Rumor: NBA Expected to Announce Expansion Teams in Seattle and Las Vegas

Castle Black · Post #1 » by **Castle Black** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:22 pm

As expected. Only a matter of time.

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Lockdown504090 · Post #2 » by **Lockdown504090** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:24 pm

this cap spike is going to be insane. super teams are definitely coming back.

sp6r=underrated · Post #3 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:26 pm

Lockdown504090 wrote:this cap spike is going to be insane. super teams are definitely coming back.

Superteams will never go away as long as the nba has maximum salaries

Castle Black · Post #4 » by **Castle Black** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:26 pm

Will be good to have the Sonics back tbh.

Shock Defeat · Post #5 » by **Shock Defeat** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:26 pm

Uhh this is a rumor. But it makes a lot of sense. Move Memphis to the east.

ForeverTFC · Post #6 » by **ForeverTFC** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:28 pm

Meh. I actually think this NBA is really exciting right now because there is so much talent. 30 more roster spots will dilute the league again.

Las Vegas about to pick up a ton of easy home wins.

Archx · Post #7 » by **Archx** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:30 pm

The Las Vegas team will be interesting just from the locations standpoint. And Seattle Supersonics are just pure nostalgia.

CobraCommander · Post #8 » by **CobraCommander** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:31 pm

Seattle one, if not the best sports fan town in USA —— they deserve it.

Put the team in Belltown or in the ID and not in Bellevue pleaseeeee

Castle Black · Post #9 » by **Castle Black** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:33 pm

Shock Defeat wrote:Uhh this is a rumor. But it makes a lot of sense. Move Memphis to the east.

Yea mistakingly put Report instead of Rumor. Fixed.

Post #10 » by **Cactus Jack** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:34 pm

Shock Defeat wrote:Uhh this is a rumor. But it makes a lot of sense. Move Memphis to the east.

John Canzano has ties to Portland. It's more than just a rumor. The OP did a poor job of wording his original title. Here's a clip of the interview with a local Seattle station.

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CobraCommander · Post #11 » by **CobraCommander** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:35 pm

ForeverTFC wrote:Meh. I actually think this NBA is really exciting right now because there is so much talent. 30 more roster spots will dilute the league again.

Las Vegas about to pick up a ton of easy home wins.

Definitely dilutes talent but also gives 30+ guys nba jobs and 10 guys coaching gigs and the Pacific Northwest another squad

Infinite Llamas · Post #12 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:37 pm

So would Memphis and New Orleans go to the East?

The west getting two expansion teams would be prettt crazy.

sp6r=underrated · Post #13 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:37 pm

My admittedly crazy idea is to add a third team to NY and LA respectively

RoyceDa59 · Post #14 » by **RoyceDa59** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:43 pm

Memphis in the East would be super interesting. Seeing as they’re one of the premier up and coming teams in the league.

Would make the East playoff picture even more ridiculous.

DavidSterned · Post #15 » by **DavidSterned** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:48 pm

Not sure about the source. John Canzano is a blowhard Portland columnist who is kind of infamous in these parts. Not sure how keyed in he actually is on anything. I know there's been speculation about this scenario for awhile so this just seems like a continuation of that.

JayMKE · Post #16 » by **JayMKE** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:50 pm

Seattle cool but could do without Vegas

only team anybody has business talking about moving east is Minnesota

SupaManu · Post #17 » by **SupaManu** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:52 pm

Don’t need more teams

payton2kemp · Post #18 » by **payton2kemp** » Tue May 24, 2022 10:55 pm

Finally, I can wear my Detlef Schrempf jersey again.

shangrila · Post #19 » by **shangrila** » Tue May 24, 2022 11:01 pm

This is nice and all but I'm more excited about the conference realignment that this would force.

It's moronic that the closest team geographically to Minnesota is Milwaukee, which is in another conference, while one of the furthest away, Portland, is in the same freaking division.

The mid-west teams get screwed hard.

Post #20 » by **Texas Chuck** » Tue May 24, 2022 11:03 pm

SupaManu wrote:Don’t need more teams

We aren't getting more teams. Cuban already spelled out what expansion actually is--nothing but a short-term loan to the existing franchises with a huge back end loss. New Markets can't generate 1/16th of the existing NBA revenue required just to break even. Not even close. So the existing governors aren't going to vote for this.

If Seattle and Vegas get teams it will be existing teams moving there. Adding franchises is a money losing proposition for the existing teams and they know it even if fans don't understand the franchise fees are quickly given back by the additional revenue split.