Clippers Staples Center lease expires in 2013-2014

[Lebron23]

They need a new arena, or move their franchise to another location.

[EllEffEll]

So they re-do the floor every single time? That must be so annoying.

Yep. Just about everything is different. The Clipper's scorer's table is longer, and they have different backboards too.

[DirtySanchez]

Move the team to Seattle.

[MMM]

Before they played in Staples didn't they play in Anaheim in the duck pond/Honda Center. So,I don't believe they would actually have to change the name to Anaheim or LA Clippers of Anaheim.

[UtahJazzFan88]

They need a new arena, or move their franchise to another location.

Would be nice if San Diego or Las Vegas had arenas for them to play in, Clippers back in San Diego would be nice.

[OKCThunderUP]

The Clippers can't afford to move anywhere else.

Edit: And what kind of sense does it make to leave one of the better arenas in the NBA at a discounted rate just to say you have your own place? That's how you go bankrupt. It's bad business.

[MMM]

SD doesn't make much sense economically though in fact moving the Clipps out of the 2nd biggest market makes very little sense to me.

[UtahJazzFan88]

SD doesn't make much sense economically though in fact moving the Clipps out of the 2nd biggest market makes very little sense to me.

Because the Lakers are the main tenant in LA. The Clippers at the Pond in Anaheim makes the most sense, but SD is just the hope. If there was an arena in SD, it would make sense considering they're starting up a Fox Sports San Diego station for the Padres this year and they'd already have a TV home.

[Zenji]

The smart financial move would be to just stay in LA.

[32Dayz]

They should become one of the best teams in the league for multiple years and clearly make themselves the best team in the city.

Then as soon as Kobe retires they can steal away 95% of Laker fans.