The Future Of The Nba After TV Mega Deal Has Expired Looks Real Real Bad

Stop it :oldlol:

Maybe your old ass wont be watching it anymore, but the next generation will be. And the one after that. And the one after that....and after that.

And you asked who will carry the league? Dude, there are new players being brought up every single day, are you kidding me? This is sports, there is a never ending wave of talent hitting the league every year. Who tf was Anthony Davis 10 years ago? Who was D'angelo Russell just 4 years ago, did anyone even hear any hype about him coming out of highschool? There will always be a successor, don't you worry, hunny.

This isn't any ordinary business, atm it is fail proof. The league won't be dying down anytime soon, it will just continue to grow. Before, it was much harder for people around the world to watch the league, but now that the whole ****ing world is connected via technology and internet, the audience is bigger than EVER before and will continue to keep growing.

For instance, my father who grew up and lived for 30 years in Bosnia used to tell me how they would rarely ever get NBA games on tv and he would only be able to watch highlights, it wasn't until he came to America that he was able to fully start following the league. Now? Most sports channels show the main games, and if you have international league pass, you can watch it all.

Baseball - mostly American audience
Football - American audience, no one else really watched football
Basketball - global audience, on another level. Best league in the world BY FAR is the American league

Dumb OP, you didn't really think this one through.

[QUOTE=MrC1991]I see the point you're trying to make and you could be correct (I don't think you will be) but you could be, but if you haven't noticed every generation has had a player or two that completely captures the NBA and to less of a extent the world by storm. History repeats itself and the NBA is no different
some player wether its Durant, Davis, Curry, Griffin, Harden or some kid sitting on a college roster now (Just a hypothetical btw) comes into the game and garners the attention and media alot of greats from the past generations did. Someone is going to stake their claim for best of this generation and arguably into the top 10 of all time lists. Even if talent is at a all time low someone is going to be considered head and shoulders above the rest of the best of that generation. So don't worry the NBA will be fine as long as the NBA hell even basketball in general can keep pulling young people to play the game and practice their craft the naturally talented or gifted in the game will find a way to show how good they really are. Full disclaimer its the 4th I'm pretty drunk and this is a little long winded feel free to argue what you dont agree with.[/QUOTE]

Arghhhh.

Looking at it through the eyes of this current money.

To make it financially, the NBA NEEDS another generation of bird magic Shaq Kobe bron type players. Players that were POLARIZING on and OFF the court.

Hyped up from BEFORE day one. A running start into the league.

[QUOTE=Bless Mathews]Arghhhh.

Looking at it through the eyes of this current money.

[B]To make it financially, the NBA NEEDS[/B] another generation of bird magic Shaq Kobe bron type players. Players that were POLARIZING on and OFF the court.

Hyped up from BEFORE day one. A running start into the league.[/QUOTE]

Bro, you are so misguided that I genuinely feel bad. To make it financially? You make it seem like the NBA is living check by check, as if they are just barely making a profit....hello, the CLIPPERS (Joke of the league for as long as they were in it) were sold last season for TWO BILLION, what in the world makes you think they are worried about making it financially? The NBA needs no one, the basketball players NEED the NBA.


Wake up man.

[QUOTE=Bless Mathews]

In 10 years what Kobe, bron, bird magic Shaq will carry the league to NEW HEIGHTS.

ALL OF THOSE PLAYERS WERE HOUSEHOLD NAMES BEFORE THEY PLAYED A GAME IN THE NBA.

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No they weren't, Kobe was the 13th pick ffs. Maybe you knew the name, but others didn't, because the NBA made Kobe, not the other way around. You could be the BEST ****ing player in the world, but if you're playing in Qatar or England, no one will give a shit or even know for that matter. If you're playing in the NBA, it is a different story.

[QUOTE=Bosnian Sajo]Stop it :oldlol:

Maybe your old ass wont be watching it anymore, but the next generation will be. And the one after that. And the one after that....and after that.

And you asked who will carry the league? Dude, there are new players being brought up every single day, are you kidding me? This is sports, there is a never ending wave of talent hitting the league every year. Who tf was Anthony Davis 10 years ago? Who was D'angelo Russell just 4 years ago, did anyone even hear any hype about him coming out of highschool? There will always be a successor, don't you worry, hunny.

