Stylizer1
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To be fair Christmas day was always all day NBA. 12, 3, 6, 9pm. The NFL put on 2 duds. No one wants to get hurt before the playoffs.
3 point shot killing the NBA?
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Terry Yake
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NFL did 5x the ratings than the NBA "on their day" with 2 stinkers on a subscription only streaming platform
Like I said, total little brother energy from Lebron and the NBA. NBA ratings on the day were up so that is good, but Lebron should've kept the NFL out of his mouth so they deserve this 5x L
NFL is gonna rightfully claim Christmas now lol
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LevelingSolo
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It’s a mix of that and star players deciding when they feel like playing
It’s also so damn predictable
It’s also so damn predictable
Stylizer1
Teflon Don
That's not it. So many people have given up their cable for streaming. That's why those games got the numbers they did. Also being the first many people checked it out like the inaugural NBA cup. Sports is going to move over to streaming so the ones on cable will see diminishing numbers. Not a shock. Also those NFL games were also on TV taking views from the NBA.
As I previously said, when Steph and Bron hang it up, the biggest basketball star on the planet is Caitlin Clark. If the NBA doesn't fix things, they will become less relevant than the WNBA.
BKIslandersFan
F*** off
This is it more than anything else. Why bother tuning in top regular season game when you know there is a good chance star players are not playing?
Blackhawkswincup
RIP Fugu
This highlights 3's but the passing, defense, etc is all terrible here. There is literally no structure anymore and its just basically a bunch of guys playing basketball equivalent of pond hockey (street ball/park ball maybe best phrase)
I watched a couple minutes of a game recently and it was the worst basketball I have ever seen
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InjuredChoker
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tldw; there has been again a spike in 3 point attempts this season; however, the primary point isn't to shoot 3s, it is to increase spacing and get an uncontested layup. if defenses prevent that, you'll get an open a 3.
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'Literally don't care': Redick responds to Barkley's job security comments
The Lakers coach kept his words on Charles Barkley brief after the analyst criticized Redick's team and questioned his job security on a broadcast.
"[Redick] said something about we're the reason people ain't watching this crappy product we got. ... Yeah, us," Barkley said. "Like we're out there jacking up a hundred 3s a night."
When Redick first broached the ratings issue, he argued against the widespread belief that the volume of 3-point shots being taken is prompting too many teams to play the same style and making the games less interesting.
"I don't think the league is as homogenized as a lot of people make it out to be," Redick said at the time. "There are certain rosters and certain players that because of their skill set, it makes sense to shoot a lot of 3s. What I think gets lost a little bit in the amount of 3-point attempts is what has been taken away, which is a steady decline in long 2s."
Redick said that 3s have also led to an uptick in points near the basket, as defenses cannot simply clog the inside because they must have personnel spread out on the perimeter to guard deep shots.
"The 3 has allowed more space for people to actually score at the rim and score in the paint," Redick said. "So that's the strategy."
