Finals ratings prove it. Let’s recap:

1999- 29 million watched the year before and it dropped to 16 million. Though it was the first Finals after MJ retired so can’t fault the Spurs for that.

2003- 15.7 million watched the Lakers sweep the Nets the year before. Drops to 9.9 million viewers

2005- 18 million watched Lakers/Pistons the year before. Down to 12.5 million for this one

2007- 13 million watched Heat/Mavs the year before. Down to 9.3 million for this juggernaut

2013 and 2014- 16.9 million watched Heat/Thunder in 2012. 2013 actually went up to 17.5 million, but 2014 went back down to 15.5 million

So in essence, why do fans seem to loathe the Spurs? And I can only imagine how much the NBA loved having ratings drop whenever they made it.

  • richard_golbes@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Because the fans are either Europeans who of course decide to be Spurs fans and then obnoxiously dog-whistle about “culture” and playing the “right way” or Americans who decide to be Spurs fans and then obnoxiously dog-whistle about “culture” and playing the “right way”.

  • Hurricane_08@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This may come as a shock to you, but most of the world doesn’t care about anything that happens in San Antonio, Texas.

  • adventureland8@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    For me, as stupid as it sounds…I think the whole black and silver/white color scheme makes for a boring watch. The Spurs, Nets, Raiders are all super boring teams to watch. If I’m watching a sports event as a neutral fan…I tend to enjoy more visually stimulating uniforms and logos. Kind of weird I guess.

  • WTFisaCelsius@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The Duncan era Spurs is my favorite team of all time. Casual fans found them boring because they didn’t play flashy. No alley-oops, very few dunks. Just tons of ball movement.

  • Samsonite901@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There’s clearly a lack of fans if you are going by ratings. There’s no relation to hate. This post is dumb.

  • thesch@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Are you really confused as to why Finals that had the Shaq/Kobe Lakers got better ratings than Finals that had the Big Fundamental?