[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/jldtsu Mavericks 2d ago

too expensive and convoluted to watch games for the average consumer. I pay a 17 dollar subscription to watch one team and 100% of the games aren't even available on it. The fact that I'm willing to pay that puts me in a small minority. Majority of people would scoff at it.

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u/LothCatPerson Rockets 2d ago

I would easily be subscribed to League Pass to more reliably watch any game if I could also watch my favorite team on their. Blacking out local games makes it not worth it to most people, especially when you can get any game you want for free streaming. Sure, the reliability of the stream isn’t always there, but that’s where league pass could easily swoop in and get me as a potential subscriber, if I could watch any game not not have to deal with blackouts.

Blackouts don’t even make sense in today’s day and age. Advertisers, even local ones) would love to have their ads blasted to more people. They’re paying for a TV ad but getting an internet one at the same time. If the concern is that local market channels would lose money, I don’t get it, because, if anything, their ad spots become more valuable.