The lockout hasn't soured the nation's appetite for pro hoops: TV ratings are up, according to TrueHoop blog/ESPN.com writer Henry Abbott:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/36460/the-business-of-the-nba-is-good
NBA-TV is doing particularly well thanks to renewed interest in the Los Angeles Clippers, according to this press release (via The Futon Critic):
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratin...-2011-12-regular-season-198305/20120201nba01/
From an anecdotal standpoint, I know neither ESPN or TNT has ever cleared more Clippers games before this season--its an easy bet that the Clippers are helping their fortunes too. (The Clippers are no longer a basketball punchline with dunk machine forward Blake Griffin being assisted by All-Star guards Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups.)
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/36460/the-business-of-the-nba-is-good
NBA-TV is doing particularly well thanks to renewed interest in the Los Angeles Clippers, according to this press release (via The Futon Critic):
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratin...-2011-12-regular-season-198305/20120201nba01/
From an anecdotal standpoint, I know neither ESPN or TNT has ever cleared more Clippers games before this season--its an easy bet that the Clippers are helping their fortunes too. (The Clippers are no longer a basketball punchline with dunk machine forward Blake Griffin being assisted by All-Star guards Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups.)