Who would you move to the east after Vegas and Seattle get expansion teams?

[Kblaze8855]

It’s technically an “if” But it isn’t. It’s going to happen. I was just thinking of it looking at the boring ass thunder court wishing it were Seattle. And for the record, I don’t give a shit about Seattle and the whole notion that they were stolen has always been a little funny to me. But something about thunder games just doesn’t feel as hype as Sonic games did. Much much better uniforms and court as well. And they have an arena ready because they know it’s coming now that the right deal is about settled.

The NBA isn’t gonna add just one team when they can do two. It’s a straight cash payment from the new owners to the current ones and it’s gonna be at least $3 billion apiece which will be a cash payment of like 200 million a team. Some of these cash “poor” family operations(like the Lakers funny enough) want that money.

But you add two teams to the west someone has to go east so the conferences are balanced.


Who do you throw out of the boat? Minnesota? Memphis? New Orleans? Geographically it has to be one of those right?

[Kblaze8855]

I will be surprised if Jeff Bezos gets one of the two teams. Maybe Seattle. I think they’re gonna say Vegas for some group that will put LeBron out front as the owner. Money man will probably be some Vegas hotel tycoon. I wouldn’t be surprised if they go back to the Jay-Z well. LeBron and Jay Z with maybe even shaq out front. Some minority/player led thing. I know Curry and KD want to be owners as well if old stories are true.

Give Vegas to the Lebron/KD/Curry group backed by a shadowy casino billionaire.

Feels like something the league would do for publicity.

[SouBeachTalents]

It's obviously gonna be 2 of those 3, my bet would be on New Orleans & Memphis.

The most retarded geographical designations belong to the NFL, where the Colts are in the "south" and the Cowboys are in the "east".

[bison]

Minneapolis is in a division with Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver. That city is historically tied to wisconsin and Chicago so obviously it gets moved east. And would be east rivals with Celtics right now if they were in the same conference.

Also you’re stupid for downplaying okc as an nba city. I’m watching the okc mavs game right now it’s straight up a college atmosphere. You don’t know cities if you think current Seattle can replicate this.

[Kblaze8855]

It's obviously gonna be 2 of those 3, my bet would be on New Orleans & Memphis.

The most retarded geographical designations belong to the NFL, where the Colts are in the "south" and the Cowboys are in the "east".

Only need one. Add them both the West goes to 17 East has 15. Move one at that point it’s 16-16.

I wonder if anyone is going to lobby for it. New Orleans doesn’t really have any rivalries worth a damn. No real history. Might as well be them.

[Kblaze8855]

Minneapolis is in a division with Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver. That city is historically tied to wisconsin and Chicago so obviously it gets moved east. And would be east rivals with Celtics right now if they were in the same conference.

Also you’re stupid for downplaying okc as an nba city. I’m watching the okc mavs game right now it’s straight up a college atmosphere. You don’t know cities if you think current Seattle can replicate this.

I think we’re all watching it. And I’m absolutely sure Seattle could replicate it. Especially off the excitement of getting them back. Seattle had a great atmosphere at one time.

Not that I was talking about that. The thunder just have a bland look to them. Not an aesthetically pleasing franchise uniform or arena.

[FultzNationRISE]

It's obviously gonna be 2 of those 3, my bet would be on New Orleans & Memphis.

The most retarded geographical designations belong to the NFL, where the Colts are in the "south" and the Cowboys are in the "east".


These two cities are fairly proximate to the Texas 3 (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio) plus each other. Geographically it makes more sense to leave them in the West, and move the team from Minneapolis, which is near nothing from the western conference but pretty close to chicago, milwaukee and detroit,, to the East.

[RRR3]

Only need one. Add them both the West goes to 17 East has 15. Move one at that point it’s 16-16.

I wonder if anyone is going to lobby for it. New Orleans doesn’t really have any rivalries worth a damn. No real history. Might as well be them.
No it would be two you just said they're adding two teams to the west.

[RRR3]

Anyways I'd move Memphis and Minnesota.

[Kblaze8855]

No it would be two you just said they're adding two teams to the west.

there are 15 teams in the east and 15 teams in the west. Add Vegas and Seattle making 17 teams in the west. Now move Memphis and Minny to the east.

That puts 17 in the east and 15 in the west.

You add 2…and move one. Then it’s 16 and 16 isn’t it?

Unless I’m having an early senior moment, which I acknowledge is possible.

[Kblaze8855]

These two cities are fairly proximate to the Texas 3 (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio) plus each other. Geographically it makes more sense to leave them in the West, and move the team from Minneapolis, which is near nothing from the western conference but pretty close to chicago, milwaukee and detroit,, to the East.


