How Many National TV Games for the Kings?
by Tom Ziller on Aug 3, 2010 2:30 PM PDT
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PrintThe 2010-11 NBA schedule will be released in part tonight at 4 PM PT on NBA TV, with the rest coming out over the next week. A favorite pastime of fans is to see how many times their favored team will appear on national TV (generally defined as TNT, ABC and ESPN -- not NBA TV, which has a far lower subscriber based). A lot of appearances? Mad dap! None or few? We get no respect!
Grant Napear has been predicting for about a week that he'd be surprised if the Kings didn't have 3-5 national TV games this year. I'm a bit less optimistic -- three is tops, but I really think they'll only throw 1-2 on the schedule for the Kings. What do you think?
(It's also worth noting that Napear has been pointing out that the team will open on the road because ARCO Arena is booked during opening week. The official ARCO Arena calendar doesn't show any events on opening week, but he'd know better than I would. He has said it'll be a 3- or 4-game road trip to open up the campaign.)
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I'm going with 3.
If I recall correctly the Kings only had one National Broadcast last year (the truly epic dollar beer night where Reke stripped Arenas at the end).
This year, they’ll likely want to feature the reigning rookie of the year at least a couple times, and because of DeMarcus Cousins that might warrant another national appearance. Perhaps a re-match of Wiz-Kings? Wall v. Evans.
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This is roughly what I'm thinking.
I think 4-5 is pushing it, although I’ll be more than happy to be proven wrong about that. On a team with the reigning ROY and a serious projected contender for this year’s ROY, I think three is realistic.
wasnt our game last year a last minute thing during the season,so everyone could see what the buzz was about concerning tyreke?
Yeah.
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I'm going to go with 5 times with 3 of those on NBATV.
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Does NBATV really count as a national broadcast?
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To the NBA it does.
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The NBA
is the only one with that definition. Relatively few folks get NBA TV, and almost no one counts NBA TV games as nationally televised.
by Tom Ziller on Aug 3, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
almost no one counts NBA TV games as nationally televised.
Yeah but when you live out of town it works just as well as if the game is on ESPN or TNT so that it ends up being blacked out. NBATV games dont’ effect you when you’re in the local market, but it does effect you in the out of town market.
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Napear can confirm that ARCO is booked opening week
He is starring in Disney’s “Douche Nuggets On Ice.”
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by section214 on Aug 3, 2010 2:37 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Fantastic!
I forget if he’s Grumpy Douche or Goofy Douche.
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
You're my hero
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
I went with 4-5
because I think it will be more than 2. Selecting “3” is probably right, but “4-5” gives me two ways to win, whereas selecting “3” only gives you one way to win. I’m playing the odds.
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
Duh...bragging rights!
LOL
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
I say 3
Although 2 of them will be ESPN cutting to us live should we be down 28 points to the Lakers.
“I wonder if Kobe will try to break 81? BOO YAA!”
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen. And for a limited time, every third person who follows me on Twitter (andy_sims) gets a free ice cream cone.
Which I will eat.
It'll show Kobe driving to the lane for his 82nd point
and DMC slamming him to the ground, then stomping on his head. Kobe will be in a permanent vegetative state. Cousins will be kicked out of the league. Kings fans will have mixed feelings.
#vfettkefordraft
by vfettke on Aug 3, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yes, but then we would finally get to see the epic Tyreke vs. Kobe in a Wheelchair match-up.
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
by PhutureKings on Aug 3, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
They'd better hire a ton of floor moppers
to wipe up all of semi-conscious Kobe’s drool
#vfettkefordraft
Wow that was violent.
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Aug 3, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I will go with a deuce, but just one would not be a surprise.
Miami will be hot hot hot, the Lakers as well. The other playoff teams deserve their due – Boston, Orlando even Atlanta and the improved Bucks squad in the East. In the West the Jazz and of course the new (also deserved) darlings – OKC with NBA scoring champ and USA basketball leader Kevin Durant.
Tyreke has some punch, DMC is a big maybe and winning 25 games last season is not going to grab eyes. You also have new rookie sensation John Wall and last year’s #1 Blake Griffin as an attraction.
Most likely one game perhaps two depending on the scheduling days (play the Lakers or the Thunder on a Thursday kind of thing). One game will be against someone like the Warriors or Clippers or Wizards.
oh, and the other East up and comers - da Bulls will get their share of games.
