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velodus.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Hey, I wrote about this recently: https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/media-negativity-problem.html

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I keep thinking about how the NBA has embraced social media more than any other league. And one of the pitfalls of it is commentators are incentivized to be loud to draw engagement on social.

velodus.bsky.social•6 days ago

That's very astute.

rafelitoc7.bsky.social•6 days ago

Being thoughtful requires actually watching the game and there’s not a guarantee that a thoughtful take will draw eyeballs.

fightinz.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don't know what KD is specifically responding to, but most criticism I've seen about this weekend is that it didn't center BASKETBALL. It was side shows, comedians, commercials, a broadcast team honoring itself, etc.

velodus.bsky.social•6 days ago

I totally agree. But I think he's just stuck in this miserable feedback loop on X where that's all he ever sees on everything.

fightinz.bsky.social•6 days ago

Makes sense

detroitnoodle.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is spot on. Honestly a big part of it is the social media, YouTube and podcast of the nba. For every Dunkers Spot podcast there are 7 pods of random “fanboys” with an account saying what’s bad about the nba. This is about 90% of what the ringer produces in the form of basketball content.

johngonzalez.bsky.social•6 days ago

KD was one of the people who complained about the new format after it was initially announced

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