"It's a soap opera for men" / People being fans of players not teams / Ring culture / What the hell happened to the NBA?
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:44 pm
So, I'm really not trying to come off as someone opposed to change just for the sake of change, but I kind of feel like the NBA I grew up watching in the early 90s is somewhat unrecognizable to me at this point, and on more than a few fronts.
Annnnnd would just like y'all's thoughts on why these changes occurred, and maybe just to see if (or how far lol) I'm off base.
Cuz at least least online, when I have ventured into social media in the form of Reddit and the artist formerly known as twitter, I feel like I see evidence that validates the take that most NBA fans don't actually watch the games. I've also seen that extrapolated out to that most NBA fans don't even like basketball, which I assume that's some sort of exaggeration?
And I know that it has really hit me in a weird place, especially, when I have read takes online that have said that the NBA is the soap opera for men, and that it is turning into something akin to the WWE.
Also, and I'm guessing this is a legitimate Trend that I just didn't notice until way late in the game, but I also can't identify with the people out there that are more fans of the players instead of teams. Is this at least somewhat of a function of the player empowerment era, along with how much movement there is in the league?
So yeah, I would just appreciate any thoughts or context as to how we got here, why, and how much of this change was inevitable or perhaps just exaggerated from, and by, online discourse.
Annnnnd would just like y'all's thoughts on why these changes occurred, and maybe just to see if (or how far lol) I'm off base.
Cuz at least least online, when I have ventured into social media in the form of Reddit and the artist formerly known as twitter, I feel like I see evidence that validates the take that most NBA fans don't actually watch the games. I've also seen that extrapolated out to that most NBA fans don't even like basketball, which I assume that's some sort of exaggeration?
And I know that it has really hit me in a weird place, especially, when I have read takes online that have said that the NBA is the soap opera for men, and that it is turning into something akin to the WWE.
Also, and I'm guessing this is a legitimate Trend that I just didn't notice until way late in the game, but I also can't identify with the people out there that are more fans of the players instead of teams. Is this at least somewhat of a function of the player empowerment era, along with how much movement there is in the league?
So yeah, I would just appreciate any thoughts or context as to how we got here, why, and how much of this change was inevitable or perhaps just exaggerated from, and by, online discourse.