I'll watch my Rockets, but outside that I'm done with the NBA

I agree. I'm not sure what system the NBA could create. This though is lame

 

Ditto. The NBA will definitely feel the negative effects of the KD move. There are enough people out there losing interest in the league that it will move the needle in terms of future ratings, which will likely drop after game 3 and not recover for awhile. Even if 5% of viewers stop tuning in (likely much bigger drop), I think that can spell doom for the NBA going forward once the new TV deals are to be negotiated.

 

the max contract system destroyed the NBA

if players could get paid the % of the cap they are worth, super teams wouldn't happen

but the players association would never go for it as it means fewer players getting a larger share of the money

I only watched the Rockets out of habit, now I won't even do that

 

I'll be honest. Obviously I'm a huge Lebron Troll hater. It's mostly due to people like Nick Wright or all the other rejects that are just too much on is Nutt's and don't recognize his failures at all.

I went to 30 Rockets games this years guys. I missed game 6 against the Spurs because I was in NYC watching the Astros skull **** the Yankees.

I can honestly say I'm not an NBA fan, even tho I went to 30 NBA games this year.
I'm a Rockets fan, and that's that.
As much as I hate Lebron, I'm only watching the finals because of him.
If Boston made the finals, I wouldn't be watching a single minute.

Love the Rocket to death!!! But the NBA is a pathetic product with a pretty poor audience.

 

GS Warriors super team > Miami Heat
as far as how far ahead of the rest of the league

With the heat . . .you thought that their role players could fail or being overcome.

With the Warriors. . . they don't really have but 1 role player on their starters
and that is Pachula/or whatever is in the Center Position - The one position that the NBA has made irrelevent
Coming off the bench they have two very good role players

I don't mind them as a team but I'm not watching them
I am just sickened by the Front Runners.
The people that want to claim now how KD is the best player in the league

Sorry . . when you don't have the responsibility of carrying a team . . . . you not the best player in the league.
Lebron, Harden, Westbrook, Isiah Thomas, Kawhi . . . .they have this responsibility

KD, Curry, Green and Klay really don't. . . . .

Rocket River

 

It was a freak occurrence with the crazy one time cap jump.

It sucks, but the system isn't flawed to the point where it should be drastically restructured. Wait out the Warriors dynasty and the league should be back to normal after that.

 

You All need to learn about gambling. I care about point spreads and over unders. I don't give a crap about one team dominating or the team names or who's on that team. I care if they can win By 9 points or not.

 

#kneejerkthread #seeyounextseason

 

Agree. Aint even watching finals!

 

Asterisk

 

Not necessarily OP, since he's just done with it after tonight, but I generally believe someone when they tell me they haven't been watching, when they don't talk about it, at all. Don't know about it, or care when you ask them a question or something.

Less so when people come into basketball forums during the game, start new threads & seek out game threads to post about how they didn't watch any of it, but still have very strong opinions about all of this.

 

I haven't watched one minute of this series but I still know what's going on whether I want to or not. Tonight, I've been watching college baseball on ESPNU and the Finals score is scrolled across the bottom of the screen every few minutes. Not to mention if you go on a sports website to check stats or baseball scores then you're bound to see it as well.

 

you mean the NBA is still playing games?

Heck, the good thing about baseball that even with the super teams (Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox) you have small market teams that always rise and contend. This year you have the Astros (yes, I know we are the third largest city, but in sports we are a small market) as the most notable example, but also the Twins. the Rockies, and even the DBacks. So even though the Yankees can toss $$$'s at players you have teams that win with what they got. And while the Yankees will contend almost every year, other teams regularly sneak and and win.

The NBA? Sure, in years past it was the Celtics. The Lakers. But other teams snuck in too. Anyone honestly think a team will sneak in? Sure, we can wait it out but at least for the next few years, tip of the hat to the Warriors front office and system and... there are other sports/things to watch.

 

I haven't watched a single game since the Rockets got eliminated . I'm a young guy in a city and a Netflix account ; why waste my time watching boring basketball with so many other entertainment options? I think the NFL is going to be my new sports fix.

 

Lmao, youre Late to the party OP

I watched every Rockets game this past season

I probably watched a combined 40 minutes of all other regular season games not involving the Rockets and 5 minutes of non Rocket playoff games, most of that being just waiting for the Rockets when they are the 2nd game on National TV

 

You'd still watch if we had a super team and we're destroying others...

 

Exactly this. It's simple macro, and it really seems like the NBA didn't hire a single economist when creating this environment.

 

Do you think GSW's fan base can sustain 30 NBA teams, if not, then you should also be concerned.

 

Competition doesn't equal good product. Rockets are much less watchable(some of the worst games to watch when they take 50+ threes and miss most of them) than the Warriors even if every Rockets game is close and Warriors win by +20.