https://theplayoffs.news/en/too-man...hree-point-barrage-amidst-falling-viewership/ Thoughts? IMO the sport has gone down hill hard over the past few years, I definately do not watch it anywhere as much as I used to. Durant going to Golden State was where it shifted for me. That killed the sport for a few years and was a complete disgrace. The pushing of the politics by the NBA also is a major turn-off, just stick to sports please. The 3 point shot has become the dominant method of success now. The rest-management stuff also is pushing people away. The regular season is a complete joke. They added the extra playoff spots and essentially killed the regular season. The list goes on and on and on for the NBA despite have more parity in terms of champions (6 straight years with 6 different champs).
The best season of late was the 50ish games in ...2011? Or 2012? That made every game matter more. Shorten the season
I forgot about that year when the season was shorter. They should implement byes for the top 2 teams or something. Incentivize teams to play the regular season harder. Also make the first round like best of 3 or 5. The last good regular season IMO was the year the Warriors won 73 games. Then Durant them and no one took the regular season seriously since then because it didn't matter.
Regular season basketball has become such a lazy ass game. The playoffs are still pretty good. You hit everything pretty good but missed that basically any time someone drives to the lane it’s a shooting foul. Isn’t this season even worse too? I thought I saw down 25% year over year although the NHL is down too. The NBA Cup is silly. Not sure why they thought putting up large sums of cash for these guys that are already quite rich would entice people to watch more.
My dad always said "these guys just use all the games before Christmas as just warmup practice to get back in playing shape..."
They should play an outdoor game at Rucker park or something cool. The NHL does their fair share of outdoor games, baseball is starting to do cool things like the field of dreams game. Besides “street ball” would be fun to watch, especially if they ref it that way …(but that’s probably too much to ask!)
They could also put a limit on the number of 3 pointers you are allowed to attempt. Something like after your 30th attempt it only counts for 2 points… then they would play a more balanced game that I think people like. just some ideas I had
Or they could just have real referee calls. Not having a complete shift in what is being called after every halftime would be exciting.
