You gave us your power and we blew it anyway.
But it was a fun game. You have my full support Rockets.
And now me and her will be rooting for the same team 🤞
You gave us your power and we blew it anyway.
Thibs wouldn't be deciding the minutes or rotations in that role.
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2019/04/29/Media/NBA-ratings.aspxHuge drops in two of the NBA's three biggest television markets contributed to an overall 4 percent decline in the league's local ratings this season.
The New York Knicks (down 38 percent on MSG) and Chicago Bulls (down 24 percent on NBC Sports Chicago) had two of the four biggest local TV ratings decreases this season. The Bulls' 1.36 rating is the team's lowest in 13 years.
Not surprisingly, the biggest ratings decline came in Cleveland where the departure of LeBron James from the Cavaliers caused Fox Sports Ohio ratings to drop 58 percent. Conversely, James' new team, the Los Angeles Lakers, posted a 31 percent ratings increase on Spectrum SportsNet — the team's highest since 2013.
Sports Business Journal analyzed regular-season ratings data for 28 U.S.-based NBA teams. Overall, 15 teams posted local ratings gains during the regular season, 12 saw decreases and one remained unchanged. Information for Memphis and Toronto was not available.
On a national level for the regular season, the NBA saw a drop in viewership as well, with James' move out West, his subsequent injury and some decline in interest around the Golden State Warriors contributing to the drop. Game telecasts across ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV in 2018-19 (1.2 million average viewers) were down 5 percent from last season, which was the best audience since the 2013-14 season. NBA games this season were still up 3 percent from two seasons ago. Individually, each network saw a drop for 2018-19.
The regular-season decline spilled into the first two weekends of the NBA playoffs. The audience for telecasts across TNT, ABC, ESPN and NBA TV — 2.66 million viewers — was the lowest figure since at least 2011, when NBA TV numbers were first publicly available. Playoff games were down 18 percent compared with the same point last season. The absence of James in the postseason affected the numbers, as did head-to-head competition with the Masters on the opening weekend of the playoffs.
The defending NBA champion Warriors had the league's highest local rating, posting a 7.42 on NBC Sports Bay Area. Still, this year's rating was down 11 percent, suggesting that "Warriors fatigue" could be affecting the team's ratings. This marked the third consecutive season that the Warriors' local ratings declined. The team has led the league in local ratings for each of those three seasons.
Nationally, TNT carried 12 regular-season Warriors games, averaging 1.9 million viewers, which was down 25 percent from last season (also 12 games) and down 28 percent from two seasons ago (10 games). But on ESPN, the 13 Warriors games (2.04 million viewers) were up 1 percent from a season ago, but down 6 percent from two seasons ago.
The biggest local ratings increase came in Dallas where the Mavericks saw an 88 percent jump on Fox Sports Southwest, fueled by the emerging stardom of Luka Doncic and the final season of future hall of famer Dirk Nowitzki.
The on-court success of the Nuggets drove a 74 percent ratings gain on Denver's Altitude Sports, the second-highest increase.
The Milwaukee Bucks, (a 3.1 rating), Philadelphia 76ers (2.7) and Utah Jazz (6.6) each delivered their highest ratings dating to 2003.
The lowest ratings came in Brooklyn where the playoff-bound Nets drew a 0.46 rating on YES Network. The good news for the Nets is that despite the league-low numbers, regular-season ratings increased by 22 percent.
Lakers about to hire Lue with Vogel potentially being his top assistant.
Thibs and Vogel as assistents is a pipedream but man it would be nice.
From the tweets I took it as Ty wants both but yeah they might overlap a bit, can't have too many good assistant coaches though?Aren't both defensive guys tho?
edit: Also Vogel seems like a much better choice
What are the chances Philly lets go of Brett Brown if they get bounced Thursday?
A part of me thinks LA is waiting see how things shake out
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26731947/mavs-porzingis-involved-bloody-altercationDallas Mavericks power forward Kristaps Porzingis was involved in a bloody altercation over the weekend at a club in his hometown of Liepaja, Latvia.
"It is our understanding that Kristaps was jumped and assaulted outside of a club in Latvia. We will provide an update when one is available," the team said in a statement.
A source told ESPN that the Mavericks' understanding was that several Russians attacked Porzingis, who fought back before the club security broke up the scuffle.
Video of the aftermath of the incident went viral, showing Porzingis with a bloody gash on his head and a torn shirt. The source said that Porzingis was hit with an object, believed to be a chair, but he did not suffer any significant injuries.
TMZ reported that the men who attacked Porzingis were upset that he left the New York Knicks, who traded him to the Mavericks on Jan. 31 due in part to the All-Star being disgruntled with the franchise.
The 7-foot-3 Porzingis spent all of last season rehabilitating from a torn ACL in his left knee suffered on Feb. 6, 2018. He practiced with the Mavericks late in the season, but Porzingis, his advisers and the team agreed on a plan to prioritize working on his body over playing last season, even after he was medically cleared.
Porzingis is entering restricted free agency, but the Mavs made the trade with the intention of signing him to a five-year maximum contract this summer.
I've learned to not get too excited till my phone rings with a official notice.
I've learned to not get too excited till my phone rings with a official notice.
100%I got to hand it to Dell Demps and give credit where it's due. He saved us from Magic's awful deal this past deadline.