Comments on: NBA Attendance Remains Strong

By: KSone

KSone — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:44:38 +0000

Here’s an article on the nba’s financial problems.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/26/nba-set-to-acquire-175-million-line-of-credit/

Here’s an article on how the nba fabricates their attendance figures.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/12/looking-at-nbas-and-nets-history-of.html

By: therealdawk

therealdawk — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:35:03 +0000

I can’t ever remember so many young likeable stars in the league. Granger, Brandon Roy, Dwight, Wade, Iguodola, Rondo, Durant, Rose, Bosh, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, LeBron, Rondo, etc. Very good players and seemingly very good character kids.

I’m glad to see the NBA rise out of the mid 90’s-early 2000s dark ages of Rasheed, Spreewell, Iverson, Starbury and those cats.

The 2003 NBA Draft Class is the root of the turnaround imo. Attendance is the main reason why the league hit record revenue last year.
http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/business-basketball-nba-biz-sports-nba08-cz_kb_mo_cs_1203intro.html

By: Mike Higgs

Mike Higgs — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:47:41 +0000

No question the NBA is overated. In fact the massive leap from the foul line which whilst not especially skillful was at least “athletic” in a Carl Lewis kind of way. Now we are expected to think a guy jumps 6″ off the ground and stuffs a ball into a stationery hoop from point blank range is “cool” just because he does it “aggressively” or as they like to say “in your face”…

Basketball has really outlived it’s usefulness. The greatness of Jordon, Bird and Magic helped us overlook that cold hard facts… the game just has no substance. Kids are taught to respect disrespect and that “mediocrity” is cool… “it didn’t go in but it was a hell of a move…”

Baseball, Football and to a lesser degree Hockey and Soccer are far better sports to watch and for our kids to aspire to play.

By: El Bandito

El Bandito — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:41:50 +0000

The players in the NBA turn people off. I can’t remember the last time I actually cared to watch an NBA game and I was a die-hard LakeShow fan (Kareem, Magic, Worthy and company). It is so different now with big guaranteed contracts, above the law behavior, rules changes aimed to help flashy players, focus on endorsements, and all the other stuff mentioned above.
If you want to see humble athletes who put their team first – listen to a professional hockey player interview. Not many of them complaining about not getting the puck, compensation or getting caught with loaded weapon. That league does a good job of getting rid of the rif-raf while David Stern seems overwhelmed by it with his wry smile.

By: matty dread

matty dread — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:41:02 +0000

our country is in trouble. the charade is on. nba saying attendance is up, when in fact, it is way down. they can say they are selling all the tickets, but with a lot less people buying $10 beers, the concession #’s would show the extent of the problem, and the league won’t divulge those numbers or parking or merchandising as someone previously stated.

the current state of our country reminds me the lead in to the movie “I am Legend”…first they’ve cured cancer, then they have a small virus problem, and then next you cut to a scene of an abondoned New York City run by zombies….

By: ToolMan

ToolMan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:13:44 +0000

The NBA is boring and not getting any better, the NBA can only put 3-4 teams on TV to get any interest at all. Put on Teams like Oklahoma City and the Charlotte Bobcats and re-runs on Leave it to Beaver would garner more ratings.
I have switched to College ball and only follow that anymore.

By: KSone

KSone — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:48:28 +0000

Are you kidding?? The NBA is terrible right now (2009) – and the attendance (actual fans in seats) is really about half of what it was ten years ago from the games I’ve been to. All of its “stars” are boring and overrated – not great all around players like Bird or great competitors like Jordan. Most all of my friends don’t even watch the NBA anymore – we have all switched to college.

By: Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:55:25 +0000

The NBA is probably keeping a tight lid on that type of information. I know teams have been reluctant to divulge how much revenue they’ve made through discounts.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:26:23 +0000

This is an interesting statistic. Like you mention, we have to look at other factors for revenue generation for NBA teams. It could be that teams are giving incentives to come to games (ie. Miami, Sacramento, etc.) at discounted prices. So although overall attendance may be slightly up, we would need to see how much the team’s revenue has changed, and how much ticket prices have dropped, if at all.