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KqWIN said:
Silver does not give a **** about the product got fans.


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Hey, he's not going to get those fat bonuses by cutting prices. He's got to wring as much as possible from every TV contract to keep the salaries going up up up! You mean a lot of Americans can't afford this stuff? **** them, they all have YouTube. Watch YouTube and buy a ****ing jersey, we only want rich and famous people at the games anyway, better for marketing to sell more jerseys to the YouTube fans!

Frankly it's just going to get worse and worse until people actually do stop watching and spending their money with the league. But hey, people have to be entertained, what are they suddenly going to start, like, reading or some such stupid ****? **** that! We need dopamine NOW NOW NOW NOW....uh, what was I saying? **** it, time to watch YouTube!
 
The Midnight said:
LOL .. Rachel is getting her NBA credentials stripped for this.

Pretty sure that’s not what Silver meant to convey.
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Nope, no twisting of the words here. Silver meant it. And honestly it can’t be seen as too much of a surprise. There are examples across all forms of media where instead of going for high quality, they go for short form/viral moments. The most popular music, TV shows, and movies aren’t necessarily the best and are usually some kind of slop. The NBA is following suit. They want the viral moments/drama etc. What they do not care about is the day to product of actually watching the games or the quality of basketball being played.
 
KqWIN said:
Nope, no twisting of the words here. Silver meant it. And honestly it can’t be seen as too much of a surprise. There are examples across all forms of media where instead of going for high quality, they go for short form/viral moments. The most popular music, TV shows, and movies aren’t necessarily the best and are usually some kind of slop. The NBA is following suit. They want the viral moments/drama etc. What they do not care about is the day to product of actually watching the games or the quality of basketball being played.
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I think you need both quality and hype to really penetrate the markets the NBA are interested in. You reach a hell of a lot of people by producing Marvel-movies, but by also producing The Wire, you get the core group of fans who stick around, just waiting to catch that bit of magic again. In English what I am trying to say is that the league IMO is best served by producing both a ******** of highlights and competetive games between teams playing high quality basketball.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
I think you need both quality and hype to really penetrate the markets the NBA are interested in. You reach a hell of a lot of people by producing Marvel-movies, but by also producing The Wire, you get the core group of fans who stick around, just waiting to catch that bit of magic again. In English what I am trying to say is that the league IMO is best served by producing both a ******** of highlights and competetive games between teams playing high quality basketball.
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100% agree and it’s totally possible in sports. The NFL is a league that is based around “game day” and is obviously very successful. It’s just clear that the NBA has gone with a different approach. From Silvers perspective, the players keep making more and more money. The owners are making even more money. That’s what he cares about so his approach is working.
 
Wonder if this injury is why Bilal started dropping goose eggs. WAS will be an interesting team watch regardless, hopefully less painful with Poole and Kuz outta there. Between Tre, Cam, Sarr, and George they've got a lot of chuckers.
 
LogGrad98 said:
You mean a lot of Americans can't afford this stuff? **** them, they all have YouTube. Watch YouTube and buy a ****ing jersey, we only want rich and famous people at the games anyway, better for marketing to sell more jerseys to the YouTube fans!

Frankly it's just going to get worse and worse...
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The league pass is $100 per season, about 8 bucks per month. Do you know "a lot of Americans" who cannot afford spending 8 dollars monthly for something they truly enjoy?
 
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LogGrad98 said:
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Sure, Jen. Now for 8 buck per month (and students get 40% discount) every American basketball fan can watch all regular-season NBA games played. You can select them with the home feed ort the visitor feed. And the condensed games. And the highlights. And preseason games. And all games from previous 10 or so seasons.

Is it still somehow too expensive? You can go for the Premium pass for $150 and split it with two friends so it will come out to about $4-5 monthly for you. And that way you get access to arena feeds and no commercials.

NBA fans never enjoyed such cheap and comprehensive access to NBA games. The accessibility, selection and cost would blow the mind of every fan from the 80s or 90s. But yet people are still complaining how expensive and inconvenient it is now! Which, in turns, blows my mind.
 
You can’t watch your local team with League Pass. That’s the accessibility issue. Local Jazz fans are “lucky” because you can buy one streaming service, but for most fans they have to buy an expensive package or multiple of them to watch the team.
 
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