Poll shows 76% of Americans don't miss the NBA
 

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Maybe Zach was right....

Don't give a $3it in the least...

count me in that 76%

What is this Enn Bee Aye you speak?

I am especially happy for the underclassman who declared early and now can sit on their hands when they could be getting ready for NCAA basketball. Nice job on the money grab Josh Selby. How's that working out for you?

I'm surprised it's so low.

Who?

Who gives a rat's ass?

i bet he's sitting on some hot guys more than he is his hands

Yeah, except 99% wouldn't miss the MLS if it were locked out.

In as part of the 76%

24% of Americans is around 75MM anyway. That's not really a small amount of people saying they miss it.

I wonder how many would miss NASCAR?
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In as part of the 76% too.

Oh, has that been holding out?...

A more recent poll shows 98% of Chiefs Planet doesn't give a shit about the Yahoo NBA poll.

Not Being Affected.

What's the NBA?

I am the 24%

76er right here.

76er

Not surprising considering we're in the thick of the NFL season.

I'd like to see this poll again come Feb.

I will be honest, I was looking forward to the season a bit this year. It was looking like the Blazers might be relevant for the first time in a while and if you watched you have to admit the finals were pretty good last year. The NBA was on the way up in many ways with good ratings during the playoffs and all. They have lost any forward momentum with this crap.

76% don't miss the games and 12% don't care at all. 88% of people polled don't give a shit about the NBA. What a terrible league.

I won't care until the playoffs, then that will be a maybe or just a little.

Its been nice not having them on TV for sure... Nothing is worse than an NBA game in person or on TV....

NBA makes Curling feel like an College football, basketball or an NFL game in comparison...

Like many, I never watch until the playoffs.

I prefer the NBA over NCAA hoops.

Can't say I'm surprised. NBA basketball just isn't fun to watch.

Maybe when they return they can join the NHL, playing on channels most people don't even know exist.

Same here...

I am so glad its not cluttering up ESPN.

99.768% of the SEC. :D

Spring Training will be starting in February.

The only thing I'll miss is the playoffs, which is the only time they attempt to play real basketball anyways. October through April is just one big exhibition.

I don't miss ESPN dangling off LeBron's nuts, either.

And with all the conference races starting to heat up in college bball... Rivarly Week, conference tourneys and March Madness on the horizon...

It would still be pretty damn high....

The NBA isn't playing?

Who knew...

Yep. If they did the same poll about the NFL, it wouldn't surprise me to see up to 50% of people saying they didn't care. As popular as professional sports are, there are plenty of people out there who don't care about any of them.

Hmm, I guess I'm in the minority then. I have a team I enjoy watching, and have been a fan for about 20 years. I'll miss having pro basketball to watch after I watch football all weekend and Monday night.

Reminds me of that George Carlin quote...

Only 12% said they miss it, so that's about 36MM. Not a small number but it's not going to make the owners crack.

Love the idea. Put them on ice and give them sticks and let them whack the hell out of each other while shooting.......I might watch that

Don't overlook the huge following the NBA enjoys overseas, especially in Asia.

Hell, they can just replay an NBA season pre-Yao Ming on the TV's over in Asia. They'll never know the difference.

Id like to know where they polled these people from because i can garantee you fans in NBA cities will miss it. Of course the majority of KC area people dont care. duh..

In reality though, even most NBA fans wont truly miss it until football season ends. Not many people cared about NBA games in November/Dec in a normal year anyways.

I had the same reaction. This looks like someone who asked for a poll to be done, with a headline and story pre-written and ready to fill in the blanks.

If 24% miss the NBA, thats quite a lot better than I thought. Imagine if the NFL lockout continued and wiped out the season. If they asked this same poll about the NFL, I'd guess that at least half would respond that they don't miss the NFL (including city folks who don't like sports, women, gay couples who go to musical theaters every month, etc). Would that be bad for the NFL? No, I'd be thinking "oh wow, holy crap, a full half of the country miss the NFL!"

This poll would need to be closer to 90% or higher before I'm thinking the sport is in serious danger, rather than something more mild like the players needing to realize that modest pay cuts will be needed.

Not really. They know more than you think.

I know Filipinos who make 600 dollars a month but they save up and get authentic Lakers and Bulls Jerseys.

They follow the NBA very closely and I am sure the NBA and owners do take that into account.

Yep.

And I miss the NBA but I realize the majority of people on this forum hate the NBA as much or more than they hate soccer. It is what it is.

This.

I live in Phoenix and don't give a shit. Except for local vendor guy and other small people whose livelihoods may be affected, for those people I care. Otherwise BFD. Pro fball, college fball, college hoops, hockey are all happening. It's prime golf weather, quad/motorcycle weather, etc. etc.
Don't care if they stay away a month or a year.

What I wanna know is...how do contract situations work out? Like Dwight Howard is in the last year of his contract with Orlando. If this season is entirely cancelled, will the season not count? I just wanted to see him play his last season (probably) on my team.

Three out of four people are gonna respond that they don't care. Have patience.

They must be polling the old white men demographic.

That is what the sponsors ask about.
What demographic do you suggest that would be more representative?

I would rather watch someone play NBA Jams.

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30 to 44 white males who make between 25 and 40k a year is the NBA target demographic.

The NBA normally plays games in November and December?

That was my first thought as well... I'd like to see the poll results in May if the entire season is cancelled. Hell, if the NFL wasn't around right now, at least I'd have college football & hockey, the NHL, CBB... I wouldn't really miss it until December and January.

