[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/mojo276 NBA 1d ago

I quit watching because of the way fouls are called. I got so tired of watching flopping and the blatent offensive player jumping into the defender and drawing a foul. Let the players play defense and quit calling everything, flopping needs to be HEAVILY fined to get it to stop.

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u/BrickFuckingWoll 1d ago

The last straw for me watching NBA games on Tv was when they started allowing offensive players to kick defensive players during a jump shot then call it a defensive. All the nonsense of jumping into the defence to draw a call at stupid fucking angles with a very small chance the shot would go in was already around.

The last straw for me buying NBA tickets was when players started taking important games off solely to rest.

I started watching TV games again when they made a big deal about fixing the rules. And the refs did a great job with the new mandate. It lasted for 20 games but several "stars" were significantly underperforming ... and then the calls magically changed back.

A league directive clearly came down to the refs. So issued myself a directive to not watch until this era is over.

I was watching 80% of my teams games for years, going to games, watching all the playoffs, and tuning into high profile out of market regular season games.

And they completely turned me off their entire product. And it is the product not the million other excuses.