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Originally Posted by dirk digler
Finally someone in the national eye says what I have been saying for years. There is alot of reasons why NBA viewership is down, as articulated by others in this thread but IMHO the biggest reason is because the regular season doesn't matter and people will find something to watch that does.
When the playoffs start I bet you see viewership increase significantly but if it doesn't then they got larger issues.
Shorten the season and start the season on Christmas. The best regular season in recent NBA history was the strike shorten season several years ago. Make the regular season great again!
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I think regular season matters plenty. There are factors outside of this that make reg season games meaningless.
First silver has gotta figure this injury report shit out. Even the best teams are tanking games left and right because they’re aggressively managing minutes for their stars. Of course a fan is going to think a regular season game is bs when they travel hours to see a game only for their favorite player to benched for a hangnail a few minutes before tip. That goes as well for nba coaches who throw in the towel with a full quarter to go.
Coaches giving up games like this is also way more likely to happen because of shot chucking. Teams either blow out or get blown out early depending on if they’re hot or cold with their shot chucking. Also because the nba gets greedy with scheduling and constantly sign up back to back to back travel days. So most teams nowadays pick 1 of those days to “tank” to save up for games that matter.
Schedule games more logically and with player rest and safety in mind. Do something, anything, to curb blowouts. Force teams to cut this shit out with shady injury report practices. Maybe even consider less playoff teams to add more skin to the game.