This isn't any ordinary business, atm it is fail proof. The league won't be dying down anytime soon, it will just continue to grow. Before, it was much harder for people around the world to watch the league, but now that the whole ****ing world is connected via technology and internet, the audience is bigger than EVER before and will continue to keep growing.

For instance, my father who grew up and lived for 30 years in Bosnia used to tell me how they would rarely ever get NBA games on tv and he would only be able to watch highlights, it wasn't until he came to America that he was able to fully start following the league. Now? Most sports channels show the main games, and if you have international league pass, you can watch it all.

Baseball - mostly American audience
Football - American audience, no one else really watched football
Basketball - global audience, on another level. Best league in the world BY FAR is the American league

Dumb OP, you didn't really think this one through.[/QUOTE]


Three times bruh. It's gotta grow three times to make the money up.

All this money players are gonna make, in 10 years will advertisers and TV companies pay 3 times more AGAIN with a league with no SURE SHOT must see players like bron and Kobe???

Stop looking at it through the eyes of a knowledgable hoop fan and the eyes of a normal sports fan.

A biness man.

[QUOTE=Bosnian Sajo]Bro, you are so misguided that I genuinely feel bad. To make it financially? You make it seem like the NBA is living check by check, as if they are just barely making a profit....hello, the CLIPPERS (Joke of the league for as long as they were in it) were sold last season for TWO BILLION, what in the world makes you think they are worried about making it financially? The NBA needs no one, the basketball players NEED the NBA.


Wake up man.[/QUOTE]

Dumbest poast of the year.

The players make the league.

Did you miss he op?

Do you not realize before magic and bird the NBA wasn't shit? In a slump. Struggling financially.

Bird and magic , PLAYERS took it to another level In The 80's. The whole bird vs magic "choose your weapon" MARKETING campaign stormed the country.

Jordan , A PLAYER took to even greater heights. Marketing unmatched. Wtf are you even typing about?

Shaq bron Kobe continued to ad and grow the league.

Are people rocking Spurs jerseys or bron and Kobe jerseys historically?

GTFO fucc tard.

Magic and bird in the 80's. Jordan in the 90's. Shaq Kobe and bron in 00's made the league what it is today.

If you don't think that, you're a complete idiot.

Worse case scenario the league has to contract a few times.

[QUOTE=Bless Mathews]People don't realize how the events that have happened over the past 30 years to get the association to where it is today and the money it will get with mega deal.

10 years from now, when mega deal is up, who is going to be the one, ones that make the league grow?

The past 30 years we had perfect events to make it grow exponentially every 10 years. Before magic and bird, the league wasn't doing that well, struggling.

We had polarizing players, players that were god like and even non hardcore fans knew who they were. And rivalries. Besides goat players, nothing brings in fans like that.

The players had a one in a lifetime feel to them. You were never gonna see a 6'9" point guard like magic ever. A white guy dominating a now black dominated sport. A true goat with the flair and funk on and off the court with his shoes and marketing. The most dominant big man ever. The two "next mj's".

They all hit it on the head and kept driving ratings and growth every year.


80's

Magic and bird came into the league at same time.

To historic rivals.

Rivalry of lakers vs celtics alone added to nationwide excitement. Everyone watched. Even regular season games. Bird and magic lived up to their hype, becoming top 10 all time players and renewed one of the best rivalries in all of sports.

Ratings thru the roof.

90's

Mj. Single handledly took the game to another level. His on the court funk, never seen before. Unmatched winning. Unmatched marketing. Took the league to another planet.

00's

Shaq and the two "next mj's"

Shaq came in with so much hype and lived up to it. Killed it. Dominated. Did things never before seen. Great personality. Good for marketing.

Kobe and bron. Came into the league out of high school. Soooooo much hype. Exceeded the hype. Won rangs. Kept driving ratings thru the roof.


So, in 10 years, when the TV mega deal is up, who and what is going to keep the league GROWING ?

With free agency and collusion , rivalries are out the window.

