canguy20m wrote:something doesn't seem right when a bigger city home to companies like Microsoft that's only a short ride away from one of the other largest cities in north America, Vancouver (that's also affluent) without a team, loses its part in the nba. If Vancouver couldn't get one when its population and economy was booming and S.Nash was winning mvp awards, Seattle would probably find it difficult getting one.
before Seattle fans start complaining though they should know the 2 biggest 'wealthy' cities in North America without teams are in Canada. Canada also has many cities comparable in size to Oklahoma City and Memphis that would never even get the chance the way the league is set up.
To be fair, Oklahoma CIty would have never gotten a chance had it not have been for Hurricane Katrina. OKC got a trial run with the Hornets, which opened the door for us to be the top candidate for an expansion team or a team that moved.