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Silock · 05-24-2007, 09:45 AM

Anyone else find it EXTREMELY amusing that they're all crying because no East teams are going to get Durant or Oden?

Deberg_1990 · 05-24-2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

It's great for Portland, Seattle, and the rest of the west coast, but I don't think there's any doubt that the NBA lost some money and marketing power with the results of the draft lottery.

I havent seen anyone mention it yet, but Seattle could become the KC Sonics in a few years. (hopefully)

Wouldnt it be nice to see Oden or Durant play in KC???

eazyb81 · 05-24-2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

I am so sick of East coast coverage I could care less if another great player ever goes out there. As it is now the Yankees get more coverage than almost all the West coast teams combined and they are sucking ass.

I agree that it sucks, but apparently it's also profitable.

eazyb81 · 05-24-2007, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I havent seen anyone mention it yet, but Seattle could become the KC Sonics in a few years. (hopefully)

Wouldnt it be nice to see Oden or Durant play in KC???

Yes that would be awesome, but i'm guessing they go to OKC if they move.

Sure-Oz · 05-24-2007, 11:43 AM

I dont understand how the lottery works, it should just be the same asthe NFL worst team gets first pick

Sure-Oz · 05-24-2007, 11:44 AM

Celt's likely will draft Yao II or Jap Dirk, or the next Zhu Zhu Wang

Deberg_1990 · 05-24-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

I dont understand how the lottery works, it should just be the same asthe NFL worst team gets first pick

It did used to be that way.....

I think they started the Lottery in 1984 for the reasons already mentioned.

If i remember right, Patrick Ewing was the first lottery pick??

**noa** · 05-24-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

I think what ESPN is trying to say is that we have two amazing superstars coming into this league, yet the extreme majority of the population will not be able to see their games on a regular basis. West coast games tend to start as late as 9:30 or 10:00 at night on the east coast, and very few will regularly stay up to watch. Even for us in KC, who can honestly say they have stayed up to watch a few regular season west coast games during the week?

It's great for Portland, Seattle, and the rest of the west coast, but I don't think there's any doubt that the NBA lost some money and marketing power with the results of the draft lottery.

Not only that, but it furthers the discrepancy of talent between the Eastern and Western Conferences.
Still, I'm happy they ended up in the West so they can play against the likes of Garnett, Duncan, Kobe, Amare, and Dirk more often.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 05-24-2007, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

Care to refute anything I said?

In this age of DTV and sports programming packages, I don't think it's nearly the issue the hacks like Stephen A Smith are making it on ESPN.

Personally, I think it goes both ways.

Who on the West Coast is going to leave work early and rush home to watch a Knicks/Celtics game starting at 4:30 local time? Where are the WC'ers bitching?

But people in LA, Phoenix, Denver, Utah, etc who are true BB fans will probably watch Portland/Seattle on nights when their team isn't playing.

East Coast fans watch mostly East Coast games, and West Coast fans watch mostly West Coast games. Oden and Durant are not going to change that. Ratings aren't going to be any different, IMO

**OnTheWarpath15** · 05-24-2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by noa

Not only that, but it furthers the discrepancy of talent between the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Let's rig the draft lottery so the first 5 picks are EC teams.....//David Stern

SithCeNtZ · 05-24-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

In this age of DTV and sports programming packages, I don't think it's nearly the issue the hacks like Stephen A Smith are making it on ESPN.

Personally, I think it goes both ways.

Who on the West Coast is going to leave work early and rush home to watch a Knicks/Celtics game starting at 4:30 local time? Where are the WC'ers bitching?

But people in LA, Phoenix, Denver, Utah, etc who are true BB fans will probably watch Portland/Seattle on nights when their team isn't playing.

East Coast fans watch mostly East Coast games, and West Coast fans watch mostly West Coast games. Oden and Durant are not going to change that. Ratings aren't going to be any different, IMO

Bingo. Plus everyone seems to forget that they do play teams on the east/central time zone. By my count they play 26 times in those regions. So if you move a few home games for either team to saturday/sunday afternoon, you get almost half of their games able to be on tv for the east/central time zone people.

BIG_DADDY · 05-24-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

I agree that it sucks, but apparently it's also profitable.

Apparently so is trying to buy your championships every year but it doesn't make it good for the game.

eazyb81 · 05-24-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

In this age of DTV and sports programming packages, I don't think it's nearly the issue the hacks like Stephen A Smith are making it on ESPN.

Personally, I think it goes both ways.

Who on the West Coast is going to leave work early and rush home to watch a Knicks/Celtics game starting at 4:30 local time? Where are the WC'ers bitching?

It definitely goes both ways, but from a business perspective, they stand to make a lot more money by bringing in the east coast viewers rather than the west coast. There are simply a lot more potential customers in the east than there are out west.

BIG_DADDY · 05-24-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Let's rig the draft lottery so the first 5 picks are EC teams.....//David Stern

BIG_DADDY · 05-24-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

It definitely goes both ways, but from a business perspective, they stand to make a lot more money by bringing in the east coast viewers rather than the west coast. There are simply a lot more potential customers in the east than there are out west.

The system has to be fair for the sport to thrive to it's potential, period.

The East coast misses out on all kinds of good things, MMA for example. Is it any wonder ESPN won't cover it and opts to show kickboxing from 15 years ago instead? Being from the West coast I hate ESPN. Their bias is BS. I watch it as little as possible.

Silock · 05-24-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

I think what ESPN is trying to say is that we have two amazing superstars coming into this league, yet the extreme majority of the population will not be able to see their games on a regular basis. West coast games tend to start as late as 9:30 or 10:00 at night on the east coast, and very few will regularly stay up to watch. Even for us in KC, who can honestly say they have stayed up to watch a few regular season west coast games during the week?

It's great for Portland, Seattle, and the rest of the west coast, but I don't think there's any doubt that the NBA lost some money and marketing power with the results of the draft lottery.

They're losing money and marketing power because they SUCK. Period.

Look at the Knicks and the boneheaded moves they made. It's no one's fault west of the Mississippi that they're so reeruned but their own.

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