NBA Expansion

[Wizop]

Screw it. Add 6 teams. Have 6 divisions of 6 teams each. Go crazy. The new CBA will mean that more and more mid level players will be screwed out of jobs. Let them gobble up those additional roster spots.

Let's go nuts

West

Vancouver
Seattle
Portland
Utah
Denver
Oklahoma City < GOLDEN STATE

LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Sacramento
Golden State < MEXICO CITY
San Deigo
Las Vegas

Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Mexico City < KANSAS CITY
Memphis < OKLAHOMA CITY
Phoenix

[BigGargamel]

Screw it. Add 6 teams. Have 6 divisions of 6 teams each. Go crazy. The new CBA will mean that more and more mid level players will be screwed out of jobs. Let them gobble up those additional roster spots.

Let's go nuts

East

New York
Brooklyn
Toronto
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh < BOSTON

Miami
Orlando
Charlotte
Atlanta
Louisville < MEMPHIS
New Orleans

Chicago
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City < INDIANA

LOL I just saw I completely took out Indiana. Oops.

[Wizop]

LOL I just saw I completely took out Indiana. Oops.

and Boston.

It's pretty easy to make up a logical 18 team East. the West is trickier. as it would have the new teams. I don't know that they'd do both Seattle and Vancouver and I wonder if TV would want to separate the two LA teams - I suppose that could also be true of NY and Brooklyn. Football splits up the teams in the same market to sweeten separate TV deals.

[LakerLegend]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrells-joke-about-sonics-return-doesnt-go-over-well-133652849.html

[LuDux1]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrells-joke-about-sonics-return-doesnt-go-over-well-133652849.html

Watch on YouTube

[Cactus Jack]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrells-joke-about-sonics-return-doesnt-go-over-well-133652849.html

Watch on YouTube

That was not a smart move on his part.

[-Luke-]

NBA fans: "The jokes can't possibly get any worse than Kevin Hart's at the All-Star game."
Mayor of Seattle: "Hold my beer!"

[SkyBill40]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrells-joke-about-sonics-return-doesnt-go-over-well-133652849.html

Watch on YouTube

[MVP1992]

Any idea when expansion could happen?

For the benefit of the league and the aspiring new franchise, with much regret and sadness, Sixers are willing to make PG available.

ASAP.

[maxpower8888]

Seattle + Vancouver, and move Minny and Memphis to the East. 32-team league let's make it happen!

[shrink]

Seattle + Vancouver, and move Minny and Memphis to the East. 32-team league let's make it happen!

You only move one team to the East to make it 16/16, and that team should be Minnesota.

Btw, I would be floored if it wasn’t Seattle and Vegas at this point.

[MrGoat]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrells-joke-about-sonics-return-doesnt-go-over-well-133652849.html

Watch on YouTube

Lmao. Pretty risky joke for a local politician to make, though maybe he knows something

When this thread was started 8 years ago I bet nobody even considered the possibility of Dallas getting an expansion team. If the adelscums move the Mavs to Vegas then Dallas and Seattle become the obvious choices. That might be the only holdup on expansion right now

[LakerLegend]

https://basketball.realgm.com/news/wiretap/tags/51/NBA_Expansion

[Lalouie]

they have to populate the geographical northwest

add vancouver
move memphis or NO to the east

if not vancouver then vegas

[CobraCommander]

Welp, better than an MJ vs Lebron Vs Kobe thread!

Next NBA team will be in Seattle and then after that a team in....Louisville?


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you joking about Louisville right?

[pipfan]

I think the league should expand-plenty of talent around and the pool will grow
Add Seattle/Vegas, move Minny to the East-4 divisions of 8 teams each, 76 game schedule + IST (those games are separate, each team plays a minimum of 2 IST games, teams in Finals play 5)

[giberish]

I think the league should expand-plenty of talent around and the pool will grow
Add Seattle/Vegas, move Minny to the East-4 divisions of 8 teams each, 76 game schedule + IST (those games are separate, each team plays a minimum of 2 IST games, teams in Finals play 5)

Talent pool isn't the issue. It's kind of all relative anyways.

The issue is that when you add teams you don't create any more champions, or any more finalists, or any more conference finalists, or any more elite prospects joining the league. You just create more non-contenders that aren't getting hope from elite prospects.

[Dominator83]

The last thing this league needs is two additional lottery/tanking teams

[PlatinumState]

Welp, better than an MJ vs Lebron Vs Kobe thread!

Next NBA team will be in Seattle and then after that a team in....Louisville?


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you joking about Louisville right?

Why? They have a bigger population than a lot of nba cities like Milwaukee, Sacramento, New Orleans, Orlando, Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami.......according to wikipedia

[CobraCommander]

Welp, better than an MJ vs Lebron Vs Kobe thread!

Next NBA team will be in Seattle and then after that a team in....Louisville?


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you joking about Louisville right?

Why? They have a bigger population than a lot of nba cities like Milwaukee, Sacramento, New Orleans, Orlando, Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami.......according to wikipedia

Well after researching and to my utter surprise you are right-
Louisville vs NBA Cities – Economic & Population Rankings

1. Metro GDP (2020):
• Louisville: $97.7B – Rank: #49
• Comparisons:
• LA: $1.1T – #2
• San Francisco: $659B – #6
• Memphis: $79.3B – #54
• New Orleans: $75.6B – #55
• Milwaukee: $122.3B – #41

2. GDP per Capita (Estimate):
• Louisville: ~$70,000 – Rank: ~#30-35 (est.)
• Comparisons:
• San Jose (Warriors): ~$114K – #1
• San Francisco: ~$102K – Top 5
• Memphis: $61K – **#45**
• New Orleans: $63K – **#43**

3. Metro Population (2023 est.):
• Louisville: ~1.4M – Rank: #45
• Comparisons:
• Memphis: ~1.3M – #49
• New Orleans: ~1.2M – #51
• OKC: ~1.4M – #44
• Milwaukee: ~1.6M – #39

Violent Crime Rate Rankings (High to Low):
(Ranked #1 = most violent)
1. Detroit – 1,965
2. Memphis – 1,943
3. New Orleans – 1,145
4. Houston – 1,148
5. Chicago – 943
6. Atlanta – 767
7. Phoenix – 733
8. Los Angeles – 732
9. Boston – 622
10. Louisville – 562 (Would rank #10)
11. New York City – 536
12. Charlotte – ~500
13. Philadelphia – ~460
14. Milwaukee – ~440
15. Miami – ~420
16. Dallas – ~415
17. Portland – ~390
18. Denver – ~370
19. San Antonio – ~365
20. Sacramento – ~350
21. Orlando – ~330
22. Washington DC – ~320
23. Cleveland – ~300
24. Oklahoma City – ~275
25. Salt Lake City – ~260
26. San Francisco (GSW) – ~230
27. Toronto – ~110
28. Minneapolis – ~100

(Btw Seattle would be 12th on crime)