4, New York Knicks 3 12.4
NBC 1995 Houston Rockets 4, Orlando Magic 0 13.9
NBC 1996 Chicago Bulls 4, Seattle Supersonics 2 16.7
NBC 1997 Chicago Bulls 4, Utah Jazz 2 16.8
NBC 1998 Chicago Bulls 4, Utah Jazz 2 18.7
NBC 1999 San Antonio Spurs 4, New York Knicks 1 11.3
NBC 2000 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Indiana Pacers 2 11.6
NBC 2001 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Philadelphia 76ers 1 12.1
NBC 2002 Los Angeles Lakers 4, New Jersey Nets 0 10.2
ABC 2003 San Antonio Spurs 4, New Jersey Nets 2 6.5
ABC 2004 Detroit Pistons 4, Los Angeles Lakers 1 11.5
ABC 2005 San Antonio Spurs 4, Detroit Pistons 3 8.2
ABC 2006 Miami Heat 4, Dallas Mavericks 2 8.5
ABC 2007 San Antonio Spurs 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 6.2
ABC 2008 Boston Celtics 4, Los Angeles Lakers 2 9.3
ABC 2009 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Orlando Magic 1 8.4
ABC 2010 Los Angeles Lakers 4, Boston Celtics 3 10.6

The list is missing this year. 2011 Finals had ~17.5.

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Originally Posted by whoman69 (Post 7953295)

Frankly not much. Its a ploy and probably a good one if it gets both sides to move. NBA players are the richest of the major sports. They have guarenteeed contracts. Their careers generally are not cut short. In essence, they have the best of all situations for athletes.

Not for long. Thus the lockout.

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 7953034)

College basketball is an absolutely abysmal product with a great tournament.

Abysmal based on what? Is it because the NBA has better players and the product is simply more polished plays because the higher level of talent? To me that doesn't make it exciting.