Pick6;1243938 wrote:Havent read through the responses because I'm on my phone..but surely I'm not the only one who thinks Orlando got bent over am I?

sportswizuhrd;1243729 wrote:wildcats and Trueblue....In your opinions, will the Lakers still make the change to a Princeton style offense that they had said they were going to about 10 days ago?

wildcats20;1243940 wrote:I haven't read(on here or anywhere) or seen anyone saying it was a good or even an OK deal for Orlando. It was straight prison rape.

Trueblue23;1244205 wrote:The draft picks would make it somewhat decent...... But they're protected!!! Wtf!!!

I read Orlando didn't want Bynum bc they want to get the #1 pick next year, they thought him or Pau would make them a little less shitty.

Heretic;1244232 wrote:Great strategy, considering how being the worst team in the NBA guarantees you the top draft pick. Oh wait...that's right...Orlando is run by morons. Forgot that for a minute. My bad.

Pick6;1244242 wrote:Actually their GM is one of the guys who was involved with building the Thunder, so you figured they would have gotten a little better value.

Also protected or not, I dont think it makes a difference. It's not like LA, Denver, or Phili are lottery teams

jordo212000;1244613 wrote:I expect interest and ratings to increase yet again. You guys are kidding yourselves if you think the league is better off with Howard in Orlando rather than LA

Oh and Orlando got raped because they allowed themselves to. It was consensual. They haggled for so long, other teams moved on with their teams leaving only the Lakers. Orlando's only other real option was Houston. After that LA was in a position of power and probably scaled down their offer.

jordo212000;1244614 wrote:Edit: double post

sleeper;1244930 wrote:Oh what do you know, Kobe being carried to another title on the back of a super star big man in his prime.

If it wasn't for Allen Iverson, Kobe would be the most overrated player to ever play the game.

jordo212000;1244613 wrote:I expect interest and ratings to increase yet again. You guys are kidding yourselves if you think the league is better off with Howard in Orlando rather than LA

Oh and Orlando got raped because they allowed themselves to. It was consensual. They haggled for so long, other teams moved on with their teams leaving only the Lakers. Orlando's only other real option was Houston. After that LA was in a position of power and probably scaled down their offer.

GOONx19;1244947 wrote:I won't name any names because I don't want to get infracted, but someone on this thread is a doucher.

[SP]It's Jordo.[/SP]

Rotinaj;1245003 wrote:TeJordorry is a douche and a half.

like_that;1244868 wrote:It was already proven that the NBA finals the past 2 years were near the bottom half when it came to ratings. Nice fail though. I am sure all the fans and NBA owners want the players to take over the league by QQing their way into a choice of 5 teams they would want to play for. Sounds like a great business plan to me! /sarcasm

“In the NBA, market size doesn’t matter as much as the stars involved,” said Stephen Master, head of Nielsen Sports Practice, noting the Finals had three of the league’s biggest names in James, Dwyane Wade and the Thunder’s Kevin Durant.

"Overall, it has been a phenomenal year for the NBA, coming off the negative attention they had in October and November,” he added.

Indeed, the entire lockout-shortened season has been a ratings success, delivering record or near-record ratings for broadcasters who pay about $1 billion a year for the rights.

Regular-season games on TNT averaged a record 2.5 million viewers. Games on ABC averaged 5.4 million, also a record, while ESPN 's regular-season games drew 1.9 million viewers, down from last year but still the second-most-watched season ESPN has ever had.

TNT 's playoff games averaged close to 5 million a game, the second-best watched postseason in the network 's 28 years of broadcasting the NBA. Meanwhile, the Heat-Celtics series on ESPN saw the three highest-rated NBA games in cable history, with Game 7 drawing more than 13 million viewers. Overall, ESPN 's playoff coverage was up 25%, averaging just over 6 million viewers a game, another record.

On top of that, the league-owned NBA TV network had its most successful season, while unique visitors to NBA.com were up 21% and unique users of NBA Mobile apps increased 149%. Read more about NBA Digital’s bumper season.

jordo212000;1244613 wrote:I expect interest and ratings to increase yet again. You guys are kidding yourselves if you think the league is better off with Howard in Orlando rather than LA.

friendfromlowry;1245020 wrote:If anything, they'll be highest the first couple weeks of the season while people check out the new draft picks or teams that made big moves. Then they'll drop down to normal levels the rest of the season because it's too long. No new fans will go out of their way to watch a Lakers - Pistons game on a Thursday night in January.