Put the trophy at half court and make the scoreboard bigger/feel like the finals
— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) June 5, 2023
Much like Tyrese Haliburton, I also hate the minimalist scoreboard design from ESPN, especially compared to last year when they had vibrant colors and the golden version of the Warriors and Celtics team logo. Also that small ass trophy on the side with YouTube TV and NBA finals written on it is not enough at all for the occasion.
by Unique-Warning7798
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They should have the actual trophy sitting at half court at the scorers table.
And for cheese points, move it towards whichever bench is leading the series (but not really this)
[soul](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx27DDdWIAAJXOv?format=jpg&name=medium) vs [soulless](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx27DDcXoAI491A?format=jpg&name=large)
Production value has really dropped off across the nba. The finals used to have this premium look to it. All the fans colour blocking, the court with PHYSICAL decals, scoreboard with gold accents. Now it’s just stick an ad anywhere we can. The crowd doesn’t wear the same colour. Video production sucks. Digital overlay with the finals logo (not even a finals logo Tbh, just a YouTube TV as). It’s just less hyped when viewing
I knew I liked this guy
I heard the Finals decal/sticker was making players slip. Could be a rumor I am repeating.
But yes, I agree with due to technology and where we are going, the NBA finals doesn’t seem as “classic” and “nostalgic” anymore.
2021 Scorebug was perfect imo
wtf has happened to espn’s production quality recently? even the christmas day games felt off
ESPN: Best I can do is put a huge graphic of all the Heat undrafted players during a live play.
I actually don’t mind what they’ve done with the trophy; it’s still close to mid court while not feeling overbearing, I like the text overlay, and it’s a nice solid golden color
But the scoreboard fucking sucks. It’s the exact same one they use in the regular season. The 2022 ones were clean as hell, bring those back
I feel like an old man for complaining about these things, but glad Tyrese is saying this. The crowd, the scorebug, lack of Finals logos, etc – it all feels like a regular season game. For corporations like ESPN and NBA that puts billions into manufacturing hype, they are missing easy opportunities.
When he says scoreboard, does he mean the current score as it appears onscreen?
And force the fans to wear the same color team shirts. Tell the NBA!!
I miss them announcing the starting 5 and players walked from behind the large trophy.
I honestly don’t get the NBAs marketing strategy. They keep trying to push and promote the redesigned Larry OB, but what better way to do that then to actually put the trophy on the court???
I was talking about the court last night and how ridiculous it looked. At one point, I counted 5 mf’n YouTube TV logos on the screen at once. The amount of ads they were spamming was incredible. And it looked to be mostly digital.
I think you will see a lot of analysts and NBA personalities dunk on the ratings of this finals for being trash, but as always it falls heavily on the NBA itself and how they have been marketing this matchup.
The most blatant is the lack of excitement/aura of this finals without stuff like scoreboards, logos, etc. It’s feels like just another round of the playoffs instead of the culmination of an entire NBA season.
All even more frustrating when it’s so easy for fans to create the marketable story lines for them i.e. Heat and Jimmy Cinderella run, Jokic and the Nuggets first ring, coaching battle.
how are they going to super impose adds o the court if they spend their time actually making a better product?
ESPN uses all their production value on their 30 for 30s lmfao
Agreed, let’s bring back the glory days of basketball production. Maybe we can start by swapping out halftime shows for actual basketball games?
I loved the huge trophy decal as well but that gotta be a huge slipping hazard.
Meanwhile, also ESPN:
ESPN blocks play on television with an enormous Heat undrafted players graphic
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/140vzvv/highlight_espn_blocks_play_on_television_with_an/
My biggest gripe regarding the production value today is player introductions. Where the fuck is the hype? We go from uninspired pre-game talk to commercials, straight to tip off.
[Are we never](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8gXugd4z4k) [going to see ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kiimEsYc)[this again?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcyYl-Bk60A)
It makes me so fucking irrationally angry. They are killing their product for greed. Fuck those fucking commercials. Bullshit.
They didn’t even bother to make a finals theme scoreboard. I wonder if they just didn’t give a shit when Denver and Miami was the matchup? Also they got rid of the 2 [great](https://youtu.be/e8uFgySSRT4) [music](https://youtu.be/JXXw10Mtzes). These 2 songs should never be replaced. It’s like I’m watching a regular season game and not the NBA finals because the effort to make the aura as the NBA finals is not there.
Fans need to fucking wear white t shirts to the game cause the teams give you a t shirt. Fuck your jersey. Fuck your special Serbia national team jersey. Where the t shirts!!! That shit looks dope!!!
Also, WHY DOES THE HOME TEAM NOT WEAR WHITE!!!!!!!
I think the scoreboard should stay small and clean but the ads on the floor are really distasteful
agreed – the finals need to be treated more like a spectacle, the finals need to be visually presented like a bigger deal – the trophy on the court, change in scoreboard and so on are great ways of doing this
[they should do something like this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5paYE6UcAAuIII?format=jpg&name=large) but with a digital layover on the court
I absolutely hate that computer generated youtube finals logo on the court looks terrible along with the on court ads