Rumor: NBA Expansion?

[Henry Orbit]

Raleigh should get a team…..

So my homey @Jparker can eat out there taking all them Triangle PAWGs to games


And I so I can him and @Henry Orbit have a friendly rivalry

NBA players barely want to come to Charlotte, why would they want to play in Raleigh

 

[tremonthustler1]

NBA players barely want to come to Charlotte, why would they want to play in Raleigh

well NBA players wanna go to 4-5 places and God forbid a couple of those places have 2 teams

 

[beaniemac]

Only one team needs to go West, two and it becomes imbalanced

Minnesota makes the most sense logistically

memphis or new orleans would be the first two teams I look at moving to the east if they were to expand.

 

[Rasille]

Logistically they are closer to Western Conference teams than the two others.

Are you sure?

 

[ISO]

Memphis and New Orleans should be the move.

Neither city is even remotely West Coast.

 

[No1]

Are you sure?

That doesn't make the point you think it does. It literally shows Louisiana bordering a state with 3 western conference NBA teams.

Tennessee is bordering two states with Eastern Conference teams.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Are you sure?

Minnesota is closer to Milwaukee, Chicago, Indiana, Detroit & Cleveland than it is to any West teams and those are their cities rivals in other sports. To me it makes the most sense

 

[Rasille]

Minnesota is closer to Milwaukee, Chicago, Indiana, Detroit & Cleveland than it is to any West teams and those are their cities rivals in other sports. To me it makes the most sense

Look where Minnesota is in comparison to where Memphis and New Orleans is. Based on geography Minnesota stays in the west. It comes down to either Memphis or New Orleans. My pick is New Orleans due to the Grizz having more history in the west.

 

[Rasille]

That doesn't make the point you think it does. It literally shows Louisiana bordering a state with 3 western conference NBA teams.

Tennessee is bordering two states with Eastern Conference teams.

The Grizzlies play on the other end of their state. OKC is on the other side. Same difference between Nola and Houston

 

[RickyGQ]

Look where Minnesota is in comparison to where Memphis and New Orleans is. Based on geography Minnesota stays in the west. It comes down to either Memphis or New Orleans. My pick is New Orleans due to the Grizz having more history in the west.

It’s not about geography. It never was. It’s about logistics. Putting Minny in the East would probably save the franchise millions on air travel each year alone.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Look where Minnesota is in comparison to where Memphis and New Orleans is. Based on geography Minnesota stays in the west. It comes down to either Memphis or New Orleans. My pick is New Orleans due to the Grizz having more history in the west.

Yes they’re closer to the East coast but they’re also much closer to other West teams

 

[King Static X]

NBA got too many teams already

Also still kinda weird to me how players wanted no part of Vancouver, given the selection of weed and white women

Weed wasn't legal in Canada back then.

The Grizzlies failed in Vancouver because they were really bad and had no franchise player.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Are you sure?

This map OLD AS fukk

 

[Rasille]

Yes they’re closer to the East coast but they’re also much closer to other West teams

You’re saying the Timberwolves is closer to the east than Memphis and New Orleans?

 

[Rasille]

It’s not about geography. It never was. It’s about logistics. Putting Minny in the East would probably save the franchise millions on air travel each year alone.

That’s a fair point but that would also apply to Memphis and New Orleans too.