I expect many more East games this season.
by betweentheeyes on Aug 3, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder, on average, how many total nationally televised games there are per season?
By that I mean, all games on ABC/EPSN/TNT? I’d reckon that the Kings get televised about 5% of the time, so if there were 40 total games, we’d be looking at 2 games featuring our Kings…
If Reke DMC play well in the beginning of the year, I’m sure the NBA will rotate a few games the Kings’ way…maybe a Sac-OKC game?
Not counting NBATV, I say 3.
After doing a little digging, I saw that the Bulls with the ROY two years ago in Derrick Rose had 13 national TV appearances.
Then again, there wasnt a big 3 in Miami last year.
"Morrison beats Casspi 1 on 1". - MarcusC
And also the Bulls came off that great series with the Celtics
"Titanic. When DiCaprio is trying to save the young lady, that was dope. When she tries to save him, and he dies, that was dope too. That whole situation was tragic. When I saw the baby in the water, frozen? I cried a little, but mostly I was pissed. I'd just had my daughter, so when I saw that frozen baby, I was like, "What the f -- !? That's bull -- !" -Ron Artest talking about his favorite movie.
It's also Chicago.
The Kings won’t get televised like that again unless you have an attraction like J-Will around.
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Yeah
I tried finding how many national TV games OKC got with Durant coming off his ROY season two years ago but couldn’t find anything. That would have been a better comparison with the small market Thunder.
"Morrison beats Casspi 1 on 1". - MarcusC
by Surprise Team on Aug 3, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think they had any
They didn’t have any this year I don’t think and they made that huge leap
#vfettkefordraft
OKC had national TV games last year.
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NBA news while we wait for the Schedule
Shaq close to deal with Celtics
"Titanic. When DiCaprio is trying to save the young lady, that was dope. When she tries to save him, and he dies, that was dope too. That whole situation was tragic. When I saw the baby in the water, frozen? I cried a little, but mostly I was pissed. I'd just had my daughter, so when I saw that frozen baby, I was like, "What the f -- !? That's bull -- !" -Ron Artest talking about his favorite movie.
The Celtics are about to become a lot older.
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The official car of the Boston Celtics
This.
by elfboy_ on Aug 3, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
If the Kings do have national televised games
i would like it to be against these teams:
The Wizards (Wall V Cousins/Tyreke)
The Rockets (Martin/Miller V Landry/Tyreke)
The Warriors (Curry/ Udoh? V Tyreke/Cousins)
The Sixers (Hawes/Noc V Casspi/ Dalembert)
An All Kings broadcast
"Titanic. When DiCaprio is trying to save the young lady, that was dope. When she tries to save him, and he dies, that was dope too. That whole situation was tragic. When I saw the baby in the water, frozen? I cried a little, but mostly I was pissed. I'd just had my daughter, so when I saw that frozen baby, I was like, "What the f -- !? That's bull -- !" -Ron Artest talking about his favorite movie.
The Sixers (Hawes/Noc V Casspi/ Dalembert)
The least exciting player movement of the offseason.
Not exactly Lebron to Miami is it
That's not fair.
The Kings and Sixers didn’t get a full hour on ESPN to hype up their decisions. Inclusive of dramatic pauses.
And we could have given proceeds to the girl scout cookies of america or whatever.
This.
Yeah but the Kings very own Jim Gray got to MC the event!
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Cardinal Richelieu
I wonder if LeBron had said he was joining Sacramento
if Jim would have had a coronary right there and then. I betcha Pat Riley would have.
This.
Good things like that rarely happen for us Kings fans
We seem destined to suffer Gray’s sliminess for the upcoming season.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Cardinal Richelieu
I want one of our home games vs the Lakers on national TV.
I want to beat them, and doing that on national TV would be an extra bonus.
Plus even though there are a lot of Laker fans there, there seemed to be a different atmosphere when we played LA at home last year, especially the 2nd game when Tyreke put Artest in a spin cycle.
"Morrison beats Casspi 1 on 1". - MarcusC
I'm going with the high end
because initially we’ll probably get scheduled for 2-3 but as the season progresses and the hype for DMCROY builds more games will be added. I also expect we will have a better record than most national writers will predict and that will also draw in attention nationally.
