***Official NBA 2024-25 Season Thread***

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
Curry hasn't been the face for several years now. Lebron and Curry are still top guys for the league, but they aren't the clear cut guys anymore.

Idk if there is one right now. Giannis was looking like that guy but that hype has slowed down a bit.

Lebron was the guy for a while, then Curry for a bit, now the league is kinda in limbo.

Imo, Wemby will be that in a couple of years.

I'm still confused about - "no wonder the sport suck" lol

How does Curry (an all time great who is clearly moving up in the top 10 list) being the face of the league make the sport suck? What is the correlation?

What a f**king weird thing to say.

Sport was more popular in the past with better star players

LOL I guess Lebron, Steph, and KD arent good enough for you. All 3 being top 10 All time players and all. Not to mention Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, and so many great young players now. There are great players in every generation including this one even if there is no MJ playing now.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by blizzuntz:
If we are talking IG , Bron has like 160 M

But I'm confused, John said jersey sales prove curry is face of nba

but you're saying social media indicates popularity, which Lebron dominates

The word that comes to mind is , multifactorial.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Well Lebron has like 50 m followers and curry has like 17m, and I'm told curry is the face of the nba

do I'm unclear on rules of this discussion

NBA has like 130M followers between Twitter & Insta and NFL has around 65M followers.

So, how is NBA less popular today?

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Well Lebron has like 50 m followers and curry has like 17m, and I'm told curry is the face of the nba

do I'm unclear on rules of this discussion

NBA has like 130M followers between Twitter & Insta and NFL has around 65M followers.

So, how is NBA less popular today?

Tv ratings

i don't think they had Twitter in 1996

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Well Lebron has like 50 m followers and curry has like 17m, and I'm told curry is the face of the nba

do I'm unclear on rules of this discussion

NBA has like 130M followers between Twitter & Insta and NFL has around 65M followers.

So, how is NBA less popular today?

Tv ratings

i don't think they had Twitter in 1996

Twitter exists for both NFL and NBA - how come NBA has twice as many followers? Do ppl follow things they're not interested in?

NBA had games on NBC in the 90s - and used to broadcast about 30 games nationally during the regular season in mid to late 90s lol - NBA was so popular in 90s that they wouldn't even broadcast season Tipoff games. First games were broadcasted on Christmas lol - what are you even comparing?

Now you get 15 nationally televised games in a week. National broadcasts are pretty much exclusive to TNT and ESPN but live feeds are available on Twitter for free. Every other local team game is available on local NBC Sports or FOX Sports affiliate channels. Every game is also available on streaming directly from NBA on league pass.

Now, Twitter may not have existed in 1996 but $ existed then.

NBA revenue in 1996 was $1.5B. In 2023 - revenue was $10.5B while stuck on broadcasting deals from 2014 which are expiring this year and new deals for US market are expected to be around $60B - $70B for 10 years - 2 to 2.5 times than the 2014 deal.

Hornets were sold for $250M in 2010 and sold again last year for $3B - a team in f**king North Carolina increased in value by 10 times.

lol @ Tv ratings.

2022-23 season:

@NBA on Instagram generated more than 13 billion video views - the most of any account on the platform.

@NBA on Twitter generated a record 18 billion views across social media platforms - the most among all sports leagues.

Yea but NBA is not popular bc no one buys a SLAM magazine today.

That dunk is a 42 at best. Please tell me they didn't give him points for a post-dunk dab.

Originally posted by 4ML:

Jalen Brown
NBA DUNK CONTEST
"TRIBUTE" #RawSports #Dunk #DunkContest #NBA #NBADunkContest #NBAAllStar #SlamDunk #JalenBrown pic.twitter.com/1cegtJDzFB

— Big Star (@BigStarRawSport) February 19, 2024

Deserved a 20

Originally posted by 4ML:
Twitter exists for both NFL and NBA - how come NBA has twice as many followers? Do ppl follow things they're not interested in?

NBA had games on NBC in the 90s - and used to broadcast about 30 games nationally during the regular season in mid to late 90s lol - NBA was so popular in 90s that they wouldn't even broadcast season Tipoff games. First games were broadcasted on Christmas lol - what are you even comparing?

Now you get 15 nationally televised games in a week. National broadcasts are pretty much exclusive to TNT and ESPN but live feeds are available on Twitter for free. Every other local team game is available on local NBC Sports or FOX Sports affiliate channels. Every game is also available on streaming directly from NBA on league pass.

Now, Twitter may not have existed in 1996 but $ existed then.

NBA revenue in 1996 was $1.5B. In 2023 - revenue was $10.5B while stuck on broadcasting deals from 2014 which are expiring this year and new deals for US market are expected to be around $60B - $70B for 10 years - 2 to 2.5 times than the 2014 deal.

Hornets were sold for $250M in 2010 and sold again last year for $3B - a team in f**king North Carolina increased in value by 10 times.

lol @ Tv ratings.

