[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."

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u/jldtsu Mavericks 1d 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/Ethangains07 Heat 1d ago

This is literally it. If all 82 games of all 30 teams were on one platform like Netflix or whatever for a different $$ package, I bet the numbers would shoot up like a rocket, just with that. They make more money auctioning off packages to different providers tho.

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u/GregMadduxsGlasses 1d ago

I would assume the MBA would be more than willing to sell their entire TV rights to one network (similar to the MLS and Apple Tv), but no one is willing to pay the full price the NBA is asking because there’s so little ROI for regular season games where half the players are borderline jogging through the motions and others are sitting out for load management.