This. If it was "76% of Americans who identify themselves as sports fans," it'd be a different story.

As popular as the NFL is, there's still an asston of people who watch 1 football game per year so they can see the new commercials and halftime show, and that's usually the only sporting event they'll go out of their way to watch all year.

And I'm part of the 24%. I'm not dying every day because they're not playing, but I do miss it. I'll miss it a helluva lot more after the Super Bowl, though. Then even more after the NCAA Tournament's over, if the lockout lasts that long.

I love that its gone. More time in the media for college hoops, NHL, and other sports. The NBA is outdated and mundane. I liked it at one time, but its unwatchable anymore. It's time as a major sport has passed. It's nothing but a soap opera of egos, dunks, and 5000 whistles a night

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evidently, news to me too

There are those that will never like the NBA....fine. But I'd be curious to hear from those that were once NBA fans -- what's different about the league today than when you were a fan?

I believe the NBA is/was moving into a really exciting phase, with great teams, great players who do things the right way, and bad guys (Miami Heat) to play the villain role.

I miss it, but I'm a basketball junkie and enjoy watching the best players in the world.

The biggest problem is the length of the season. Players just can't give max effort for that many games. That isn't new, though.

The newer problem is that there are SO many teams that just can't compete. All of the stars go to one of a handful of markets. People bitch about that in baseball, but there are too many players on a baseball team for it to matter as much. When there are only 8 players that matter, 1 or 2 players can really shift the balance.

This just in; 76% of Americans don't give a crap about anything.

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meh

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Your just one person in that area. The Suns are a pretty decent team or have been for years. They probably have no problems filling that place up nearly every game right?

I was a huge NBA fan as a kid in the 80s through the MJ era. Used to sneak downstairs after bedtime at night to be able to watch the playoffs between the Showtime Lakers and the Bird Celtics. Before that I rooted for Dr. J and his 6ers to get a ring for the Doc. Moses Malone, Cheeks, Toney, Jones and Jones along with Julius were great to watch play. Bad Boy Celtics, Malone & Stock in Utah were great to watch. Clyde and the Nigerian in Houston, even the Cavs were all part of a great time in the NBA.

Michael came just in time to take over for Magic and Larry. Fantastic ball, great rivalries, team play and hard D.

The minute MJ left was the day the music died and the song hasn't been close to the same since.

This.

It's hard to watch the bad games that get broadcasted, but I will watch some of the juicier regular season match ups. And of course I watch as many playoff games as I possibly can.

I couldn't care less.

Also, I ****ing hate MLB. Baseball itself can go die in a fire. It's the most boring piece of shit ever.

But once the NBA/NHL playoffs are over, there's a lull in the summer with no sports. And I need SOMETHING to fill that vacuum.

That is, until NFL training camps start to get going. Then I'm cool with not paying attention to baseball again.

I'll admit there was a lull after MJ for a good number of years but I don't know, 5-8 years ago the league really started to be infused with some special players.

I'd argue the talent is far better today than vs the Jordan era.

When I think of the Jordan era and great players, I think...

Jordan, Barkley, Drexler, Ewing, Malone, Shawn Kemp for a short period.... Starting to run out already.

Shoot now in the league you have a few guys with Jordan like skills. Obviously not Jordan but amazing game.

Bryant, James, Wade, Durant, Rose, Nowitzki, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Tim Duncan (although getting up there).

I don't know what's not to like.

There is no parity in the league. Only a handful of markets have any hope to win a title.

The game is boring to watch. The games are too long and riddled with fouls and free throws. About 75% of a broadcast is players standing around or walking around. It's less engaging than televised baseball even is.

The league has been turned into being about individuals and egos. Watch highlights - all about facial expressions, gestures, emoting, fouls, crying to referees, who disrespected who... It's a soap opera. There are not really any compelling stories about the sport. It's just a cartoonish drama. Sports-entertainment..

Watching the NBA is not at all like it was 20 years ago even if you take out the fact that the league's stars used to be likeable players and seemed like good guys. It's not at all entertaining.

On and off. They sold out for like 150+ games in a row when they were good then that streak ended in like 2009.
PHX is the fair-weather fan capital of the country. Most, like me, have loyalties that lie elsewhere and will go see a local team if they are winning.

Honestly the league has always been about individuals and star players. The NBA wasn't nearly what it was popularity wise before Bird & Magic. They took it to another level. Then the Jordan era.

Nothing wrong with how they market the sport IMO.

Nailed it.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for today's game but if your knowledge of the talent during the NBA's peak consists of "Jordan, Barkley, Drexler, Ewing, Malone, Shawn Kemp" you should probably just not comment on it.

No need to comment on "now in the league you have a few guys with Jordan like skills."

I stand by that the talent is better now. And think about what I said before you talk. I didn't say guys were as good as Jordan. I said had similar skills and amazing game.

If you can't see how Kobe Bryant's game is similar to Jordans, then you just don't get basketball. Maybe it's best that you're not that into the NBA anymore because you obviously just don't get it.

How would you know how today's talent compares when you don't even know who the talent was during the NBA's prime years? Of the top 6 you could come up with two of them were Shawn Kemp and Moses Malone.

If you can't see that the minute you mention Jordan's name in comparison to another player you are inviting a rebuttal to that comparison perhaps you should refrain from making that comparison.

:LOL: Okay I'm done.

Yeah throw that point in my face because when people talk great players during the Jordan era and say Malone, of course they're not talking about Karl. Remember him? 2nd all time point leader? :facepalm:

Guess I should have spelled it out for you.

Not real quick on the uptake are you?