Man, George Bush sucks so bad, NBA moves to Europe are at an all time high. Trust me it's all related. Shout out to the Dixie Chicks. I am embarrassed he's from Texas too. Sorry to get political.
Great season? Well I guess it depends on who you were rooting for. I was rooting for Boston in the Finals, so all in all I am not too disappointed. None of my favorite squads have won a title in a long time. 76ers won a title 1983. I was too young to get any joy out of that. So this year is kind of like every other year, you pick the team you hate the least in the finals and go with it. Prior to this season, many Boston Celtic fans knew how I felt (except for that whole 16 titles thing). But this year Boston got over the hump, so Congrats. Being an Atlantic division rival it was kind of bittersweet and hard for me to root for Boston, but like I said, pick the team you hate the least and root for them.
Women's professional basketball is still taking back seat to College Women's basketball and even international women's basketball. NBA has done the WNBA disservice by not tying it in more with men's NBA. WNBA has it's own marketing dept. Why not put that NBA marketing machine behind the WNBA?
The Marketing so has been poor. How many times have you learned, after the fact, that a WNBA game was on? WNBA is trying too hard to sell the women on basketball their skills only. I've played basketball with some women college players and I can tell you first hand, some of them are really good. Pure jumpers and talk more trash than Sam Cassell. But, there too many stereo types of women's basketball to get public interest on just basketball. Why not let the women be women and attract male fans that way? You can't cater to just women fans. In order to put butts in the seats and get that advertising money. WNBA should let the more attractive and talented players be the face of the WNBA. I'm not trying to get all Don Imus on you. I am just stating facts. Image sells. WNBA players don't have to be overtly trying to sell sex in order to be seen as sexy, believe it or not, some of the players off of the court are fairly attractive. All they have to do is get some of that NBA marketing machine behind them and do tastefull but sexy ads. Get men in the seat, and the women will come.
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