What players are POLARIZING and grab the attention of the non serious fan?

Anthony Davis in the next 5-10 years will be the best player in league. But he is dry as saltines. The first thing people say about him after his basketball skills is that he has one eyebrow.

Steph curry?

10 years from now, bron will be retired. Duncan done. Kobe will be hanging on playing 6 minutes a game for the raptors. (Haha)

Over the next 10 years , star players will be demanding easily 20-30 million a year. Starters 10/15 a year because of all the TV revenue.

Who is going to ELEVATE the game like the past 30 years? Above and beyond so that TV companies would want to drop even more billions after this deal is done.

I forecast some bad bad things when these huge huge contracts are still in place when this new deal ends and teams won't get that TV money to cover them.

Unless who, Joel Embid , Karl Anthony towns and the likes turn into personalities the public will like Along with record setting performances to drive even higher ratings?

Watch.[/QUOTE]

Wut.

Obviously, it is hard to see who will end up becoming a mega star and why. We can't see the future.

You could have said the same in 1998 when MJ left. You didn't know back then that people like Iverson would become so popular and become a hero for the inner city kids...and that Kobe would get so good...and that Vince Carter would come and become the best dunker ever and gain sucha huge following, and that in 2002 ESPN would start nationally televising high school games of some kid named L. James...etc.

It seems the league had higher ratings ever since silver letting the better team wins than sterns superstars league

[QUOTE=theoneneo]Lol eh, not really. [B]Bron has benefited from playing in the weak east which inflates his stats.[/B] I'd give Durant's mvp season over Prime Kobe tho.

Lebron ain't up there with them Gods tho.

Under 30% from outside the paint lmao :roll:

It goes

Jordan


Kobe
Durant(has a good chance to over take Kobe with 4-5 rings)



Lebron(playing in the weak east, teaming up with a former Fmvp winner and 3rd greatest sg of all time, along with a 20 & 10 big man to get rings) :no:[/QUOTE]
how can lebron's stats be benefitted from playing in the east?
Other than 2014-15, East has had better defensive teams throughout lebron's career.

[QUOTE=tmacattack33]Wut.

Obviously, it is hard to see who will end up becoming a mega star and why. We can't see the future.

You could have said the same in 1998 when MJ left. You didn't know back then that people like Iverson would become so popular and become a hero for the inner city kids...and that Kobe would get so good...and that Vince Carter would come and become the best dunker ever and gain sucha huge following, and that in 2002 ESPN would start nationally televising high school games of some kid named L. James...etc.[/QUOTE]


But they did.

And Kobe was SUPER hyped.

I woulda bet money back then he'd be a super star.

Same with ai and carter And bron.

You just KNEW they were special.

Who is that now?

The league has built itself a huge hole.

As a business, you need to grow. And TV just paid 3 times more than the last deal. That's a lot of money. After this deal, who is gonna make the TV companies pay MORE? I just don't see how in 10 years there will be MORE HOUSEHOULD names like the past 30 years.

[QUOTE=Bless Mathews]But they did.

And Kobe was SUPER hyped.

I woulda bet money back then he'd be a super star.

Same with ai and carter And bron.

You just KNEW they were special.

Who is that now?

The league has built itself a huge hole.

As a business, you need to grow. I just don't see how in 10 years there will be MORE HOUSEHOULD names like the past 30 years.[/QUOTE]
The only thing that could stop Davis and durant from becoming all time greats is injuries.

[QUOTE=Rose'sACL]The only thing that could stop Davis and durant from becoming all time greats is injuries.[/QUOTE]


I am going to hold off calling Davis a superstar until he wins a playoff series

another recession will blow up the nba due to these max contracts being ridiculously high... for a guy averaging 8 points to make 13-14 million is ludicrous
all the small markets will get contracted out of the league and bought out

[QUOTE=bluechox2]another recession will blow up the nba due to these max contracts being ridiculously high... for a guy averaging 8 points to make 13-14 million is ludicrous
all the small markets will get contracted out of the league and bought out[/QUOTE]


That's what I'm typing. Sharing will help, but in 10 years when a new TV deal is up, is tnt and abc gonna pay billions for .....???????