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

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

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

He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Originally posted by 4ML:
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.

No my original point was laughing at curry being face of nba and giving my opinion the sport currently sucks. I don't think curry is the face of the nba and think the sport use to be better

then I brought up popularity with tv ratings in mind since tv ratings indicate how many people actually watch the game…..

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

why get upset if people don't like what you like?

Jesus f**king christ Tatum. Okay say it to the world but will you back it up with an NBA championship this year?

.http://tinyurl.com/mvmajxck

Prolly just trying to emulate his idol, Kobe.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
No my original point was laughing at curry being face of nba and giving my opinion the sport currently sucks. I don't think curry is the face of the nba and think the sport use to be better

then I brought up popularity with tv ratings in mind since tv ratings indicate how many people actually watch the game…..

More ppl watch NBA today than in 1996. 30 total reg szn games were on a national tv back then - on NBC which is OTA channel and were only televised on Sat and Sun. Today 30 games are shown nationally in 2 weeks from first week of the season to the last.

Lol how are you gonna compare per game ratings of 30 games to approx 300 games?

Not to mention all the illegal streams that are available on social media for every single game today on phone. NBA streams are the easiest to find and most young ppl watch it like that.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
why get upset if people don't like what you like?

lol no one is upset.

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Def obsessed with sports in general. Hoes always gotta have a problem with that. What you gonna do?

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

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

He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Because he's f**king obnoxious . I don't slobber all over specific players or an organization to the point I feel the need to jump in and defend it to the death. You will turn on him once lebron moves on from the lakers 🤣

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

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

He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Because he's f**king obnoxious . I don't slobber all over specific players or an organization to the point I feel the need to jump in and defend it to the death. You will turn on him once lebron moves on from the lakers 🤣

Got a long with him just fine before he started following the Lakers. I'm just not a little b***h lol

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

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

He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Because he's f**king obnoxious . I don't slobber all over specific players or an organization to the point I feel the need to jump in and defend it to the death. You will turn on him once lebron moves on from the lakers 🤣

Got a long with him just fine before he started following the Lakers. I'm just not a little b***h lol

Eh you are a pretty big b***h, let's be real

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

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

He likes the NBA. Why get so upset every time? if you're not obsessed with the NFL or NBA, or whatever league thats fine but stop always making fun of him for liking a sport while you're still posting on a forum from the AOL days....

Because he's f**king obnoxious . I don't slobber all over specific players or an organization to the point I feel the need to jump in and defend it to the death. You will turn on him once lebron moves on from the lakers 🤣

Got a long with him just fine before he started following the Lakers. I'm just not a little b***h lol

Eh you are a pretty big b***h, let's be real

Wow a No U that didn't even make sense. Lmao

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:
Wow a No U that didn't even make sense. Lmao

This all started when Lebron joined the Lakers and 2 kings fans and 1 mormon started pmsing.

Originally posted by 4ML:
This all started when Lebron joined the Lakers and 2 kings fans and 1 mormon started pmsing.

Lol nah you've been teetering the line for a very long time.
Btw who's to blame today for Lebron not achieving success in LA?