LOL: "NBA Ratings In Free-Fall After Boycott"

Ah, that's a shame.

Maybe LeBron can buy a book about dealing with failure, and try to read the first page.

The NBA's ratings are in an inexplicable free fall after a brief player-led boycott last week.

"Inexplicable."

Note that media writers have to always pretend they don't understand what Get Woke Go Broke means, because they refuse to ever admit it's true.

Game 5 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers was the least viewed game of the entire series, drawing 2.92 million viewers.

This is a playoffs game when America is still largely locked up. It features the LA Lakers, who play in a state with the most draconian lockdown in America.

So people are locked in the house with nothing to do, and still don't want to watch the local politicsball team.

Last year, a showdown between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs drew 3.49 million viewers in a comparable time slot.

The Lakers are consistently among the NBA's most watched ball clubs and feature the league's biggest star in LeBron James, so the fact that even they are swimming against a current of apparent disinterest is notable.

Moreover, in this case at least, the problem is not simply people cutting the cord or not watching TV. On the same day the Lakers and Blazers played Game 5, NASCAR's race at Daytona drew 3.87 million viewers.

"Inexplicable." No theories are known which can explain this baffling turn of events.

A friend notes that the NBA already alienated most normies a year ago -- so what's left are the leftwing/BLM types that they've decided are the only audience they want to play for.

And even that Hard Core of political zombies is tuning out.

I propose the NBA add two new expansion teams, the SafeSpace and the Snowflakes.

posted by Ace at 12:15 PM

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