Report: NBA owners rejecting expansion at every turn

[tremonthustler1]

Relocate the Pelicans to Seattle and call it a day

1. Tom Benson is not moving the Pelicans. Let it go.

They had empty seats at their home opener earlier this week despite having the most promising young star in the sport

People down there love football and nothing else

SLC is a great NBA market and Orlando gives the NBA access to the expanding Central Florida region. New Orleans is a small impovershied town. What value do they have to the NBA? Very few Fortune 500 companies, no basketball lineage, a disinterested population, etc​

Why is SLC a great market, since there's no way to have known that before they were there? In fact, they're there because the owner felt like moving them there. There was no logic to that.

If the current owners don't feel like relocating, they're not going to (and the NBA is almost never against relocation). You just better hope a lot of these older owners start dropping. Guys like Benson and DeVos aren't gonna live much longer. As long as they don't make staying where they are a stipulation upon purchase, the Hansen group better pounce.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Relocate Sacramento...that team should have been gone anyway. Once they lose DeMarcus Cousins they might as well start putting the pressure to move back to Seattle.

Still boggles my mind how Seattle doesn't have an NBA team. I don't think Expansion is a good idea either...keep it the numbers as is and just relocate teams to places that would support them.

So you want teams to go to places that would support them yet you want to give a team back to a city that was bottom third in attendance the last few years they were there and wanted to draw the line at paying for a new arena when they foolishly publicly paid for Safeco and Century Link

 

[The War Report]

If any team should be relocated, it's The Wolves.

 

[tremonthustler1]

If any team should be relocated, it's The Wolves.

Explain your logic (and remove me from it when you do)

 

[cornercommission2k12]

im sure its all about sharing revenue.

 

[The War Report]

Explain your logic (and remove me from it when you do)

No one gives a shyt about them in Minny. The Lynx - a WNBA team - is more popular than they are. The arena fukking sucks and is an eyesore for an up and coming looking to be on national TV. If I'm a multi billionaire, I'd would over pay to get them fukk out of Minnesota based on their young talent.

 

[tremonthustler1]

No one gives a shyt about them in Minny. The Lynx - a WNBA team - is more popular than they are. The arena fukking sucks and is an eyesore for an up and coming looking to be on national TV. If I'm a multi billionaire, I'd would over pay to get them fukk out of Minnesota based on their young talent.

The arena's getting a substantial renovation so don't worry about that.


Also, nobody buys a team based on who is currently on it. That's a dumb reason to buy a team. When those players fall off or get old, what's the plan? To sell it? You have a decades-long outlook when committing to a franchise.


Why are the Lynx more popular? Ask yourself that.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

They had empty seats at their home opener earlier this week despite having the most promising young star in the sport

People down there love football and nothing else

SLC is a great NBA market and Orlando gives the NBA access to the expanding Central Florida region. New Orleans is a small impovershied town. What value do they have to the NBA? Very few Fortune 500 companies, no basketball lineage, a disinterested population, etc​

The arena was 90% filled that pick that was circulating around was at the beginning of the game

 

[Bay Area]

nikkas always front like they truly give a fukk about Seattle , its cliche at this point.

 

[010101]

supersonics iconic
it's weird them not being in it

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[iamduval]

nikkas always front like they truly give a fukk about Seattle , its cliche at this point.

This. New Orleans is a major city. They will come around with the right branding.

 

[hood b. goode]

Take the team with the smallest average attendance / revenue and relocate to seattle.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

Bring back the Spirits Of St. Louis


















Nah that family will never give up the money they get from the NBA


Greatest deal any ABA team ever made

 

[tremonthustler1]

Take the team with the smallest average attendance / revenue and relocate to seattle.

Philly it is then

 

[Insun Park]

Philly it is then

fukk outta here