[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."

[u/Kimber80]

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

[u/Ghost_4394]

? If every game doesn’t matter, why would the average NBA fan watch it?

The 'average' /casual fan would just care about the big match ups, but for all the real hoop heads, we'll watch just about any game. I love being able to come home on a random Wednesday night and watch Bulls vs Cavs followed by Celtics vs Hawks. And if I'm a fan of one of those teams and have to miss the game, guess what? Still plenty more opportunities to watch your team play that same week. If you're an NFL fan and you have to miss a week, you're basically going 2 weeks without getting to see your team play. How on earth does anyone think less games = better???

Edit: typo

[u/BGDutchNorris → u/Ghost_4394]

The problem isn’t losing the hoop heads. It’s losing the casual viewers. No matter how dedicated the hardcore fans are, there aren’t enough of yall for them to get the ratings they need

Also less games is better thanks to scarcity. You may get more opportunities to watch the NBA, but if the quality gets diluted because of it that’s a problem. NFL has less games so every week the game matters. It makes it worth more to the casual viewers

[u/Ghost_4394 → u/BGDutchNorris]

So let's say hypothetically the NBA agrees to a 17 game season just like the NFL. Do you really think suddenly they get more viewership? I highly, highly doubt it. Too many games isn't the problem for the NBA. 82 game season is just fine. Changing the scheduling would have no effect.

[u/MDRtransplant → u/Ghost_4394]

1000% they'd get more viewership