I am a Knicks fan. I love that the Knicks get to continue a tradition of playing on Xmas that goes back to the beginning of the NBA. And yet I think that a Christmas game should be a reward for a great season as much as anything else. So I would not have picked them myself.
But your arguments make a ton of sense. And it's not like the NFL being stuck with a Thanksgiving game every year in Detroit, with a team that is even more irrelevant than the Knicks and a fan base that I think increasingly just pretends the Wolverines are in the NFL.
The question going forward now the NFL has decided to steal Christmas from the NBA is whether even the superstars can prevent casual fans from switching the channel to watch whatever football games are on. It's going to be tough even for LeBron and Steph to outgun Rodgers and TB12.
Christmas is on Sunday this year. How will the NBA ratings compare to the NFL?
I'm a little surprised by the Nets being totally absent--from both the scheduling and your analysis of the scheduling.
Wolves -v- Pelicans would have been a compelling game.
tossing the kings in to next year's christmas day games... I see what you did there.
I am a Knicks fan. I love that the Knicks get to continue a tradition of playing on Xmas that goes back to the beginning of the NBA. And yet I think that a Christmas game should be a reward for a great season as much as anything else. So I would not have picked them myself.
But your arguments make a ton of sense. And it's not like the NFL being stuck with a Thanksgiving game every year in Detroit, with a team that is even more irrelevant than the Knicks and a fan base that I think increasingly just pretends the Wolverines are in the NFL.
The question going forward now the NFL has decided to steal Christmas from the NBA is whether even the superstars can prevent casual fans from switching the channel to watch whatever football games are on. It's going to be tough even for LeBron and Steph to outgun Rodgers and TB12.