According to this ( https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2023 ) We were 28th in average attendance last season for home games. It's sad because the teams near us are small markets. 01. Bulls: 20,527 ... 12. Pistons: 18,529 ... 21. Wizards: 17,328 ... 25. Spurs: 16,937 26. Pelicans: 16,772 27. Wolves: 16,768 28. Rockets: 16,313 29. Pacers: 15,647 30. Thunder: 15,534 In 2018, we were 16th (17,900) in average attendance. 99.2% filled (13th). In 2023, we are 28th (16,313) in average attendance. 90.4% filled (25th). Hopefully the number will go up this year with the new faces.
What if the international players are acknowledged to be the best players in the world? Still only a regional champ with all the best players in the world in the league?
A regional champ with the best players........You have to change the format! Not the players. BTW The NBA is actually adapting to Euroleague format, the In-Season tournament is called Cup Games in European sports The problem is our understanding.......for the fans best players is enough. But for everyone else who is professional you need to revamp a national league into a bigger stage and flying them across the world. Games against the best clubs or national teams even if you please every week. Make it playoff games atmosphere and not Pre-season atmosphere. Costs too much money. The NBA is just not going to do that. You could become Silver and try changing that.
If you put an NBA team on an island and let them only play inferior competition instead of fellow NBA teams, their quality will drop. That is natural. That is why NBA teams would not leave the NBA and only play against foreign teams. Sports is unpredictable, that is so refreshing ....
NBA team rosters get refreshed whenever contracts expire. They almost always get the best of the best. With the NBA implementing in season tournaments I hope they invite Real Madrid and other teams to join. Let's see how good these other teams are when NBA is (semi) serious.
You see that now why Euro teams are getting better and there is more cooperation. In the past NBA teams were just sticking to North America and only play exhibition games outside. Once you see NBA teams sharing the wealth and competition across the world, things were going to balance itself out. It was coming. You can only call yourself world champ legitimately if there was a fair competition with everyone from the world playing regularly against each other. And not hoarding talents and monopolize at one destination. Parity is now the trending word - in the NBA itself as well. Better role players that can compete with star players. Decimate super teams.
What hoarding are you talking about? It's not the NBA's fault they pay the most lol. NBA will be and remain a monopoly unless Euro teams match their salary.
