The NBA rating is The highest Christmas price was the highest in five years.but a few weeks before that, media and online fans had to participate in the annual tradition of discussing . Why is the league's rating going down?whether it matters, and why it's driven by what you — well, especially you — don't like about the current state of the game.
Amidst those discussions, JJ Redick was asked for his thoughts on the pre-season ratings decline, and he used the opportunity to talk about Turner's long-time NBA show's pre-, pre- and half-time show “Inside the・I took a not-so-subtle shot about “NBA''. The program will be licensed to ESPN starting next season and will continue for decades.
Here's what Reddick said: via Sam Amick The Athletic:
“I don't think we did a good job of … telling the story and celebrating the game,” Reddick said. “If I’m just a fan and every time I turn on the TV and you tell me this product sucks, I’m not going to watch it, and that’s actually what’s happened over the last 10 to 15 years. I don't know why. It's not interesting to me.”
They claim that every time a fan turns on an NBA game, someone on the TV says, a) The product is the worst b) That, to him, bashing it is “not funny” is pretty thinly veiled on Inside the NBA, but its irreverence and main cast, especially Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal are known both for how mean they are. It's about how modern basketball is played, especially the neglect of post play and the dominance of three-point shooting.
And to some extent it doesn't matter whether this blogger thinks it was a shoot or not. Barkley clearly did, because he fired back during Turner's Timberwolves broadcast.celtics Thursday night (emphasis mine):
Berkeley: “Hey, JJ…he said something about it being our fault people don't see this shitty product you got…yeah, we're here for the night It's like jacking up 100 threes in… JJ, I've come for the king, you better not miss. Because I can have you, brother. Remember, I lakers game. You can't hide their flaws. You are just a walking dead man. They fired Frank Vogel, who did a good job, and they fired Durvin Ham, who did a good job. You came there hoping to change your relationship with the same ugly girl you dated…
Ernie Johnson gets more and more frantic as the highlights keep rolling: Going back to the highlights, the score was 64-51 at halftime. Rudy Gobert! ”
Berkeley ignored him and continued: “He (Reddick) came in there thinking, 'This is going to work.' He can do that! He can put makeup on that pig!
Shack: *dies laughing*
Mr. Berkeley continued: “The Lakers stink, dude. Come on, man.”
The funniest thing about this is that Barkley is threatening Redick with negative comments while taunting him about how bad the Lakers are. It's like a mob comes to a small family business and destroys the place. after that said “This is a really nice place, and it would be a shame if someone destroyed it.” For Barkley, destroying the Lakers and teams that shoot a lot of threes will be a labor of love. Regardless of whether Redick has good things to say about his show, he's going to do it.
Now, it's debatable whether the way Inside discusses the league has any advantages that outweigh its disadvantages. Obviously, basketball purists quibble about the lack of emphasis on the X's and O's, or how they explain the nuances of the sport to fans in a similar way to the NFL to make them more knowledgeable about the product. You might say that I'm not doing a good job of making you feel.
But if you're reading this, you've probably laughed at an “Inside the NBA” clip at least once. Or I had a friend who didn't. that If you're interested in basketball, I'm sending you one because I thought it was interesting. There is some It's good for the league to put on a show that can entertain even the most casual observer when it does, even if it's debatable whether it outweighs the negative feelings it generates about the product. is the value of
But I'm not going to do that here, because no matter what your opinion is about the show, I'm not going to change your mind, so trying to do so will cause this. The feud is as pointless as the ratings discourse.
The only thing worth noting right now is that Redick may just love basketball more than being mean to the microphone after the Lakers' game against the Blazers, but the After this game, it's up to him whether he will fight back against Barkley or decide to let this beef peter out. Outside. If he does, we will update this post.
