Tuesday, December 16  Picture This   hacksaw said...
Interesting, but is this type of distribution really that
unusual?  In baseball, average game attendance in 2008 was up 1%
or more for 11 out of 30teams compared with '07. Roughly 3/4 of
the increase came from only five teams. Overall average
attendance was off -0.8%. Remarkably similar to the NBA
situation conveyed here.  And is OKC really an outlier? One
could argue that having a new city in the NBA is a normal part
of doing business. Over the last 20 seasons, there have been
seven expansion teams, plus at least three moves (depends on
your definition), meaning on average, every other year at least
one city gets a shiny new franchise.  Which is a long way of
saying, nice graph - but I'm not sure what it means.  nuss
said...  Fair points, but I think it's also fair to argue that
the New Orleans and Oklahoma City situations are historically
unusual.  1) The ownership willfully destroyed any chance at
normal attendance in Seattle with their actions. They sp