NBA is individual personality driven. It is how it built itself, worship the star players. Lebron lovers love him no matter the jersey

nfl is a team sport. Follow the team not the player.

Twitter is suited for individual celebrities

NBA is the future, but not the present, it caters to todays culture.NBA is the future because it's building itself as a celebrity culture where people don't watch games but buy the merch (ie shoes)

nba is fashion and ego

nfl is team and king of sports-watching

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:
Twitter exists for both NFL and NBA - how come NBA has twice as many followers? Do ppl follow things they're not interested in?

NBA had games on NBC in the 90s - and used to broadcast about 30 games nationally during the regular season in mid to late 90s lol - NBA was so popular in 90s that they wouldn't even broadcast season Tipoff games. First games were broadcasted on Christmas lol - what are you even comparing?

Now you get 15 nationally televised games in a week. National broadcasts are pretty much exclusive to TNT and ESPN but live feeds are available on Twitter for free. Every other local team game is available on local NBC Sports or FOX Sports affiliate channels. Every game is also available on streaming directly from NBA on league pass.

Now, Twitter may not have existed in 1996 but $ existed then.

NBA revenue in 1996 was $1.5B. In 2023 - revenue was $10.5B while stuck on broadcasting deals from 2014 which are expiring this year and new deals for US market are expected to be around $60B - $70B for 10 years - 2 to 2.5 times than the 2014 deal.

Hornets were sold for $250M in 2010 and sold again last year for $3B - a team in f**king North Carolina increased in value by 10 times.

lol @ Tv ratings.

NBA is individual personality driven. It is how it built itself, worship the star players. Lebron lovers love him no matter the jersey

nfl is a team sport. Follow the team not the player.

Twitter is suited for individual celebrities

NBA is the future, but not the present, it caters to todays culture.NBA is the future because it's building itself as a celebrity culture where people don't watch games but buy the merch (ie shoes)

nba is fashion and ego

nfl is team and king of sports-watching

He has a bizarre obsession, on par with Lebron obsession, with all things NBA to the point he gets super defensive about it

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:
Twitter exists for both NFL and NBA - how come NBA has twice as many followers? Do ppl follow things they're not interested in?

NBA had games on NBC in the 90s - and used to broadcast about 30 games nationally during the regular season in mid to late 90s lol - NBA was so popular in 90s that they wouldn't even broadcast season Tipoff games. First games were broadcasted on Christmas lol - what are you even comparing?

Now you get 15 nationally televised games in a week. National broadcasts are pretty much exclusive to TNT and ESPN but live feeds are available on Twitter for free. Every other local team game is available on local NBC Sports or FOX Sports affiliate channels. Every game is also available on streaming directly from NBA on league pass.

Now, Twitter may not have existed in 1996 but $ existed then.

NBA revenue in 1996 was $1.5B. In 2023 - revenue was $10.5B while stuck on broadcasting deals from 2014 which are expiring this year and new deals for US market are expected to be around $60B - $70B for 10 years - 2 to 2.5 times than the 2014 deal.

Hornets were sold for $250M in 2010 and sold again last year for $3B - a team in f**king North Carolina increased in value by 10 times.

lol @ Tv ratings.

NBA is individual personality driven. It is how it built itself, worship the star players. Lebron lovers love him no matter the jersey

nfl is a team sport. Follow the team not the player.

Twitter is suited for individual celebrities

NBA is the future, but not the present, it caters to todays culture.NBA is the future because it's building itself as a celebrity culture where people don't watch games but buy the merch (ie shoes)

nba is fashion and ego

nfl is team and king of sports-watching

lol that's a lot diff. from your original post that NBA is less popular than the 90s or it sucks bc Curry is the face of the NBA.

In US - NFL is def. the most popular sport. But, modern NBA has always been personality driven. Magic & Bird, MJ, Kobe, Lebron.
This is nothing new or new to the social media era. It's more amplified due to social media.

NBA stars are involved in 80% of the plays throughout the game. NFL is the ultimate team sport bc even the quarterback - is only throwing about 30 times out of 150 plays that happen in a game.

One being a personality driven and other being ultimate team sport has nothing to do with popularity. That's just how the two sports are designed. TV ratings is a wrong way to gauge NBA popularity especially since during the 90s NBC was broadcasting 30 games a season. Ppl grew up on watching highlights during those eras. NBA was well behind NFL and MLB during that era.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Jalen Brown
NBA DUNK CONTEST
"TRIBUTE" #RawSports #Dunk #DunkContest #NBA #NBADunkContest #NBAAllStar #SlamDunk #JalenBrown pic.twitter.com/1cegtJDzFB

— Big Star (@BigStarRawSport) February 19, 2024

Deserved a 20

I think he got high 40s lol. Dunk contests are mostly rigged. Best contest ever was Lavine v Gordon and doubt NBA can top that anytime soon.

Oh here we go...