Typical NBA just showing finals ratings. Its like judging the book by its cover. Jordans ratings were the highest but actually NBA is performing better in the 80's or when jordan retired. Clearly fans prefer parity. Lucky for stern, jordan was likable so fans can fathom the lack of parity. But once jordan retired, league has been going downhill that most of the owners taking losses.If stern wasnt a dumbass, NBA would have been on the same league as NFL.