which city/area would be good for a NBA team expansion ?

[Mr_X]

Vegas for the off court fukkery alone every time teams come to town

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Baltimore and VA Beach

 

[Lil Draco]

Norfolk-VA Beach. Man give Virginia a sports team we need one and there's a good sports atmosphere here. I like the Wizards but i want a team for my state at least lol

 

[Spade]

Why do people romanticize Seattle as this great basketball city so much

Actually I know why, but damn.

Money. The potential revenue in Seattle is far higher there than any other city in this poll. You're not ignoring a metro of 3.5 million and growing fast.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Nashville sucks breh. They can barely support the trash Predators and Titans.

last thing they want in that area.

 

[Broad Street Bully]

Money. The potential revenue in Seattle is far higher there than any other city in this poll. You're not ignoring a metro of 3.5 million and growing fast.

I feel you but I'm sure most nikkas on here and outside of Seattle aren't thinking like that. All they doing is having nostalgia with the Supersonics cloud their thoughts.

 

[CurrencyChase]

Columbus, Ohio and Seattle..

 

[Momentum]

Eastern NC needs a team. Charlotte games don't even show on the coast. NC is so big it's like 3 states in one (mountains, triangle, coast). Culturally the Hornets aren't ENC's team but I seriously doubt the people would fit the bill for a fukking billion dollar arena.

 

[Dillah810]

Outside of these cities, I think other cities that could have a team:
Omaha, Nebraska. Sounds crazy but I think they are a small market team that could survive because they would be the only pro team in the area, kind of like the Green Bay Packers.
Louisville, Kentucky. Basketball is big there. This would be another small market team that I think could support itself.
St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN. They support the Twins, Vikings and Wild.

They also support the Minnesota Timberwolves

 

[resurrection]

They also support the Minnesota Timberwolves

Right? Lol wtf

 

[unit321]

They also support the Minnesota Timberwolves

Sometimes, i'm the WOAT poster, and not on purpose.

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

NBA won't put a team in The Pit. Too old of an arena. If your city doesn't put money into a state of the art arena, or do a major renovation of the one you already have, they're getting their franchise up outta there. That's the sole reason Seattle and Charlotte relocated, and the sole reason Sacramento and Milwaukee almost had to relocate.

Actually, they did $62 million dollar renovation to the Wise Pies Arena (The Pit) 5 years ago and made it up to date. I just don't think the NBA would consider it because it only seats 18,000 and we would need a bigger stadium out here.

 

[Rottweiler]

Expansion is the last thing the NBA needs. Though it would be nice to see Seattle get a team again.

 

[kingsteve]

Bring back the sonics and retire paytons number on opening night

 

[pete clemenza]

Out of that list, the only cities with an immediate shot are Vegas and Seattle.

The NBA isn't going to expand into a market that already has 2 or 3 established pro teams unless it's a major market. It's too much of an uphill battle when it comes to competing for local corporate support and sponsorship, as well as season ticket sales. The last time the NBA put an expansion team in a city that already had more than one pro franchise was the Timberwolves, and the Twin Cities metro area is a pretty big market. Before that, you'd have to go all the way back to the 60's when they added the Bulls. That takes Pittsburgh, KC, Nashville, Baltimore and Cincinnati out of the running.

Vancouver is definitely a no, as the NBA already failed there.

VA Beach is a possibility, but they would need to break ground on an arena first, and the city has been slow to give approval for the project. It could be 2020 until the arena is done, and there's no suitable venue for an NBA team to play at in the meantime.

That leaves Seattle, which is the most obvious choice in the list, and Vegas.

They didn't fail in Vancouver. They had big crowds there every game. Vancouver is being called the new Hong Kong.. I'm sure Silver would've kept that team right where they're at instead of moving them to Memphis