2021-2022 NBA Season

[shopson67]

And it would make sense if sports ever did well ratings wise on the West Coast. It’s essentially them maximizing revenue by taking the 80 some percent of viewers and tacking on another 20% to straddle the viewing times

The early games on the East coast are squarely during dinner hours on the West coast, which has to hurt ratings too. Even in the central, those games start at 6 or 6:30pm.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

The early games on the East coast are squarely during dinner hours on the West coast, which has to hurt ratings too. Even in the central, those games start at 6 or 6:30pm.

I'd be fine settling on 8 pm

But when you get into 9 pm or later it is getting ridiculous.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

I mean...just fuck any kid with a decent bed time who would like to watch UNC/Kansas. That's my issue with MLB also. Seriously.....you wonder why kids don't jive with your sport and yet you expect them to stay up until midnight to watch a game.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Thanks for proving my point that you only pay attention to numbers that benefit your guy. All other numbers are junk.

The other day you even went as far as to say the Nuggets are force-feeding Jokic this season because Murray & MPJ are out & that's the reason he averages 27.0 ppg. But last season when Murray & MJP were healthy Jokic averaged 26.4.

So you're saying that averaging a whopping .6 more per game is stat stuffing. Funny stuff.

Actually I was referring to his rebound totals

 

[Iggloo]

So is Bron down in Cancun with Nick Van Exel yet?

 

[shopson67]

I mean...just fuck any kid with a decent bed time who would like to watch UNC/Kansas. That's my issue with MLB also. Seriously.....you wonder why kids don't jive with your sport and yet you expect them to stay up until midnight to watch a game.

It's pretty simple, put the NCAA championship games on the weekend (football and basketball).

 

[Stakesarehigh]

It's pretty simple, put the NCAA championship games on the weekend (football and basketball).

Agree

 

[fightinfunbags]

The early games on the East coast are squarely during dinner hours on the West coast, which has to hurt ratings too. Even in the central, those games start at 6 or 6:30pm.

And East Coast sports fans generally don’t give a fuck. We work our schedules around sports. Right or wrong, it’s pretty damn important around here in the North east corridor. In the South it’s more college sports than pro sports but it’s the same die hard nature. The West Coast? Not so much. Tip of the cap to you guys. There’s probably more interesting shit to do ha.

 

[shopson67]

And East Coast sports fans generally don’t give a fuck. We work our schedules around sports. Right or wrong, it’s pretty damn important around here in the North east corridor. In the South it’s more college sports than pro sports but it’s the same die hard nature. The West Coast? Not so much. Tip of the cap to you guys. There’s probably more interesting shit to do ha.

Don't include me in that, I'm in NY lol.

For the West coast guys, it can be a tough sell to put the game on at 4:30pm through dinner if they're married lol. They've got it made on NFL Sundays though, with games starting at 10am. I was in San Diego for 6 months and we'd hit Seau's sports bar by 10 and hang through lunch at least.

 

[Iggloo]

On the worst armpit state debate, it's Mississippi. Louisiana has similarly bad areas but also some great areas. Mississippi is abysmal, and also extremely racist.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Don't include me in that, I'm in NY lol.

For the West coast guys, it can be a tough sell to put the game on at 4:30pm through dinner if they're married lol. They've got it made on NFL Sundays though, with games starting at 10am. I was in San Diego for 6 months and we'd hit Seau's sports bar by 10 and hang through lunch at least.

Point being though why does the smaller population dictate the larger one. Half the country lives in EST

 

[thunderc]

@thunderc

I know, I didn’t know anything about him and I’m watching last night and he makes a sky hook lol

 

[fightinfunbags]

On the worst armpit state debate, it's Mississippi. Louisiana has similarly bad areas but also some great areas. Mississippi is abysmal, and also extremely racist.

It will be Mississippi again when I need to manufacture a similar insult in that context. But for today it’s Ohio.

 

[tlance]

It's pretty simple, put the NCAA championship games on the weekend (football and basketball).

They can’t for basketball.

The Final 4 has to be on a weekend.

Otherwise the second game would run even later.

 

[Wamu]

It will be Mississippi again when I need to manufacture a similar insult in that context. But for today it’s Ohio.

Careful taking shots at my home state. I won't get into details in this thread. But if you'd like I'll gladly remind you in the other NBA thread about the state you're in. And what they did after the election. Let's just say they were questioning things.

 

[shopson67]

Point being though why does the smaller population dictate the larger one. Half the country lives in EST

What is it dictating? 9pm is prime time, that's all they care about. Just over half ISN'T in the EST (as of 2015).

 

[shopson67]

They can’t for basketball.

The Final 4 has to be on a weekend.

Otherwise the second game would run even later.

Just make the championship game the following week. Players would be better rested and better prepared.

 

[CitySushi]

I mean...just fuck any kid with a decent bed time who would like to watch UNC/Kansas. That's my issue with MLB also. Seriously.....you wonder why kids don't jive with your sport and yet you expect them to stay up until midnight to watch a game.

 

[thunderc]

What is it dictating? 9pm is prime time, that's all they care about. Just over half ISN'T in the EST (as of 2015).

Can’t we find something better to argue about?

 

[CitySushi]

But they don’t watch more sports. Sports ratings from the West Coast demographic are traditionally poor and that's with a focus from TV execs to make sure the West Coast is included.

Can't speak for ALL sports, but with respects to Basketball, that's just incorrect.

Which markets deliver the highest ratings for national NBA games?

Which markets have delivered the highest ratings for national NBA games this season? Some cities in the top-10 will surprise you.

www.basketballnews.com

These are the ratings through Feb 16th, 2022. The top 10 markets that observe Nationally televised games were heavily dominated by "West Coast" markets.

1. New Orleans
2. San Francisco
3. Memphis
4. Raleigh-Durham
5. Sacramento
6. Los Angeles
7. Atlanta
8. Norfolk
9. Birmingham
10. Richmond.

Of the top 6, 5 of them have teams directly in the Western Conference.