NBA has problems...

[Wagerallsports]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032614570783604793

 

[azbob]

Maybe they should just start calling traveling.

 

[jjgold]

Paris is right it’s a disgrace what’s going on

 

[Wagerallsports]

Did you guys see game the other night where refs not only awarded the wrong team the ball, but both teams got flip-flopped playing in wrong direction

 

[Wagerallsports]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032632993333023124

 

[Tanko]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032632993333023124

JFC.... Unbeliveable.
It wasn't the start of a quarter either so no excuse for that level of ignorance.

 

[jjgold]

Steve Kerr is one of the problems. I can’t believe he gets all that money to be a mediocre team.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Maybe they should just start calling traveling.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2034268629387051506

 

[Wagerallsports]

Maybe they should just start calling traveling.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2034968130120720780

 

[Wagerallsports]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2036628969823555980

 

[jjgold]

Do you see the scores? It’s ridiculous and then the playoffs it’s the opposite.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Do you see the scores? It’s ridiculous and then the playoffs it’s the opposite.

Imagine what MJ would average per game/season today

 

[Wagerallsports]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041348157972574441

 

[Wagerallsports]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043542117843107873

 

[Tanko]

Wow.... 25% of the league isn't worth watching. I'm a little surprised ratings haven't taken an even bigger dive since 2020.

We'll never get back to the late 90s or early 2000s level of viewship. Too many other entertainment options out there now for people.

 

[theriver55]

The numbers are in, and the NBA says Year 1 of its new television deals were a hit.

The league released numbers for the regular season Wednesday showing that 170 million people in the U.S. watched NBA games across the league's four primary broadcast platforms: ABC/ESPN, Amazon Prime Video, NBC/Peacock and NBA TV.

Those numbers are the league's best in 24 years, the NBA said, and represented an 86% rise over last season.

Prime Video was part of the NBA's television rights package for the first time this season, and NBC/Peacock returned for the first time in a generation. The league signed a new 11-year, $76 billion-plus media rights deal in 2024 that kicked in at the start of this season.

Other highlights of the viewership numbers:

 

[Tanko]

The numbers are in, and the NBA says Year 1 of its new television deals were a hit.

The league released numbers for the regular season Wednesday showing that 170 million people in the U.S. watched NBA games across the league's four primary broadcast platforms: ABC/ESPN, Amazon Prime Video, NBC/Peacock and NBA TV.

Those numbers are the league's best in 24 years, the NBA said, and represented an 86% rise over last season.

Prime Video was part of the NBA's television rights package for the first time this season, and NBC/Peacock returned for the first time in a generation. The league signed a new 11-year, $76 billion-plus media rights deal in 2024 that kicked in at the start of this season.

Other highlights of the viewership numbers:

This is kind of hard to believe..... Best in 24 yrs????

 

[theriver55]

This is kind of hard to believe..... Best in 24 yrs????

agree Tanko but think the legal gaming Landscape in USA is a major factor.

 

[jjgold]

The majority of games have been terrible the whole year it’s not even I don’t even know what it actually is anymore. It’s like an All-Star game.

 

[azbob]

They changed the way they were measuring and reporting ratings so all sports have had huge "increases" in viewership primarily because of incorporating additional viewers. That was a change in 2025 so everything is artificially increased. We will have to wait for 2026 to end before we get back to apples v apples year over year trends. Meanwhile, anyone with a brain understands the NBA game is terrible.