Quote Originally Posted by Wh1stl3r View Post
What is your take on why viewership is down bro? To me it seems to have a bit to do with how most NBA players nowadays move from team to team so easily and frequently, thereby diluting their and their teams' identities. They're also pretty much chummy with each other, even their rivals. Rival today, teammate tomorrow seems to have been the trend the past decade or so.

Compare that to MJ's glory days when you just knew the Bulls absolutely hated the Pistons' guts. Rodman did go on to eventually play with MJ, but nowadays it feels like a game of musical chairs with how often players switch teams.
A lot of things, really. Bubble removed home court. If not for the Cs, I probably wouldn't have followed this year. The safety rules turned the game soft & flop-prone. Odd & ironic...Stick thin Reggie & young MJ didn't have the brawn of today's sissies to survive a much physical game then. The review rule, I'm w/ JVG. Just too much.
And, I'm w/ you on player loyalty & storied rivalries. They're both gone. No one & no team to genuinely root for. Would it have sat well w/ the green-blooded of the Red era to see Rondo help win1 for the purple & gold? Heck no. Haha...but I'm honestly glad for him. Fair weather fans you see these days. Then, there's load management. What's w/ that? Kawhi leaving Pop, then the Raptors, went beyond disloyalty. Self is now above team.
The game is turning like cars of today...I'm starting to no longer care anymore.[emoji4]



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