These n*ggas already tanking for Caleb before camp even started

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I thought about the viewership rating of the league, and also the viewership ratings of the wnba.

First off, the wnba views is lower than the nba , because they’re not as talented or skilled.

That brings me to my next point. It had me thinking that the viewership of the NBA goes up and down depending on the talent/skill level of the players playing in that given year.

Long story short the highest average viewership rating years was right before Kobe blew achilles.

2010-2012 was at 2.5 million a game, those are the peak years since 2000 (basically everybody was tuning in right before Kobe got injured)


Before 2000 the years with the highest ratings was the end of Jordan’s prime.

So basically what I’m saying is , if Lebron is truly better then Kobe (let alone MJ) shouldn’t his views at least match when Kobe was considered the best by his peers.

I believe the views go up or down depending on the talent level of the league. So I’m inclined to believe the skill level of players today isn’t close to where we were a decade ago or even two decades ago.

The winner of this years finals would lose to Kobe’s lakers or Jordan’s bulls . These players so weak nowadays that y’all are comparing jimmy butler to mj and yall got lebron comfortable with saying he’s #1 when in actuality he’s #1 compared to players right now, but he’s under mj nd kobe. That’s why he bowed down to Kobe during his time. The average viewership ratings of the games by year back up my claim.

Men lie, women lie numbers don’t

Kobe’s the only player to win MULTIPLE championships (back to back) without another top 75 player on his team.

Y’all looking at the wrong stats, when determining the Goat. Yall should look at winning percentage in the finals, rings, viewership ratings (cuz people are tuning into see the best) , teammates, opponents, etc. not just the numbers or Russell Westbrook might end up in ur top 20 , but he’s not even top 200 (he’s not smart enough, he does have the talent and stats tho)

I’m just saying this because I see a lot of y’all hating/disrespecting Kobe , like kobe at his peak wasn’t better than every player today. His skill level iq, and attention to detail allowed him to play like tmac but win like mj . Kobe is 2nd best after mj, but way more entertaining , Jordan was way more consistent, but when Kobe got hot he was the best that ever did it (hands down)

He outscored the best offensive team featuring nowitzki throughout 3 quarters . 62-61 (didn’t play the 4th)


He hit left handed fade away three


It’s hard to follow up behind an act like that.
So l the nba viewership dropped when that man achilles gave out

The views dropped because y’all know who the real goat of the 2000s is. What’s even more mind boggling is y’all hate/lie on the man and he’s dead. and

Dirk on the greatest he ever played:

Lebron said Kobe’s the best (twice):

Kobe brought up lebrons size n athleticism, Lebron brought up Kobe’s skill offensively/defensively.

Lebron is quoted saying kobe is better than him. (That’s y’all Goat) 4-6 finals

Kobe told mj ‘I can kick your a*s’ the first time they met (that’s my Goat)




Mj n Kobe is top 2. Then lebron, but let y’all n bron tell it he’s #1. That’s why I posted dirks opinion, because Dirk ran through the bron/wade/bosh heat, Durant/Westbrook/harden thunder, Kobe n pau lakers. That’s more impressive than what jokic is doin to lebron/ad, booker/kd, steph/klay

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I guess the east is more competitive now

Pure basketball heads will love this, but I don't think the casual fan is gonna tune in to watch like they should due to the lack of star power on both sides.

free that man and lock her up

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