Must have a .500 record to have a lights out introduction

[...something about folks previously mentioning the NBA moving closer to the WWE...]

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Dude shut your ass up! Why does it matter to you?! Let them do whatever please. Why you mad though lol

 

Im sorry, do not agree. Fans come to games to be entertained. That intro might be the most entertaining part of the game.

 

The Cavs introduce the visiting team to NWO music, which is fantastic.

 

Ladies and gentlemen... Here comes our crappy team. Let's boo them because you know they suck and you know they are going to suck in this game. Most likely they will be clubbed like baby seals tonight just like most nights... Tell yourselves that you are a sucker paying ridiculous money to come watch this team.... Now let me introduce...

Awesome introduction!

 

Would really get the players fired up, amiright?

 

Teams below 15%: Players must shuffle out slowly, single file, with funeral music playing, accompanied by professional mourners.

 

Well there will be occasions where sub .500 teams will beat defending champs.

 

b****. b****. b****. Moan all you want. You are not changing even this nit.

 

Actually they should make bigger intros for the worse teams. They have fewer chances to cheer so get in as much as they can up front.

Also play first run movies on the jumbotron simultaneously.

 

Boozer will be really disappointed. How can he scream "AND ONE!" when his team is 0-5 and down by 20 with that kind of ambiance? That's his only real happiness. Don't take it away from him.

 

It's entertainment. Most fans only go once or twice. They and their kids deserve a show. But what it means is that when they do win a title their should be a bigger finale and bigger introductions. So get creative nba.

 

Bob Ryan is just being a bully. Winning a or losing, let the team promote their players how they want.

 

disagree with the OP... fans paid their money, give e, their fanfare... if aint happenin on the court, all the more reason to do during the intro...

on a humorous note... maybe instead of an intro, crappy teams can do a big screen collage of top picks from the upcoming lottery... "Perhaps coming soon to your Philadelphia 76ers - Top prospect X!" ..gotta give the fans something to get excited about...

 

Skip player introductions all together and have the cheerleaders do teh secksy dance.

 

We should incentivize winning. Losing teams should stay in motels, travel on a bus and home games are played in high school stadiums where bag os chips is the only thing you can buy

 

I don't agree with the OP, but I do agree with everyone else here - if I'm paying money to watch an NBA game, I better be hella entertained, or I'm going to walk away peeved. If the first game one goes to is boring, that will definitely influence the decision on going to future games. (Season tix holders notwithstanding.)

But aside from that, how are you supposed to know if a team is going to be sub .500 before the season starts? If PHX never got an introduction last year based on everyone everywhere predicting they'd be one of the worst teams in the NBA, people would look foolish now, wouldn't they?

 

The player introductions are a huge part of home court advantage.

 

I don't think this thread turned out the way the poster thought it would. Not a good idea or thought at all....

 

Change the introductions format all together.

Have the HC come out and introduce all of his players one by one: their names, where they were born, favorite pizza topping, movie, color and Harry Potter character. Then maybe depending on the coach's mood, have the players read out a poem they wrote before the game.