AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
I still don't see the big deal or what's so special about Seattle getting a NBA team
Rumor: NBA Expansion?
- Thread starter RickyGQ
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It's not about getting. It's about RETURNING an NBA team to Seattle. The Supersonics should never have left Seattle.
Also, an NBA team in Louisville (as you suggested earlier) wouldn't really make sense.
The NBA TV deal would be be 160 million less per team over 11 years.
So I guess they would need to pay 160*30, or about 2.4 billion each in fees at most with zero inflation. Just for the American TV deal alone
It's crazy that OKC owners paid 350 and now an expansion team might be more than 10x that in Seattle
So I guess they would need to pay 160*30, or about 2.4 billion each in fees at most with zero inflation. Just for the American TV deal alone
It's crazy that OKC owners paid 350 and now an expansion team might be more than 10x that in Seattle
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
The Kings should've never left Kansas City. Louisville should've never lost their team. Baltimore had a NBA team and lost it, I don't see nobody crying for New Jersey to get a team back
Seattle ain't special. Tough titty
That's your opinion lol.
Those other places you mentioned lost teams a long ass time ago (except NJ). Seattle lost their team just 17 years ago.
Anyway, those cities aren't special. Tough titty
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
man look,Sounds like they want Mexico City or a team in London or Paris
It's not feasible.
I get that the NBA wants a footprint around the world, at least in other cosmopolitan big cities, but in the NBA, media, fans and some players treat Toronto like it's Reykjavik. I just don't get tryna infiltrate a market that's devoted to its own league and structure. Think of it like the Prem League thinking "how bout acquiring NYCFC and Inter Miami and having them play with us"
Vegas don't care enough about basketball, yet we all want a team there.
Agreed on logistics. If logistics weren't an obstacle, we'd have the Honolulu Fighters as an NBA team.
"We"? Not me. I don't see why Las Vegas has been gifted so many sports teams in the last 10 years lol.
This is true.
I agree. It probably won't happen anyways, but I see they're thinking big money plays. Outside of nostalgia and making a couple of cities happy, Seattle and Vegas doesn't do anything for them really. Would love to see the Sonics back, but does it really move the needle overall league and revenue wise? Vegas as a city is starting to struggle and is not the Vegas of old. You put a team in Paris for instance now you got the whole country behind the team, buying merch, tickets, and you're adding new TV markets and revenue all across Europe. That's potential billions. Put a team in Vegas, how many fans are you gaining? 30K maybe, being that the transplants still root for the team in the city they grew up in or don't care for basketball in general. Then you're competing against the Raiders, Vegas Knights, Shows/gambling on the Strip, etc for dollars and ticket sales. We can down and dismiss Mexico City, London, Paris, etc. But I get where they're coming from.
I don't see whats the big deal either
Seattle was playing in half empty arenas the decade before the team left. They could've kept the team, they chose not to
How long til the "new and improved" supersonics are playing in half empty arenas?
Las Vegas has no fan base, that's seems like a horrible city as well, do we really need 19 yr old millionaire NBA players running around Vegas year round?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
three reasons
1. Vegas is a money tree to execs who want any reason to be there (we're seeing it now with WWE and wanting to do what Boxing and MMA do: base a lot of stuff out there.)
2. continuing off of one, it's a destination town and convention spot for what is now a big group of execs who own teams along with media who treat a trip to Vegas as a vacation.
3. They've seen what happened to the Golden Knights, Aces and Raiders and want in when in reality the NBA missed the boat and now would feel like overkill, same with the A's. They're gonna move there and find out that they don't love em like that. Sports has essentially traded Oakland for Vegas and think the money will override anything else. The only reason why Seattle would still be considered smart is because at least they had a past there.
Moving or expanding into Vegas isn't any better of an idea than me deciding to relocate to Alexis Texas' building in NYC, but these execs wanna party too.
I get it ten fold. I just get their thinking and rationale on his matter. They can't put teams in those cities -Mexico City maybe- but at the same time what revenue is there to be made off Vegas and Seattle outside of bringing the Sonics back for a good heartwarming story? The NBA is 100x more international than the NFL. Why not go that route and become what they're supposed to be on that front in the realist way possible? Put a team in Seattle and you're jumping into another market where you're fighting a NFL/Seahawks, Washington Huskies football team, Seattle Kraken(NHL), etc. for dollars, eyeballs, and sponsorships, etc in a bad and getting worse economy. And you got white folks who don't care for the league anymore on top of it all. Not to mention expendable income is getting short around these parts in good old America. Maybe in years past Seattle and Vegas would be no brainers, but now I'm sure everything is going to be thrown on the table and second guessed, studied, and anylized if expansion is on the table. Just my opinion
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Well with Seattle I do think they feel there's financial gain to return there, and with the Sonics, yeah there's competition but there's also a past and an ability to eat. It's like wondering why the Nets would move to Brooklyn in spite of everything here. Because money can still be made. I'm just against expanding in a league where 29 teams already feel blowing their squads up when they lose.
Now, we thought a lot of shyt would have happened by now. Remember when teams were tryna stack up picks because they thought the age limit was gonna go away? Now this. The only thing @Houston911 has delivered on is bums making $30 mil a year. Only positive is that teams are finding buyers for the most part if they want out.
The Seattle Storm of the WNBA consistently has solid attendance. I don't see why a revamped Sonics team wouldn't do OK.
Also, attendance shrunk in Seattle due to various factors.
Gritsngravy
Superstar
The more teams the better, I think it’s a lot of talent out there to support more nba teams
And I feel like it’s several cities who could support a team
And I feel like it’s several cities who could support a team
Bring back the Seattle Supersonics
I loved them back in the days with Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton
I loved them back in the days with Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton
