Yeah, even when there are news about the Lakers I feel I hear more about Luka and Reaves than Bron nowadays.

Changing of the guard finally taking hold, mixed in with the Lakers & Warriors not really being seen as serious teams along with the expectation that this isn’t LeBron’s final season caused the conversation to change from the old stars. Ironic, since Bron/Lakers drama was all they could talk about during the off-season.

If the Warriors turn their season around or Bron announces his retirement tour they’ll be a hot topic again, but right now, there’s nothing to really talk about when it comes to those two atp.

He’ll get the same nephew treatment as MJ.

“He played against streamers, gamers, and influencers. Competition is way better today.”

Because espn probably got the mandate from the nba to start talking about the young upcoming stars after a shitload of negative feedback last year.

I’m ngl when he was injured for the start of the season I didn’t miss him the slightest. It was refreshing not seeing a million posts about LeBron for once

That will change when he announces it’s his last year. People are crapping all over Kobe and then he announced he was retiring at the end of that season and the nostalgia suddenly kicked in. When LeBron is ready he will get all the attention again.

Being injured will do that

I think part of it is he’s no longer swapping teams or forcing trades to build a contender.

He wants to live in LA for the lifestyle and his gam, won a ring already with the team, and is kind of just doing his thing until he retires

wizards mj era

I think because this is the first time everyone can see that he’s noticeably declined even though he’s still decent. The past few seasons, he could still play like a Top 10 player most of the time but you can’t say that this year.

He’s not the best player on his team anymore. That’s probably why

i think those games just weren’t as fun and also so many ppl look up the score before putting the game on to see if it’s worth watching. as far as lebron all star votes i think it’s def some voting manipulation or bots i highly doubt he got that few. lebron is way bigger than every other star along with curry and there’s rlly no way they’re not getting the most. i think NBA is tryna shift from lebron and curry bejnf face of the NbA to new stars and they need to legitimize those stars popularity by making sure they have the most votes. i understand casuals prob don’t take the time to vote but lebron has too many diehard fans who just wouldn’t spam to get him in. i rlly think they were altered in someway just look at the followers counts of curry and lebron comparsd to every other NBA player it’s wild.

Its because LeBron doesn’t care.

It kinda seems like he doesn’t care as much either which is part of it

i wonder if Lebron still feels disappointed about that, or if he’s just had so much success and has gained enough wisdom to recognize that it’s simply that time

Warriors Mavs and Rockets Lakers were also insanely boring games

No reason to really tune into them after the 1st quarter unless you’re a fan of one of the teams

NFL games started at 1pm, so middle of the Knicks/Cavs game and would have still been going on during Spurs/Thunder. So probably a little, but it would have impacted all of the games besides maybe the first one and the last one.

In the Warriors case it’s probably because the Mavs are ass. Lakers I think people are clearly mentally moving into the Luka era over Lebron.

The NFL games were scheduled directly against the NBA all day so doubtful. If anything, the biggest draw for the NFL (the Cowboys) was in the earliest game and went directly against the Knicks/Cavs and OKC/Spurs

I think the lakers as a whole just suck to watch. I actually only tune in to see him and Reaves. But the foundation is broken and has been for a long time.

couldn’t care

You’re all gonna fucking cry when he retires at the end of the season. No tour. Just one social media post

Rockets/Lakers was because it’s KD vs Lebron.

Yeah Mavs Lakers make way more sense than Mavs warriors. Really what narrative seems more intriguing: old washed Klay vs his old team aka retirement home Warriors, or prime Luka revenge game vs his old team with up and coming Coop?

Last year Spurs v Knicks was entertaining as hell too. According to the article it was around 5 mil viewers, not the best but pretty good.

the nba needs more giant veiny throbbing rock hard cocks you’re right

Kobe was huge in China

Between Stranger Things s5 and NFL evening games, the last 2 games never stood a chance.

I watch 80% of nuggets games and just turned off the scores so I could watch it later, because my wife wanted to watch a couple episodes of Stranger Things asap lol

their performances have not been insane. you can dismount the saccs.

I think the Spurs/Thunder rivalry can disprove this big market thing, if the rivalry is solid and last for years it will be the hottest topic

lebron and curry market to way too many casuals. so many ppl are just not gonna watch regular season games or any at all. advertisers still want curry lebron and KD tbh cuz they’re still the big 3 and well known everywhere. even if they end up washed they still will get way more ppl to know them and stuff just look at their followers counts compared to everyone else

It’s not even the stars, it’s the markets. That’s why KDs teams don’t get the same marketing push as LeBron or Steph’s despite him being nearly as popular.