While kneeling hasn’t started in the NBA yet by thug players, the hatred and vitriol of the country’s president has as both Stephan Curry and Lebron James both announced before Cleveland got swept last night that neither team would go to the White House. Golden State (Oakland) Warrior swept Cleveland out of the playoffs in an otherwise boring, uninspiring NBA finals. Apparently not too many other people were interest either as ratings for the NBA finals tanked on ABC. Just how oppressed are NBA players? Both Lebron James and Stephan Curry make a base salary of over $30 million for playing basketball. Add in millions for endorsements and you’re talking an annual income of $50-60 million. Man, I wish I was that “oppressed.”
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When it comes to ratings, there was also a difference that might sting for the Disney-owned net and the league almost more than the second loss in a row will for now-free agent James.
Snagging a 11.2 in metered market results, last night’s Game 4 won Friday night for ABC but was down 11% from 2017’s Game 4. That Warriors-Cavs matchup, which also was held on the traditionally low-watched end of week, saw Cleveland pull off a comeback 137-116 win. Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals went on to draw in 19 million viewers, the third best result of the five-game series.
It’s a bit basketballs to apples, but compared to the multi-decade highs of last year’s series-winning Game 5, last night’s series-winning Game 4 was down a hard 30% in the early metrics. That GSW triumph went on to dunk a whooping 24.5 million viewers and an 18-49 rating of 9.0/33.
I guess as is the case with the NFL, people are getting sick and tired of multi-millionaires whining about politics and just want to watch them play sports. If Curry or James are so hell bent on SJW crap, let them put their money were their mouths are and house a bunch of illegal aliens in their various mansions.