Worst stadium in the NBA

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Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#1 » by GrindCityHustle » Fri Sep 26, 2025 5:42 pm

Do any fans consider their stadium gross or outdated compared to other NBA teams.

Which team is considered to have the worst and which one the best.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#2 » by UcanUwill » Fri Sep 26, 2025 5:44 pm

Never been to a single one, I wonder what would be the worst, but I imagine Clippers new one would be the best, right?
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Post#3 » by ImmortalD24 » Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:07 pm

According to a bunch of reports.. people complain about Memphis a whole lot and players hate the practice facility as it feels like a dungeon (no windows).

San Antonio might be up there but it's a hush hush type of town where they don't want to besmerich their city in any way. Even the controversies of that organization doesn't get talked enough and would be the laughing stock of the league if it made it to mainstream headlines.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#4 » by Bad Bart » Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:10 pm

I wish the Warriors or Kings had stayed in their old, outdated arenas. Parking was easier, there weren't screens in every nook and cranny distracting from the game, and the fans actually mattered when there wasn't noise being blasted throughout the game. The best games I ever went to were at the old Oakland Coliseum before the renovation. The arena didn't even have replay but it didn't matter because you felt like you were a part of the game. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to pick up some more Geritol as I'm running low.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#5 » by Old_Blue » Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:18 pm

When you attend an Oklahoma City Thunder game, you have to deal with a pre-game religious invocation where everyone is supposed to pray to Jesus. So, there's that to consider...



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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#6 » by Hoop Hunter » Fri Sep 26, 2025 6:35 pm

I know this is a thread about the worst, but. The Fieldhouse in Indy is now 25 years old. It was considered the best "basketball" arena in the world when it was first built. Still top notch, from what I've been told. I've never been to another one. :D

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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#7 » by Calvin Klein » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:04 pm

ImmortalD24 wrote:According to a bunch of reports.. people complain about Memphis a whole lot and players hate the practice facility as it feels like a dungeon (no windows).

San Antonio might be up there but it's a hush hush type of town where they don't want to besmerich their city in any way. Even the controversies of that organization doesn't get talked enough and would be the laughing stock of the league if it made it to mainstream headlines.



like what?
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#8 » by ImmortalD24 » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:08 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:
ImmortalD24 wrote:According to a bunch of reports.. people complain about Memphis a whole lot and players hate the practice facility as it feels like a dungeon (no windows).

San Antonio might be up there but it's a hush hush type of town where they don't want to besmerich their city in any way. Even the controversies of that organization doesn't get talked enough and would be the laughing stock of the league if it made it to mainstream headlines.


like what?

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Brent Barry scandal to name a few and the wives caught up in that mess.


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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#9 » by UcanUwill » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:18 pm

Old_Blue wrote:When you attend an Oklahoma City Thunder game, you have to deal with a pre-game religious invocation where everyone is supposed to pray to Jesus. So, there's that to consider...



https://www.facebook.com/iamjamesfortune.4real/videos/thunder-opening-prayer/638276808968876/


Wow, this is something...
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#10 » by UcanUwill » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:19 pm

ImmortalD24 wrote:
Calvin Klein wrote:
ImmortalD24 wrote:According to a bunch of reports.. people complain about Memphis a whole lot and players hate the practice facility as it feels like a dungeon (no windows).

San Antonio might be up there but it's a hush hush type of town where they don't want to besmerich their city in any way. Even the controversies of that organization doesn't get talked enough and would be the laughing stock of the league if it made it to mainstream headlines.


like what?

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Brent Barry scandal to name a few and the wives caught up in that mess.




This is what you pull up when talking NBA controversies, a player cheating on his wife? Come on now.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#11 » by Maxthirty » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:27 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
ImmortalD24 wrote:
Calvin Klein wrote:
like what?

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Brent Barry scandal to name a few and the wives caught up in that mess.




This is what you pull up when talking NBA controversies, a player cheating on his wife? Come on now.


A lot of people don’t know that Tony Parker was the first NBA player ever to cheat on his wife. It’s history.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#12 » by Calvin Klein » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:33 pm

ImmortalD24 wrote:
Calvin Klein wrote:
ImmortalD24 wrote:According to a bunch of reports.. people complain about Memphis a whole lot and players hate the practice facility as it feels like a dungeon (no windows).

San Antonio might be up there but it's a hush hush type of town where they don't want to besmerich their city in any way. Even the controversies of that organization doesn't get talked enough and would be the laughing stock of the league if it made it to mainstream headlines.


like what?

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Brent Barry scandal to name a few and the wives caught up in that mess.





I don’t think anyone really cares about this
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#13 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:41 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
ImmortalD24 wrote:
Calvin Klein wrote:
like what?

Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Brent Barry scandal to name a few and the wives caught up in that mess.




This is what you pull up when talking NBA controversies, a player cheating on his wife? Come on now.

The woman was married to one of his teammates.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#14 » by BlacJacMac » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:49 pm

Target Center.

2nd oldest stadium in the NBA (only MSG is olde - and that's a landmark). And it doesn't have the footprint of infrastructure to be upgraded to have modern amenities.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#15 » by Clav » Fri Sep 26, 2025 8:15 pm

Thinking about this makes me realize I need an East Coast trip to go to a bunch of NBA stadiums one day. Haven't been to any EC home games except... The Washington Wizards (Capital One Arena). Every other stadium I've been to is West of Mississippi River (OKC, DEN, SAS, PHX, SEA :cry:, SAC)
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#16 » by Godymas » Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:34 pm

I’ve been to a few stadiums. Washington, Philly, Boston, MSG, Crypto, Target, Chase

Target Center stood out, the bowl set-up is weird and the concourse and entrance are cramped and dark with a weird wood interior
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#17 » by G R E Y » Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:16 pm

We'll be getting a new stadium downtown soon after building a new training facility complex. So that's exciting.
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#18 » by Profound23 » Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:25 pm

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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#19 » by meekrab » Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:29 pm

Hoop Hunter wrote:I know this is a thread about the worst, but. The Fieldhouse in Indy is now 25 years old. It was considered the best "basketball" arena in the world when it was first built. Still top notch, from what I've been told. I've never been to another one. :D

This list is before the new Clipper Arena was finished (Currenting being scheduled for demolition)

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41557829/top-nba-arenas-td-garden-intuit-dome-more

By whomst? You don't even get live box scores on the internet from games in Indy half the time. :lol:
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Re: Worst stadium in the NBA 

Post#20 » by ImmortalD24 » Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:44 pm

G R E Y wrote:We'll be getting a new stadium downtown soon after building a new training facility complex. So that's exciting.

8 years from now at the earliest.
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