[Rankin] ... Kevin Durant continuing to address #NBA viewership being down. "I take this serious. I'm locked in as to why people don't want to watch us play."

https://x.com/DuaneRankin/status/1872176949801504956?t=sOlhzun3lYo5ImePn8Xpwg&s=19

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u/TheStoogeass Rockets 3d ago

It's the ads, the length of the games, the lack of analysis, the missed plays due to interviews and injury reports.

It's about how we can't talk about Popovich without putting his substitute on the screen regardless of what is happening on the court.

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u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd Thunder 3d ago

Adding in players sitting out for “rest”

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u/JAhoops 3d ago

Who’s really sitting out though? Kawhi?

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u/Skilils- NBA 3d ago

Nah just like 75% of the league

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u/JAhoops 3d ago

Who exactly?

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u/Skilils- NBA 3d ago

Look at the number of players who've missed games, and we're only 1/3 through the season.

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u/Temporary-Level-5410 3d ago

And you think they're all doing it for rest, not injuries?

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u/Skilils- NBA 3d ago

Case by case basis. If a player tears his Achilles what do you think it is, rest or injury?

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u/Temporary-Level-5410 2d ago

... that's what I asked you

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u/Skilils- NBA 2d ago

Is it rest or injury?