Utah and Denver have a whole area to themselves


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[FultzNationRISE]

Utah and Denver have a whole area to themselves


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Only until Casper, Wyoming gets a squad :crazysam:

[Kblaze8855]

I tried to think of just one city in that whole five or so state area that may be able to pull a green Bay Wisconsin and become passionate and thankful to even have a team. But Green Bay has a tradition on its side. There is nothing else to do and everybody in the city goes to the game. What’s the biggest city in that whole jumbo of states? Boise, Idaho, maybe? I don’t think Wyoming has as many people as the city I live in that you’ve never heard of.

I wonder if you stuck something right in the middle you could get the whole area to claim it like the entire north east above New York claimed the patriots.

Midwest Heartlanders or some bullshit like that. Put a Maga uniform on them they might draw in fans from a thousand mile radius.

[Kblaze8855]

Omaha Nebraska beats out Boise. Give Peyton manning a team in Omaha. St Louis is probably desperate but that’s further east.

[BarberSchool]

Minneapolis is in a division with Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver. That city is historically tied to wisconsin and Chicago so obviously it gets moved east. And would be east rivals with Celtics right now if they were in the same conference.This.

Minnesnowta.

[RRR3]

there are 15 teams in the east and 15 teams in the west. Add Vegas and Seattle making 17 teams in the west. Now move Memphis and Minny to the east.

That puts 17 in the east and 15 in the west.

You add 2…and move one. Then it’s 16 and 16 isn’t it?

Unless I’m having an early senior moment, which I acknowledge is possible.
Oh yeah I got mixed up. well they still need to move all 3 of those teams east geographically speaking

[Kblaze8855]

Oh yeah I got mixed up. well they still need to move all 3 of those teams east geographically speaking

I know. It doesn’t sound right in your head when you first think of it and it ****ed me up a few times myself.

[BarberSchool]

Start a Franchise in Tijuana

Build the stadium literally directly across from Imperial Beach, with easy access for San Diego residents.
Make their jerseys red, green, and white.

let them sign Booker and Carlos Alvarado for their starting backcourt. Plenty of Spanish euros and South Americans on the roster (are there any Mexicans or Mexican Americans in the league?), Boban for the spectacle. Eduardo Najara as head coach.

[Kblaze8855]

When stern was Saying they would be more international within 10 years I was thinking give Vancouver another team along with Mexico City and add London and either Madrid or Barcelona to the east. I was made to understand that I had no idea the level of corruption in Mexico City that would make it impossible.

[90sgoat]

When stern was Saying they would be more international within 10 years I was thinking give Vancouver another team along with Mexico City and add London and either Madrid or Barcelona to the east. I was made to understand that I had no idea the level of corruption in Mexico City that would make it impossible.

I like this a lot, but would require a lot of changes, but maybe it is time to do that.

If you cut the games to 2x, then it should allow for more travel time to Mexico and Barcelona. In Europe, you'd probably want Paris and Barcelona to go first, not sure why London, since England isn't a basketball nation, better to have an italian or german team.

It would cause all kinds of problems, because the euro teams would maybe be ok with giving up the local league, but not with Euroleague, since that's very lucrative.

In any case, the game would be better with including the world into these tournaments.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Send Dallas to the Atlantic. Kyrie vs the Celtics 4 times a year... Brooklyn too, though no one cares about that he actually did worse to Brooklyn by going there than he did to Boston by leaving.

[John8204]

If the Timberwolves win this year than New Orleans and Memphis...if the Wolves don't win Wolves and Pelicans. You really shouldn't move teams with titles or even make the finals.

[Kblaze8855]

Silver had a statement today acknowledging Seattle, Vegas, and Mexico City as cities being talked about. We all know the first two will be next but I didn’t think it would actually get down to Mexico. Mexico, Central America and South America have some issues I feel like would make it hard. The NFL preseason game being played in Brazil has crazy rules about them not even being able to wear green because of local gangs even though they scheduled two teams that were green.

Silver would have to go down there and shake hands with some cartel boss just to get a new arena built. We talk about criminals running our government, but actual gang affiliated cartel members hold official local government spots down there. They are par military organizations. They’re gonna have to wet their beaks to stay out of it.

[Charlie Sheen]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-responds-to-josh-jacobs-saying-packers-eagles-will-be-banned-from-wearing-green-in-brazil-rb-apologizes/
"They said that the part of Brazil we're going to, you can't even wear green at," Jacobs said. "They said, I guess, something to do with the gangs and stuff."

The NFL has responded to those comments and the league would like everyone to know that fans and players will be allowed to wear green in Brazil. An NFL spokesman told the Philadelphia Inquirer that when the game kicks off in September, "you will see a stadium full of fans wearing the green of the Eagles and the green of the Packers,"

[Phoenix]

Geographically it should be the Twolves and Pelicans