You’d think the bubble finals would have more viewers since everyone was pretty much just at home.
coyote3
The Warriors play beautiful basketball. Not just the shooting and the movement offense, but their defense was magnificent. To me their ability to lock down on defense was the best part, and the biggest thing they’re missing now.
Tecmo_91
NBA canāt be happy about ratings being down 50% in 7 years. Probably gonna get worse, CBA is so restrictive at this point that we may not see any truly great teams/dynasties for a long time. Funny so many fans claimed at the time the Warriors were ruining the NBA, yet watched every minute.
FNF51
Steph vs Bron 2015-18 was must watch TV
DaimyoJ
Whether it be NBA or NFL, Bay Area teams put up numbers on television
changerofbits
The graph seems off to me, like 2017 seems less than 2x 2021, even though the number difference is >2x. And 2020 should be almost 1/3 of 2017 by the numbers and it doesnāt look like it is. Might be an optical thing, but it doesnāt look like it.
manchi90
The Steph Effect.
Late-Application1072
Wish nba n the nba refs also recognised this..rather than their compulsion of finding a new Jordan in LeGm
c0gvortex
But I thought everyone hated those years. I thought there was “no parity” and “everyone just knew it would be the warriors and cavs so why even watch?” How’s all that going now?
imminentjogger5
the league + CJ McCollum and the NBA PA did it to themselves pushing for “parity” aka punishing the Warriors for drafting well
xanroeld
Yes, Steph and the Warriors mean viewership, but really it was the tremendous combination of Steph and Lebron and their amazing rivalry that yielded the best numbers
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Wait. There were Finals in 2020?!?!
You’d think the bubble finals would have more viewers since everyone was pretty much just at home.
The Warriors play beautiful basketball. Not just the shooting and the movement offense, but their defense was magnificent. To me their ability to lock down on defense was the best part, and the biggest thing they’re missing now.
NBA canāt be happy about ratings being down 50% in 7 years. Probably gonna get worse, CBA is so restrictive at this point that we may not see any truly great teams/dynasties for a long time. Funny so many fans claimed at the time the Warriors were ruining the NBA, yet watched every minute.
Steph vs Bron 2015-18 was must watch TV
Whether it be NBA or NFL, Bay Area teams put up numbers on television
The graph seems off to me, like 2017 seems less than 2x 2021, even though the number difference is >2x. And 2020 should be almost 1/3 of 2017 by the numbers and it doesnāt look like it is. Might be an optical thing, but it doesnāt look like it.
The Steph Effect.
Wish nba n the nba refs also recognised this..rather than their compulsion of finding a new Jordan in LeGm
But I thought everyone hated those years. I thought there was “no parity” and “everyone just knew it would be the warriors and cavs so why even watch?” How’s all that going now?
the league + CJ McCollum and the NBA PA did it to themselves pushing for “parity” aka punishing the Warriors for drafting well
Yes, Steph and the Warriors mean viewership, but really it was the tremendous combination of Steph and Lebron and their amazing rivalry that yielded the best numbers
Always playing LeBron didnāt hurt