More People in Philly Watched the Draft Last Night than Ever Before

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Last night’s NBA draft had huge implications for Sixers fans, and they watched in record numbers. According to Forbes, the draft was the most-watched nationally since 1995, but locally it was even bigger:

As for the numbers in local markets,, the NBA Draft telecast delivered a record 8.5 rating in the top-ranked Louisville market, which is the best rating the market has ever produced for the NBA Draft. Additionally, the Philadelphia market delivered its best-ever NBA Draft rating – a 5.0.

Louisville is, of course, the hometown of alternate-reality Sixer D’Angelo Russell. Neither New York nor LA cracked the top ten local markets, so the Sixers should just be awarded their picks. That’s the rule.