The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024-25 season is off to a great start, but as a whole, television viewership across the NBA has been poor.
There are a lot of potential reasons to explain that, whether it be injuries, other leagues going on or an increase in 3-point shooting that makes the game less watchable.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver pushed back on that notion and believes the slow start for the league is merely tied to the World Series and recent stretch of covering the presidential election, via Cheddar:
“I don’t think it has anything to do with the 3-point shot.