Magician: The ratings dropped by 40%, because today s stars are not responsible! Who are they alluding to?

Recently, in an interview with a well-known sports media in the United States, former Lakers legend Elvin Johnson was in a very depressed mood when talking about the NBA's ratings being worse than one year after another, and sighed with a heartache that today is not as good as before.

You should know that compared with the ratings at its peak, the NBA's ratings have dropped by 40%. When talking about the main reasons for the serious decline in ratings, the Magician said: "The ratings dropped by 40%, which is really unacceptable. As the world's highest and most successful basketball league, the NBA should not have encountered such a ratings Waterloo pain. There may be many reasons for such a large rating decline, but the most important one is that the leading stars in the league lack responsibility and they always engage in load management. Their irresponsible behavior is seriously damaging the interests of the league and damaging the sport of basketball."

"A few days ago, I talked with Michael (Jordan), and we met by chance in Europe. He said to me, "Elwin, I don't understand why the current stars don't want to play on the court...?" ”

"I also have this kind of question, and I don't know how to answer MJ. However, if you look at Jordan's career appearance statistics, he played almost every season in his career, rarely missed the game, attended at least 5-6 seasons (actually 9 seasons full), and was unwilling to miss a game. He was eager to fight for every appearance for fans. "But now the situation is different. The fans see it. They react to the star's load management. Since they can't see the star they like playing, they choose to give up and stop watching it after a long time. A few weeks ago, I watched a game and the stars on both sides were absent. The game was simply impossible to watch, do you understand? The league must take measures to manage the stars' load and cannot let this situation continue to be bad. At the same time, something must be done to the All-Stars. This year is the first time I haven't watched the All-Star in 46 years since I joined the league, and I have no interest in watching it. ”

"If the participating All-Stars do not intend to do their best, they must put out at least 80% or 75% of their energy to make the competition competitive and interesting. The All-Stars do not take the All-Stars seriously, and are even unwilling to play games. They only consider personal load management and rest when they want to rest, without considering the feelings of fans at all. "

"The previous stars not only participated in the All-Stars, such as Jordan, Dr. J, Wilkins, and Kobe. They all participated in the dunk contest back then. Do you understand? Previous stars are willing to participate in various duels and are willing to show their various abilities to fans, which makes the All-Star weekend full of endless attraction. "

" But nowadays, the stars are unwilling to participate and are unwilling to present wonderful performances to the fans. They only consider their own load management. This is the culprit that caused the league's ratings to drop by 40%. ”

The Magician's words imply which star in the league is? Who always has no injury reports, always pretends to have a smart injury attack, and is repeatedly quit the regular season or plays off the regular season? Who publicly said that if he participates in the All-Star Dunk Contest, he will definitely win the championship, but he repeatedly rejected the invitation from the league, saying that the time has passed? Who was selected as the All-Star Weekend this year and deliberately waited until the All-Star weekend began to announce that he was unable to play in the smart injury attack? Who did not allow other players to enter the All-Star later for their exposure? Who is trying hard to promote the so-called father and son on the same stage, and refuses the All-Star Father and Son Skills Challenge created by the league? Who started the peak group, causing the game to be seriously unbalanced and lose its highlights and suspense? ... One by one, one by one, countless behaviors that harm the interests of the league.

However, the Magician missed a point. Xiao Hua introduced Spinach Company, which caused too many human factors to affect the outcome of the game and also one of the important reasons for the decline in ratings.

What do you think? What is the main reason for the serious decline in NBA ratings?