"They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am."
-Stephen Colbert
Those 19 people who voted zero have no officially been proven wrong.
The NBA announced on Tuesday Tyreke Evans, DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings will take on Mike Bibby, Al Horford and the Hawks in Atlanta in a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day matinee to be broadcast on NBA TV at 1 p.m. PST on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011.
Via Kings.com
NBA TV dont count.
Children, before you go to sleep check under your bed for the BOOGIE MAN!!
1-2
1-2. 2 at most. No one is going to get excited about a small market team that won 25 games last year.
Last year’s Wizards game was an in-season add on.
The team has some nice young players but unless you win the #1 overall pick, you ain’t getting very many national TV games.
Children, before you go to sleep check under your bed for the BOOGIE MAN!!
Full schedule won't be announced until Aug 10th
We’ve been conned.
1 NBA TV game so far.
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
Wait a second
An NBA announcement is being unnecessarily drawn out to gain additional exposure and attention?
I’m both shocked and appalled.
When discussing two opposing point of views, the truth often lies somewhere in the middle.
2 games against the Heat, 1 vs the Wizards
2 vs Miami because I think most of the their games will be televised nationally, and 1 against the Wizards because of the Cousins-Wall connection – that could very well be the Rookie of the Year race right there.
"Where hope goes to die"
A team can only have 34 games on NATIONAL TV.
9 on TNT, 9 on ESPN and 5 on ABC per year and 11 on NBA TV
Children, before you go to sleep check under your bed for the BOOGIE MAN!!
In that case, MAYBE 1 game - against the Wizards.
"Where hope goes to die"
Wall is scary good.
He is pretty much already the quickest player in the league. If he hits his jumpshots he will a nightmare to guard.
by MarcusC on Aug 3, 2010 5:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Wall is scary good.
He is pretty much already the quickest player in the league. If he hits his jumpshots he will a nightmare to guard.
by MarcusC on Aug 3, 2010 5:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
There are at least 20 players that could fit that description.
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Aug 3, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Rondo/Brooks/Collison
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Maybe not 20.
But thats who I put wall on par with. Though Brooks can shoot probably the best out of them.
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"If cats looked like frogs, we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember." —Terry Pratchett
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20
Reke, Rose, Rondo, Paul, Collison, Lawson, Felton, Ford, Harris, Mills, Barea, Beabouis (butchered the name), Curry, Brooks, Williams, Westbrook, Maynor, Holiday, Flynn, Conley.
Might not all be their, but those are 20 pretty quick PG’s that can make you look bad either way.
_________ is scary good when he's hitting his jumpers!
Great stuff!
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Aug 4, 2010 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Tyreke and D-Rose are 2.
"Morrison beats Casspi 1 on 1". - MarcusC
by Surprise Team on Aug 3, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the big 4 with no jumper: Reke, Rose, Westbrook, and Rondo
give those dude sweet jumpers, and it’s game over
" 1 + 1 = 3 " - David Kahn
I like this list
sticking to active players only: (version: guards)
Jason Kidd, Igoudala, and the recent Kings GTemple DMason and DMcGuire
come to mind
by betweentheeyes on Aug 5, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Kidd has a pretty nice jumpshot now when he's set.
42.5% from 3 Point land last year, and 40.6% the year before.
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"Jump" shot is being generous,
but you’re right – Kidd used to be an abysmal perimeter shooter, and now you can’t leave him alone out there.
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Calling Kidd's J abysmal is being kind.
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Wow
Curry is already more popular than Tyreke. Warriors play on espn Christmas day.
It’s going to be interesting to see how good curry is next year, he has the future potential to be one of the best scorers in the league. His defense is also way better than I assumed.
by MarcusC on Aug 3, 2010 5:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Are you sure you don't want to be a dubs fan?
Only the best and brightest GSOMers can draw conclusions like that.
"They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am."
-Stephen Colbert
Not unless something dramatic happened, like
the kings moving to Vegas.
by MarcusC on Aug 3, 2010 5:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I disagreen Marcus
The Kings are getting much more attention with Tyreke now I would say, some bad with the speeding ticket and some good with the ROY award. GS has only gotten recognition for selling the team.
Although, I think most teams would still take tyreke over curry if there was a re-draft.
