It wasn't out of nowhere, one person mentioned it and then everyone cosigned it
That's kind of what happens when everyone has the same experience, everyone gives their take on an opinion and sometimes it's gonna be lopsided one way
if memphis doesn't have the infrastructure that millionaires are used to
it's the city's fault 
if you've lived in multiple states you'll see very quickly how folks who never left their home state are completely delusional about their surroundings even when you put facts in their face.
Why couldn't a Memphis rep just visit other hoop towns and imitate what they have just to get things started?
The real question is why did no one on the Grizzlies invest in building that city up like LeBron did Cleveland? Ja dumbass could've invested in his own hotel since he definitely knew players felt a way about being there