How to be a fan of a rebuilding NBA team, and how to keep those fans engaged with Andrew Schlecht

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Schlecht joins the podcast, and we discuss a fun topic today: how do NBA teams keep fans engaged when the team is tanking? On top of that, how do you be a fan of a rebuilding team? The Oklahoma City Thunder have done a great job of both this season, featuring in the top half of all NBA teams in local TV ratings while also putting a fun, exciting product on the floor while losing, so Schlecht joins the show to break down what they've done right. On top of it, we then create a to-do list for all teams and fans for how to create an exciting tanking situation that keeps everyone enthusiastic about the product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast. I'm your host Sam Vassini. We are presented by The Athletic.
0:12.3	Today on the show, we are talking about what it's like to root for a rebuilding team in the NBA. And to do that, I've got just the best person
0:25.2	I can imagine to talk about this with. It's Andrew Schlecht, host of the Down to Dunk
0:31.9	podcast, our tremendous Oklahoma City podcast. He is the host of the Saturday Slaman Jam on the athletic NBA feed.
0:40.9	He's around the athletic NBA show.
0:44.1	He's around the daily ding occasionally.
0:46.4	Just an all, all, you know, just a multi-purpose podcast host.
0:52.0	Andrew, how's it going, man?
0:54.4	It's going great.
0:56.0	It's going very, very good.
0:57.2	After a loss to the Kings, I'm feeling energized.
1:01.1	It's so interesting, and that's why I wanted to talk about this.
1:04.0	I've got my Pitt Panthers hoodie on, which is why I'm wearing yellow, because I needed to get within the mindset of something that is
1:14.6	desperately in need of a rebuild, something that is desperately in the need of a reboot.
1:19.2	And good God, just pit basketball desperately need a reboot.
1:24.6	Andrew, over the last,
1:27.6	uh,
1:28.2	what,
1:29.3	let's go with decade,
1:30.0	I would say,
1:32.7	you've rooted for a contender on some level,
1:33.2	right?
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