NBA Expansion

mediocrityrules · Post #441 » by **mediocrityrules** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:34 am

Was Mexico city ever a chance at some point? i heard something a while ago that they were in the mix.

YogurtProducer · Post #442 » by **YogurtProducer** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:57 am

Dr Aki wrote:Canada East vs West too big a money spinner to give up.

Regardless of East vs West conference, they should schedule 4 games a season, every season

Add Celtics Lakers to this

Jkam31 · Post #443 » by **Jkam31** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:24 am

YogurtProducer wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:Canada East vs West too big a money spinner to give up.

Regardless of East vs West conference, they should schedule 4 games a season, every season

Add Celtics Lakers to this

Celtics lakers isn’t even a rival anymore that’s where the nba has gone

VancouverRaps · Post #444 » by **VancouverRaps** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:29 am

Vancouver

righterwriter · Post #445 » by **righterwriter** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:44 am

Am I crazy, or does it not make sense to put a team in Seattle AND Vancouver right now? They are basically neighbors, so you'd be cutting into the Seattle market.

Vegas would be the second location, I'm quite sure.

What name should they give a Vegas team? Something geographically related, hopefully, like the Outlaws or the Gamblers.

macNcheese3 · Post #446 » by **macNcheese3** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:46 am

LakerLegend wrote:looks like the second city is between Las Vegas and Vancouver https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/261102/NBA-Expansion-Unlikely-To-Be-Seriously-Considered-Until-2022

Hoping it’s Vancouver.

TheHardenChoke · Post #447 » by **TheHardenChoke** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:49 am

Hopefully we can send a bunch of teams to play the Spurs, right after they've done a small stint in LA then Vegas.

tanuki1031 · Post #448 » by **tanuki1031** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:50 am

Should be Seattle with Vancouver considering how the league previously screwed both cities.

LivingLegend · Post #449 » by **LivingLegend** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:58 am

tanuki1031 wrote:Should be Seattle with Vancouver considering how the league previously screwed both cities.

As a Cleveland Browns fan, give these cities their teams back please.

And then restructure the conferences to include 4 team divisions like the NFL has.

The NBA is stale and needs a shakeup.

God Squad · Post #450 » by **God Squad** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:13 am

It'll be Seattle and Vancouver. To be honest a lot of people around here said it. With Vegas being the wild card (Which is still a huge possibility).

XTC · Post #451 » by **XTC** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:20 am

Mannnnn being from Vancouver...

I hope it’s true... We got **** so hard with the whole Grizzlies ordeal... A man can wish, but going against Vegas is never good...

DS17 · Post #452 » by **DS17** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:47 am

TheSheriff wrote:
NotaHypeJob wrote:The official PNW city rankings
1. Seattle
2. Vancouver
3. Portland

If you disagree you are wrong

Vancouver has Lululemon.
Portland has Nike.

I’ll on that basis, I’ll take Vancouver.

Bruh. Seattle is a bootleg version of Vancouver ...

Jkam31 · Post #453 » by **Jkam31** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:37 am

God Squad wrote:It'll be Seattle and Vancouver. To be honest a lot of people around here said it. With Vegas being the wild card (Which is still a huge possibility).

Why Vancouver over vegas

God Squad · Post #454 » by **God Squad** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:07 am

Jkam31 wrote:
God Squad wrote:It'll be Seattle and Vancouver. To be honest a lot of people around here said it. With Vegas being the wild card (Which is still a huge possibility).

Why Vancouver over vegas

More Canadian dollars (Another Market) and the fact the NBA prematurely moved the team. Vegas is obviously a good choice also due to the fact that NHL/NFL/WNBA has made that market work.

JayMKE · Post #455 » by **JayMKE** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:23 pm

Is a Seattle or Vancouver ownership group going to want to cough up $4B or whahever for an expansion team if they’re going to have to almost share a market with another expansion team? Seattle will have an established brand and fan base, I know it’s a huge amount of people and there are teams closer this is a **** ton of money they’re asking.

Vegas doesn't work at all tho imo, really don’t need players going on benders while on the road and economically I think the Vegas market is in for hard times, it’s not that big and the entertainment dollar is pretty stretched.

I don’t understand why they need 2 teams for expansion, the league would be fine with 31 teams. If I’m Seattle tho I’m still looking to buy a struggling team, if they acquire a team this way then I don’t think you’d hear anymore about expansion

packer396 · Post #456 » by **packer396** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:30 pm

Pistons and Cavs could contract right now and literally nobody would care. I question the logic in adding 30 more G-Leaguers to the NBA without having fixed the "superstar" problem. If you can distribute talent more evenly throughout the league (see NFL), this seems fine, but if not we'll just have 2 more tanking teams each year

Post #457 » by **Cactus Jack** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:43 pm

JayMKE wrote:Is a Seattle or Vancouver ownership group going to want to cough up $4B or whahever for an expansion team if they’re going to have to almost share a market with another expansion team? Seattle will have an established brand and fan base, I know it’s a huge amount of people and there are teams closer this is a **** ton of money they’re asking.

Vegas doesn't work at all tho imo, really don’t need players going on benders while on the road and economically I think the Vegas market is in for hard times, it’s not that big and the entertainment dollar is pretty stretched.

I don’t understand why they need 2 teams for expansion, the league would be fine with 31 teams. If I’m Seattle tho I’m still looking to buy a struggling team, if they acquire a team this way then I don’t think you’d hear anymore about expansion

If it were that easy, the Bucks would be in Seattle. Relocation is out of the question. Yes, Seattle has multiple groups that are actively trying to bring a team back. The new NHL owner (Kraken) is one. The city will land an expansion team. Vancouver meanwhile, is fighting an uphill battle. Like Seattle, Vegas has been very proactive.

TheSheriff · Post #458 » by **TheSheriff** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:51 pm

LakerLegend wrote:looks like the second city is between Las Vegas and Vancouver https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/261102/NBA-Expansion-Unlikely-To-Be-Seriously-Considered-Until-2022

That’s not what that link actually says.

MisterHibachi · Post #459 » by **MisterHibachi** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:06 pm

Can someone explain the argument for Vegas to me? Isn't it mostly a tourist city?

nikster · Post #460 » by **nikster** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:07 pm

Jkam31 wrote:
YogurtProducer wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:Canada East vs West too big a money spinner to give up.

Regardless of East vs West conference, they should schedule 4 games a season, every season

Add Celtics Lakers to this

Celtics lakers isn’t even a rival anymore that’s where the nba has gone

The only reason that rivalry formed was because those 2 teams were in the finals constantly. There would be no way to maintain that rivalry except for destroying parity and have those 2 teams go up against each other multiples times a decade.

Where should the league expand with Seattle?