But they are still both early in their careers, so we will see.
by MarcusC on Aug 3, 2010 5:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
lol
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Aug 3, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Went with 4-5
but counted NBA TV games. I think we get 2 ESPN or TNT games, and 2-3 NBA TV games
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
Ohh and for the record
I don’t really care how many we get. It’s always cool to fly under the radar.
"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims
...And that's where little baby planes come from.
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
So what did we end up with?
"I have talent that's there, but I just have the mentality right now that I just want to be the greatest. And I don't think that any other player has that right now." -DeMarcus Cousins
by Noble_Bloodlines on Aug 4, 2010 7:43 AM PDT reply actions
Slightly off-topic, but I have a question
My parents live in Roseville and just got DirecTV. On what channel can they get the local broadcast of the games. My mom is just about ready to sprinkle arsenic into my dad’s Raisin Bran because she thinks she’s not going to get to watch the Kings this season.
He signed them up for DirecTV.
And yeah, I get it from my mom.
StR Token Female
by LeaguePassAddict on Aug 4, 2010 8:47 AM PDT reply actions
BINGO
"I have talent that's there, but I just have the mentality right now that I just want to be the greatest. And I don't think that any other player has that right now." -DeMarcus Cousins
by Noble_Bloodlines on Aug 4, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
698-1 is the HD option.
I just called DTV today to suspend my account :(
Damn joblessness. I may have to track one of you StR people down and invite myself over for games! Lol
"Put Kobe or Lebron in a wheelchair, and I can GUARANTEE Tyreke would demolish either. You might want to rethink what you just said." - MarcusC.
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"I never read those trade threads. They seem to be mainly populated with the sports equivalent of people who think the Rapture is imminent." - andy sims.
And another cool part is that the Kings usually re-broadcast the games
after the original broadcast, so if you miss out on the first time, you can still see that.
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They do.
Whether or not they can use it is another matter entirely.
StR Token Female
by LeaguePassAddict on Aug 4, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
If they have HD -
You want to keep your eye on 696, 696-1, 698, and 698-1. Sometimest the games will be on 698 instead of 696 (depending on programming at that moment), and the -1 are the HD stations. Historically, the home games are HD, but the road games are not.
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What they said
696 or 698, one of those two . . . . .
Every game is on.
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Aug 4, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Every game is on?
I’m so confused. I thought home games were blacked out in Roseville. Or, when I tried League Pass online’s preseason preview, it seemed like ALL kings games were blacked out for me. That’s why I gave up and just started watching atdhe. Anybody know what’s the deal on blackouts? Is there hope for me?
Bankin' on Boogie with his back to the basket
"DMC and Purple Jesus are gonna run shit very very soon" - "Gavin Maloof" commenting on "Fear DeMarcus Cousins, for he is a beast". http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/fear-demarcus-cousins-for-he-is-a-beast.php
I live in Roseville,
and via DirecTV I got every game last year on the Comcast stations that were noted above.
SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!
I live in Rocklin
and via local cable I got every game last year on CSN. What’s funny is the schedule listing will often have “(Black Out)” appended to the listing but the game has never been blacked out.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Cardinal Richelieu
Thanks for the blackout info, guys.
I suppose I should just order the DirecTV package and hope for the best.
Bankin' on Boogie with his back to the basket
"DMC and Purple Jesus are gonna run shit very very soon" - "Gavin Maloof" commenting on "Fear DeMarcus Cousins, for he is a beast". http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/07/fear-demarcus-cousins-for-he-is-a-beast.php
Thank you all!
Dad will live to fight another day.
StR Token Female
by LeaguePassAddict on Aug 5, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully the DVR remote won't prove an overwhelming opponent
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Cardinal Richelieu
tell him he can use his smart phone to program it when away from home
just to make him squirm
by betweentheeyes on Aug 5, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Careful.
I might just give them your contact information so that you can program it for them.
You’ll never escape. Mwahahahahahahaha!
StR Token Female
by LeaguePassAddict on Aug 8, 2010 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I went "6 or more" Why?
Because;
Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile
by Balky Needs on Aug 4, 2010 2:18 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
There's only 82 games though.
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by Aykis16 on Aug 5, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yah but maybe you hadn't heard
They removed one flag because nobody actually proved that Cousins at any time ran with scissors. So were good to go.
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