NBA Expansion

[floppymoose]

Why? If the owners don’t want to move and the fans don’t want it to relocate, why are we demanding a team to move to a different state? The fans want a more competent front office, not to see their team leave.

What fans? Pelicans gate receipts are among the dregs of the league. It's a football town.

The Seattle group (NHL owners) have made it known that expansion is the end goal. They're not looking to buy & move a team. The NBA can keep dragging its feet on expansion, but there won't be a relocation.

toMAYto toMAHto. Contract the Pelicans and make a new Seattle franchise.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Why? If the owners don’t want to move and the fans don’t want it to relocate, why are we demanding a team to move to a different state? The fans want a more competent front office, not to see their team leave.

What fans? Pelicans gate receipts are among the dregs of the league. It's a football town.

The Seattle group (NHL owners) have made it known that expansion is the end goal. They're not looking to buy & move a team. The NBA can keep dragging its feet on expansion, but there won't be a relocation.

toMAYto toMAHto. Contract the Pelicans and make a new Seattle franchise.

This is so dismissive. If Pelicans will build a winning culture and team more people in NOLA will support.

[LakerLegend]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/281411/NBA-Launches-Expansion-Analysis-With-No-Predetermined-Outcome-Timeline

[Moonbeam]

This keeps feeling like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. There’s always a reason to kick the can down the road. I feel for Seattle fans. The Sonics should have never left, and waiting so long for a return is awful.

[Dick Tate]

Just move the Pelicans to Seattle. Why is this taking so long?

Absolutely not. Seattle doesn't want another city's franchise. It's either a NEW team or none at all and we're fine with that.

The voice for all Seattleites has spoken!

[SkyBill40]

Just move the Pelicans to Seattle. Why is this taking so long?

Absolutely not. Seattle doesn't want another city's franchise. It's either a NEW team or none at all and we're fine with that.

The voice for all Seattleites has spoken!

Now that we're settled, we can get back to actually talking about meaningful expansion discussions. You can either stay or see yourself out.

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[nomansland]

Just move the Pelicans to Seattle. Why is this taking so long?

That won't happen as long as Gayle Benson is alive. She is 78 years old.

So a 78 year-old with a New Orleans diet...could happen before 2030.

Not saying I wish for her death. But 78's not young.

[DoItALL9]

Is the current TV deal setup to give any extra money if they expand domestically?

[Ruma85]

Is the current TV deal setup to give any extra money if they expand domestically?

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To the current teams?

[PlatinumState]

Feels like Silver keeps pushing expansion further away.

[LakerLegend]

https://www.teamziller.com/nba-expansion-greed-seattle-las-vegas/

[LakerLegend]

https://www.instagram.com/iconic_sonics/p/DMgd6lMhM5H/?hl=en

[Jakay]

Does Vancouver even want a team?

Vancouver has always wanted an NBA team. It would be interesting to see what an NBA team looked like there, that played NBA basketball and was an NBA team.

[AmusingFiddle]

One of the main reasons behind the expansion fee is to cover any loss of media revenue from dilution.

This is pure greed. The owners want more $. Its not about losing $.

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[LakerLegend]

Move a New Orleans to Seattle. Add an expansion team to Vancouver and the league can keep Vegas open as a relocation threat for teams needing new arenas.

[Jon1798]

You want to move a team from New Orleans, the only team in the gulf south, for what reason exactly? There are many teams often with worst fan support than the Pels. Imagine if they were ever good.

This is the home of the perennially voted best college football and baseball fans, and always considered near the top of NFL fans. Remember the Saints went something like 40 years before winning a playoff game if you can believe that.

The NBA, NBA media and its fans are so odd. So much more than the other sports, it’s all about their big city teams, and they absolutely like to drive into the ground all of the others.

Once since coming to NO did we not have a total flake as our best player, and that was Chris Paul. And George Shinn as our adopted owner, along with terrible injuries, caused him to validly so ask out. But Baron Davis, Eric Gordon, Anthony Davis, and now Zion. These are total tool bags. Give this city a team to cheer for and a player to stand behind, and they will more than any other team in this league.