Finals ratings prove it. Let’s recap:

1999- 29 million watched the year before and it dropped to 16 million. Though it was the first Finals after MJ retired so can’t fault the Spurs for that.

2003- 15.7 million watched the Lakers sweep the Nets the year before. Drops to 9.9 million viewers

2005- 18 million watched Lakers/Pistons the year before. Down to 12.5 million for this one

2007- 13 million watched Heat/Mavs the year before. Down to 9.3 million for this juggernaut

2013 and 2014- 16.9 million watched Heat/Thunder in 2012. 2013 actually went up to 17.5 million, but 2014 went back down to 15.5 million

So in essence, why do fans seem to loathe the Spurs? And I can only imagine how much the NBA loved having ratings drop whenever they made it.

  • 480AHoleBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Robert Horry. Manure Gibobili. Bruce Bowen.

  • junahnBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Its not about hate. Its just being ignorant

  • Weary_Concentrate_22BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Media didn’t know how to sell them, and there are more Lakers fans than any other team, because of how big their state is, especially before the Warriors took off. Lakers will always have more views than any other team, Spurs have very few American fans and have to share Texas with two other teams who have fans that have experienced winning at the highest level.

  • OkKindheartedness769BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s more disinterest than hate for all the reasons people have already said. It would actually be better if they were hated, people who hate the Lakers would still tune in to see them in the finals if for nothing else than to watch them loose

  • richard_golbesBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Because the fans are either Europeans who of course decide to be Spurs fans and then obnoxiously dog-whistle about “culture” and playing the “right way” or Americans who decide to be Spurs fans and then obnoxiously dog-whistle about “culture” and playing the “right way”.