MeestR wrote:Expand by 6 teams. 2 teams a year every 3-4 years until 6 teams are added. Total of 36 teams. Get rid of Conferences. Strengthen the worth of Divisions by scheduling. Top 16 make playoffs with Division winners earning home court advantage in 1st round. Lotto is a weighted shuffle of the bottom 10. The other ten teams get placed by record. Extend the draft after 2 rounds for all teams who wish to participate or have roster room until all players are taken or less than 3 teams are picking. No protections on those picks and require a mandatory D(scratch that) G-League stint. Only the top 2 rounds are trade-able and have team rights to them after the first year. No funky trade protections on draft picks. Lotto protection only.
Sorry, got off on a tangent. My top 6 expansion cities:
Seattle-Sonics
Louisville-ABA history-Colonels
St Louis - ABA history - Spirit
Norfolk - ABA history - Squires
Kansas City
San Juan
blvck wrote:im kinda hoping wen the nba does expand they go 36 teams 2 conferences 3divisions of 6 teams
i think we have a few locks for expansion and the rest would b subjective locks being seattle kcmo van other options to fill the final 3 slots mtl mexico jersey chi(2) cincy austin diego stl vegas louisville
too much talent not havin enough court time to truly develop players barely 30 being pushed out the league cuz we need roster room for the new draft picks draft picks that never even see the court draft picks bein used on stash players becuz roster room is short
withn the next 5yrs nba will need new stars anyways so its best to get the young talent spread in2 situations where they can develop so when the lebrons are gone n warriors past their prime everythng opens up and becomes competitive again
Zaschrona wrote:6 new franchises: Vancouver, Seattle, Kansas City, Albuquerque, Lousville, Pittsburgh.
Northwest divison
Vancouver
Seattle
Portland
Utah
Denver
Kansas City
Pacific divison
Sacramento
Golden State
LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Phoenix
Albuquerque
Southwest division
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Central division
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indiana
Detroit
Cleveland
Southeast division
Miami
Orlando
Atlanta
Charlotte
Washington
Lousville
Pacific division
Boston
Toronto
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
The only way the league would ever consider expanding to 36 is to expand it's global brand.
You think the current 30 owners are jumping at the idea of splitting their revenue with 6 other franchises? Yeah that's not happening.
The Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Kansas City's of this world aren't moving the dial.
The NBA is already in enough small markets. The Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid's of the world might be a different story if the TV money is there.
Seattle will get a team again but it will be because one of the 30 relocate.