NBA Playoff Thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Because Cubswin11 wanted one.

[Cubswin11]

Didn't know if we usually do one. Figured we did, since there are separate threads for NCAA regular season and tournament/bowl games and NFL regular season/playoff games. Either way I'd be surprised if the Heat lose more than 4 games throughout the entire playoffs.

[Guest]

Judging by his tweets, Kobe Bryant just comes off like one of the good guys in society.

[Wilson A2000]

I had no idea Boylan was the coach of the Bucs. Kind of funny to get his team get crushed again. The man never seems to be happy.

[SpongeWorthy]

LeBron doesn't even make mistakes any more.

[Cubswin11]

LeBron doesn't even make mistakes any more.

27 points on 9-11 shooting in a game he appeared to be interested in for less than 5 minutes

[bcl412]

Does the Milwaukee/Miami series really need to be played?

[Guest]

The home team won all eight games over the weekend.

[Smack]

Does the Milwaukee/Miami series really need to be played?

 

They're advertising like crazy here in Milwaukee desperately trying to sell tickets. I don't know how this franchise survives in Milwaukee. They're 27th in attendance and it says 15k fans per game (rofl) but they give away a ton of tickets and I've never been to a game more than half full. Meanwhile the Brewers sold out 42k seat Miller Park for a regular season game Saturday. The Bucks are just way off the radar of Milwaukee fans.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

Does the Milwaukee/Miami series really need to be played?

 

They're advertising like crazy here in Milwaukee desperately trying to sell tickets. I don't know how this franchise survives in Milwaukee. They're 27th in attendance and it says 15k fans per game (rofl) but they give away a ton of tickets and I've never been to a game more than half full. Meanwhile the Brewers sold out 42k seat Miller Park for a regular season game Saturday. The Bucks are just way off the radar of Milwaukee fans.

 

 

Do you think they could ever develop a following if they could be a perennial playoff team? if Marquette can draw a large following (always competitive team), you would think that the Bucks could do likewise.

[Smack]

Does the Milwaukee/Miami series really need to be played?

 

They're advertising like crazy here in Milwaukee desperately trying to sell tickets. I don't know how this franchise survives in Milwaukee. They're 27th in attendance and it says 15k fans per game (rofl) but they give away a ton of tickets and I've never been to a game more than half full. Meanwhile the Brewers sold out 42k seat Miller Park for a regular season game Saturday. The Bucks are just way off the radar of Milwaukee fans.

 

 

Do you think they could ever develop a following if they could be a perennial playoff team? if Marquette can draw a large following (always competitive team), you would think that the Bucks could do likewise.

 

I went to Marquette/Syracuse this year and the Bradley Center was packed. Plus the Badgers draw well, so it's not basketball. They just need to win, making the playoffs while (6 games?) under .500 is a joke.

[Cubswin11]

Does the Milwaukee/Miami series really need to be played?

 

They're advertising like crazy here in Milwaukee desperately trying to sell tickets. I don't know how this franchise survives in Milwaukee. They're 27th in attendance and it says 15k fans per game (rofl) but they give away a ton of tickets and I've never been to a game more than half full. Meanwhile the Brewers sold out 42k seat Miller Park for a regular season game Saturday. The Bucks are just way off the radar of Milwaukee fans.

 

 

Do you think they could ever develop a following if they could be a perennial playoff team? if Marquette can draw a large following (always competitive team), you would think that the Bucks could do likewise.

If they built a winning team, people would come. If they could put out a product that could annually achieve 4-6 seed range (5-15 games over .500) they would draw. When they had Ray-Big Dog-Cassell they drew really well.

 

The Brewers are also an example of this, in the late 90's-early 2000's they were putting out awful teams and the fans reacted accordingly by not showing up, then when they started showing they were at least a respectable team and made the playoffs a few times they now are drawing 3 million+.

[bcl412]

I don't know if smaller major cities ever consistently support consistently bad/mediocre teams.

[wolf stansson]

Was I the last to know about this? You can watch free, online with some interactive features.

http://www.nba.com/tntovertime2/

[ConstableRabbit]

I don't know if smaller major cities ever consistently support consistently bad/mediocre teams.

Boston?

[bcl412]

I don't know if smaller major cities ever consistently support consistently bad/mediocre teams.

Boston?

 

When was the last time they had a mediocre/bad team for a long period of time? The Cetlics in the 90's, Pats pre-Tom Brady? Not really sure, were they that well supported?

[Guest]

Boston is smaller?

[Guest]

I don't know if smaller major cities ever consistently support consistently bad/mediocre teams.

Boston?

Boston city is fairly small. Greater Boston is not. And there's tons of money there.

[DivineBovine]

Poor Vinny Del Negro.

 

I can't see how he keeps his job if Phil Jackson wants it. And I think he does.

[Derwood]

A Night at the Flopera

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/slate_v/2013/04/nba_flops_the_best_dives_of_the_season_set_to_music.html

[ConstableRabbit]

Boston is smaller?

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee.

 

But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's.

[Cubswin11]

Boston is smaller?

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee.

 

But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's.

Yeah. Milwaukee+metro area is around 2 million, isn't Boston+metro like 9 million?

[ConstableRabbit]

Portland and SLC also come to mind, but those markets only have 1 major sports team.

[jersey cubs fan]

Boston is smaller?

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee.

 

But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's.

 

It's metropolitan area is larger, but it also is the only city with its own region supporting the same team. There's 14 million people almost exclusively in support of the Boston teams. Milwaukee is right down the street from Chicago with Minnesota to the West and Detroit to the East. The heart of Milwaukee support is basically just the 5+ million people in Wisconsin. I think the closest comparison to New England may be Arizona, which is the only game in town, for miles and miles. But that is a much more spread out population, and a huge portion of it is transplanted from other locations.

 

For sports support conversations, Boston does not belong in the "smaller city" discussion.

[UMFan83]

Boston is smaller?

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee.

 

But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's.

 

It's metropolitan area is larger, but it also is the only city with its own region supporting the same team. There's 14 million people almost exclusively in support of the Boston teams. Milwaukee is right down the street from Chicago with Minnesota to the West and Detroit to the East. The heart of Milwaukee support is basically just the 5+ million people in Wisconsin. I think the closest comparison to New England may be Arizona, which is the only game in town, for miles and miles. But that is a much more spread out population, and a huge portion of it is transplanted from other locations.

 

For sports support conversations, Boston does not belong in the "smaller city" discussion.

 

Denver too is fairly isolated, and have pretty much the entire rocky mountains area as their fan base.