Top 10 metropolitan for NBA in this country?

[Teh Intense]

Don't worry TO fanboys. Toronto is definitely in the top 10 in the NBA of its country. You know... being the only city and all

[RoyceDa59]

What about Memphis? Sacramento? Minnesota?

[azuresou1]

^oh word? You've visited every city in the US?

I visited all of the cities listed and if those cities are the best cities in your country then there's no need for me to visit anywhere else is there?

Toronto wishes it was a tenth as important as NYC or LA.

[LLcoleJ]

LA area really stretches from San Diego to the Central Coast. ( Laker, Clipper telecasts)

[dockingsched]

NY and LA will be up there because of the sheer number of people even though LA blows it when it comes to supporting the Clippers. Chicago goes out and supports their team, plus they have a ton of people.

Portland and Utah consistently bring out a ton of people for a small market team. They were 3rd and 6th in the attendance, respectively. The Blazers hold the professional sports record for most consecutive sellouts (814) and sold out every game last year and most games the year before (27 consecutive in '08 and all 41 last year).

Atlanta should be off the list. They have a hard time getting people in the seats even when the team is good. That arena has looked REALLY empty at times.

The Spurs have got to be on the list and Detroit should be near the top.


Top markets for the NBA:

1. New York (biggest market - team sucks, but fans still renew season tickets)
2. Chicago (fans still came out during the rough years, 2nd in NBA in attendance)
3. Detroit (consistently excellent attendance, 1st in NBA in 2009)
4. Boston (rich history and loyal, passionate fans)
5. LA (HUGE market, but Clippers still don't sell out)
6. San Antonio (very successful franchise, consistent sell outs, makes up for relocation scare in 80's)
7. Portland (impressive current sellout streak, holds record for pro sports)
8. Utah (passionate small market fans, winning franchise, built nice tradition)
9. ?
10. ?

wait wait, you're holding against LA that they are able to support a 2nd profitable franchise?

[KF10]

What about Memphis? Sacramento? Minnesota?

#16 Sacramento
#23 Minnesota
#27 Memphis

These are the rankings of the mentioned cities. (Largest markets)

To be fair, implying Sacramento as a bad city is silly.

[The Sludge]

Don't worry TO fanboys. Toronto is definitely in the top 10 in the NBA of its country. You know... being the only city and all

[hsb]

I don't think its possible to talk about cities on this forum. Xenophobia FTW.

[Silk Wilkes]

^oh word? You've visited every city in the US?

I visited all of the cities listed and if those cities are the best cities in your country then there's no need for me to visit anywhere else is there?

Toronto wishes it was a tenth as important as NYC or LA.

yea, you're 100% right

[boogydown]

These is from US census for population. For Basketball, same or different?

1) New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA - 21,976,224
2) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA - 17,775,984
3) Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI - 9,725,317
4) Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV - 8,211,213
5) Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH - 7,465,634
6) San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA - 7,228,948
7) Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD - 6,382,714
8) Dallas-Fort Worth, TX - 6,359,758
9) Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX - 5,641,077
11) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL - 5,478,667

For NBA, is NY or LA the biggest market?

Where are you getting this information? You are way off

1). New York - 19,006,798
2). Los Angeles - 12,872,808
3). Chicago - 9,569,624
4). Dallas - 6,300,006
5). Philadelphia - 5,838,471
6). Houston - 5,728,143
7). Toronto - 5,555,912
8). Miami - 5,414,772
9). Atlanta - 5,376,285
10). Washington - 5,358,130

My source is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_metropolitan_area. Pretty sure that is more accurate.

Your source is posting areas outside the classified metro. Not sure how that can be considered metro then as some of them are 3 hours away. Metro means usually within a hour.

[WesWesley]

Don't worry TO fanboys. Toronto is definitely in the top 10 in the NBA of its country. You know... being the only city and all

Nice attempt at a joke. Don't quit your day job, you're not funny.

[slamdunk]

Toronto is not a part of USA

It should be. The US should invade.

[LLcoleJ]

In summer time the ladies are just CRAZY and they know proper gear to wear in winter so they're always beautiful. .

This is the strangest my city is better than your city comment I have seen.

[Kayjay]

this is even weirder since toronto doesn't even have anything to go all ''inferiority complex'' about

it's just a big ole north american city

[sixerswillrule]

agree with the top 3, boston/philadelphia/atlanta should all be ranked higher in terms of basketball.

Basketball is behind football, baseball, and hockey in Philly.

[fishnc]

Toronto is not a part of USA

It should be. The US should invade.

+1

[BubbaTee]

In summer time the ladies are just CRAZY and they know proper gear to wear in winter so they're always beautiful.

Is this some kind of appeal for Dirk to sign in 2010?