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Chuck Klosterman on the NBA Finals, a Rival League, the Sonics, 'The Rehearsal,' Cooper Flagg, and the Fear of AI

2025/6/11
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Bill Simmons：最近NBA的收视率有所下降，这让人感到有些奇怪。比赛缺乏大城市和人们熟悉的球星，导致观众人数减少。大家都对此议论纷纷，担心NBA的未来发展。 Chuck Klosterman：收视率下降并不令人惊讶，这可能只是反映了真正对篮球感兴趣的人的比例。NBA的受欢迎程度很大程度上依赖于非篮球媒体事件。联盟总是面临着“如果人们不喜欢这个怎么办”的问题。现在有两种篮球讨论渠道，一种是必须观看每场比赛，另一种是认为这是一种娱乐。最终，如果俄克拉荷马城和印第安纳步行者发展成标志性球队，对NBA来说将是一个很棒的结果。

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chuck Klosterman to talk about the NBA's popularity and foul baiting (2:58), before they discuss the biggest sport franchise moves and the possibility of a new international basketball league (31:53). Then, they talk about Cooper Flagg, and ‘The Rehearsal’ (58:38). Finally, they dive into prison escapes and AI fears (1:25:27).

Host: Bill Simmons

Guest: Chuck Klosterman

Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo

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