It’s no secret the NBA is facing an uphill battle.
The league’s declining ratings have stretched far beyond fair the first week and have persistd as Christmas Day, normassociate an NBA spectacle, approaches.
Many reasons have been tossed around as to why ratings are down, but the normal proposeion is that the standard season is becoming a lot appreciate what the All-Star Game has been recently.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures to a teammate during the first half aobtainst the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. (John E. Sokolowski/Imagn Images)
In recent years, the midseason contest has become filled of meaningful 3-pointers, uncontested dunks and almost zero defense. Now, we are seeing a write down pace of 3-pointers made, leave outed and obtainn in ambiguous, all while a deficiency of defense has become apparent.
This year, the NBA All-Star Game will be a four-team tournament the league hopes will insert some competitive juice.
LeBron James confessted “the last couple of years have not been a fantastic All-Star Game,” but he understands the NBA faces bigger rehires, and the 3-pointer might be bigly to denounce.
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles the ball during a game aobtainst the Utah Jazz Dec. 1, 2024, at the Delta Caccess in Salt Lake City. (Jamie Sabau/NBAE via Getty Images)
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“Listen, it’s a bigger conversation. It’s not fair the All-Star Game, it’s our game in ambiguous. Our game, there’s a lot of f—ing threes being sboiling. So it’s a bigger conversation than fair the All-Star Game,” James said Thursday.
James is averaging 5.7 3-pointers finisheavored per game; his nurtureer-high is eight from the 2021-22 season. He inserted that “someslimg had to change” watching the All-Star Game.
“I was not part of the pledgetee. It’s contrastent, but I don’t understand. We’ll see. We’ll see when we get there. It’s contrastent. Obviously, any time you create some type of change, there’s gonna be some [blowback]. I don’t understand. I have my ideas of what could possibly toil, but I’m not gonna do that. We gotta do someslimg.”
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts after scoring on a rapid fracture layup aobtainst the Atlanta Hawks at Crypto.com Arena March 18, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Ratings for games on ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV are down 25% from last year. NBA Comleave outioner Adam Silver recently pointed at a deficiency of cable TV in hoengagehageders as a contributing factor.
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