If NBA Franchise goes to Europe in 10 years, any possible...

Troubadour · Post #1 » by **Troubadour** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:01 am

Team names?

I'm guessing the cities that would be considered for a team would be:
Rome
London
Madrid
Paris
Dublin
Lisbon
Barcelona

If it's in London, I like the London Knights.

Any other names?

A.J. · Post #2 » by **A.J.** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:03 am

agentzerotoTO wrote:Team names?

I'm guessing the cities that would be considered for a team would be:
Rome
London
Madrid
Paris
Dublin
Lisbon
Barcelona

If it's in London, I like the London Knights.

Any other names?

Paris Hiltons

Texas Longhorns · Post #3 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:26 am

Rome Kobe's

celticfan42487 · Post #4 » by **celticfan42487** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:28 am

Homecoming Raptors

AgEnT50 · Post #5 » by **AgEnT50** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:28 am

@ Paris' Hiltons & Romes' Kobes

ToffKobe · Post #6 » by **ToffKobe** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:12 am

Real Madrid...

ilikecb4 · Post #7 » by **ilikecb4** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:26 am

Rome Honies

Cevap · Post #8 » by **Cevap** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:08 am

Dublin Drunks

Post #9 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:11 am

I can't see Dublin being considered, despite having unreal economic growth the whole country is as populous as Oklahoma.

Farsi Man · Post #10 » by **Farsi Man** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:19 am

Well basketball isn't popular in the UK or Ireland. Germany it kinda has a following but not as big as Eastern Europe, Italy, France, and Spain.

Eastern Europe has alot of war and stuff going on so they're not a good market. That leaves the following cities:

Madrid
Barcelona
Paris
Rome
Milan

But also China is a huge market and should also be considered.

Shanghai
Beijing
Hong Kong

Village Idiot · Post #11 » by **Village Idiot** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:56 am

Milan, Moscow, Athens, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich and Tel Aviv would certainly get consideration before Dublin and Lisbon.

StringerBell · Post #12 » by **StringerBell** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:09 am

celticfan42487 wrote:Homecoming Raptors

Jungle2Jungle · Post #13 » by **Jungle2Jungle** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:13 am

You can't mentioned Euro basketball without Greece.

Athens Philosophers ftw.

CircleCitysportsfan · Post #14 » by **CircleCitysportsfan** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:37 am

Just merge with FIBA and become the WBA (world basketball association) 50 teams, 25 per conference, then we will finally have all the best players in the world in one league. Of course it would not be that simple but it would be really exciting...imo

theTHIEF · Post #15 » by **theTHIEF** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:00 pm

i'm not excited about Euro NBA

celticfan42487 · Post #16 » by **celticfan42487** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:35 pm

Oh wait please tell me we can have Macedonia Spartans as a team!!!

The Macedonia Spartans tonight square off against the Athens Philosophers in teh NBA FINALS

Rasho Brezec · Post #17 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:50 pm

CircleCitysportsfan wrote:Just merge with FIBA and become the WBA (world basketball association) 50 teams, 25 per conference, then we will finally have all the best players in the world in one league. Of course it would not be that simple but it would be really exciting...imo

Hell no. Leave the NBA on the other side of Atlantic Ocean. Seriously, I think this would just ruin European basketball, the whole playing system etc. Just let us enjoy the benefits of both, don't mix them.

PS: Although Paris Hiltons would be :rofl:

Franchise_411 · Post #18 » by **Franchise_411** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:54 pm

i think a major stumbling block to Euro expansion will be the NBA Players Association ... Players complain already about the tough road schedules, now travelling to Europe would be really tough ...

the7boss · Post #19 » by **the7boss** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:05 pm

London has no basketball tradition at all, shouldnt get a NBA team.