Which city or cities will get a new NBA franchise in the future?

[davi78239]

Las Vegas, Pittsburg, San Diego? What cities would lose theirs?

[TheSanityAnnex]

Las Vegas will never have a team. How the fuck are you going to get every casino to agree to take off NBA betting from their books? Won't happen.


I'm gonna go with Anaheim.

[DirkAB]

Best guesses.

Sacramento, Seattle, and New Orleans loose.

Anahiem, New York, and Oklahoma gain.


BTW, aren't the Nets mooving to Brooklyn?

[mike detroit]

Las Vegas will never have a team. How the fuck are you going to get every casino to agree to take off NBA betting from their books? Won't happen.


I'm gonna go with Anaheim.

sad but true. vegas will never get a team, though they deserve one.

[davi78239]

Best guesses.

Sacramento, Seattle, and New Orleans loose.

Anahiem, New York, and Oklahoma gain.


BTW, aren't the Nets mooving to Brooklyn?


Yup. Hey, are you guys saying that NY will have 2 teams like L.A does? Possibility.

[TheSanityAnnex]

BTW, aren't the Nets mooving to Brooklyn?Jay-Z's arena plan in that laptop commercial looks sick.

[BillsCarnage]

Best guesses.

Sacramento, Seattle, and New Orleans loose.

Anahiem, New York, and Oklahoma gain.


BTW, aren't the Nets mooving to Brooklyn?

Isn't NY getting the Nets? I can't really see NY getting a 2nd or 3rd team.

Anaheim, Oklahoma and San Diego would be my bets.

[pache100]

I hope Oklahoma City gets one, they deserve it after their show of fan and financial support of the Hornets.

[ShackO]

OKIes prob would be next...

I don't here any talk of a team even wanted in SD???

ANyone hear talk about it there????

[Extra Stout]

Isn't NY getting the Nets? I can't really see NY getting a 2nd or 3rd team.

Anaheim, Oklahoma and San Diego would be my bets.
San Diego already has lost two teams (Rockets, Clippers). In addition, spending three hours indoors on a San Diego evening is not a very compelling opportunity.

[TheSanityAnnex]

OKIes prob would be next...

I don't here any talk of a team even wanted in SD???

ANyone hear talk about it there????

We are having trouble even keeping the Chargers here. I haven't heard any talks of a basketball team.

[ShackO]

LOL..... I heard about the trouble with the Chargers but zero on BB.... Is there enough support there for a team???

Arena??

Sponsors??

[TheSanityAnnex]

LOL..... I heard about the trouble with the Chargers but zero on BB.... Is there enough support there for a team???

Arena??

Sponsors??No, no, and no. There aren't enough "locals" in San Diego to support a team. There are too many transplants living there.


But the Chargers future in San Diego is looking brighter. Other cities in the county are saying they have sites for a new stadium and are willing to help out with the cost.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Anaheim

[Bob Lanier]

"Anaheim"? You mean L.A. will get another franchise?

[StylisticS]

No, no, and no. There aren't enough "locals" in San Diego to support a team. There are too many transplants living there.


But the Chargers future in San Diego is looking brighter. Other cities in the county are saying they have sites for a new stadium and are willing to help out with the cost.

yeah, that's pretty evident. When the Cowboys and Steelers played there last year, the Cowboy and Steeler fans was loud. I would probably say there was more Cowboy and Steeler fans than Charger fans in San Diego.

As far as a new NBA Franchise:
Kansas City or St. Louis= one of the Missouri Cities deserve one. KC is building a damn good arena right now to take place of the Kemper Arena. St. Louis is St. Louis. They have the clout to support an NBA team.

Louisville= A possible choice but they probably will not get it for the same reason that OKC will never get an NFL team. They love college basketball too much up there.

Oklahoma City= not that big of a basketball state so I can see the NBA working there and they are hungry for a pro sport. They are tired of living off of Texas teams to root for when they hate us so much. :lol

Birmingham= why the hell not. They are big enough to support a team. Over 1 million people in the metro and Atlanta is over 200 miles away, they can easily support an NBA team.

Norfolk/Hampton Roads = Largest metro in the nation without any professional team I believe. There isn't a professional team in the state of Virginia. Wouldn't have a problem with Richmond either.

longshot: Omaha, Tampa,

[Extra Stout]

As far as a new NBA Franchise:
Kansas City or St. Louis= one of the Missouri Cities deserve one. KC is building a damn good arena right now to take place of the Kemper Arena. St. Louis is St. Louis. They have the clout to support an NBA team.
St. Louis is not ideal, because the Blues have first dibs on the revenue streams from the SAVVIS Center, so unless the new owner of the Blues decides he wants an NBA team too, the economics aren't there.

KC would work better.

[TheSanityAnnex]

yeah, that's pretty evident. When the Cowboys and Steelers played there last year, the Cowboy and Steeler fans was loud. I would probably say there was more Cowboy and Steeler fans than Charger fans in San Diego.

There were a lot of them, but there definitely wasn't "more". The way they broadcast the game though, you would have thought it. It was a Charger home game and all they kept showing were Steeler fans. It was fucking ridiculous.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

there has already been alot of talk about a new l.a team

[MissAllThat]

I'd like for Oklahoma to get a team. It's just too weird to hear them all say they were rooting for the Mavs. Plus it may one day add even more fuel to the fire that is the Texas/OU rivalry.

[clambake]

Show me an nba player that wants to say "I want to play in oklahoma". It would be hell trying to land any free agents.

[awmyplace]

Show me an nba player that wants to say "I want to play in oklahoma". It would be hell trying to land any free agents.

Lol!

[female sports fan]

Lol!


exactly!

[awmyplace]

exactly!

Lol

[MissAllThat]

Show me an nba player that wants to say "I want to play in oklahoma". It would be hell trying to land any free agents.

After Cuban's actions this year, I wouldn't be surprised if we have a hard time finding players who will say "I want to play in Dallas." Bottom line though is a lot of players will go where the money is at, and if the money is in Oklahoma, they'll be in OK too.

[StylisticS]

St. Louis is not ideal, because the Blues have first dibs on the revenue streams from the SAVVIS Center, so unless the new owner of the Blues decides he wants an NBA team too, the economics aren't there.

KC would work better.

Ahh forgot about the Blues. The Blues is big in St. Louis too.

But yeah, It's all about that money. They do not care if a team was in Laredo(I would lol), but when they show them the money, they could care less.

[NBA Junkie]

I'd go with Kansas City. The new arena is in place and they're making a push to lure the Magic out of Orlando if a arena deal isn't reached.

It's a risk, though. The Kings didn't exactly gain the poularity in that town as they had hoped. A new team will probably draw well for the first year, but what happens when the novelty aspect wears off? Especially if the team is a poor to mediocre.

[LakeShow]

Anaheim


Portland will lose their team and move to anaheim.

[Nesterofish]

Birmingham should egta team.

[East Coast Babe]

I'd like to see Hornets stay in OKC. New Orleans tends to be underwater these days! If you missed it, the Hornets nearly made it to the playoffs! Something new for them! Kansas City or St Louis both sound good. I'd like to think Omaha could support a team, but I really doubt it. They are too busy with their Huskers! lol!

[StylisticS]

Anaheim


Portland will lose their team and move to anaheim.

I really hope Portland does not lose it's team. But if they do move, why would they move to Anaheim? 3 teams in one metro area? I don't care that they have 17 million, that's oversaturation.

[LakeShow]

I really hope Portland does not lose it's team. But if they do move, why would they move to Anaheim? 3 teams in one metro area? I don't care that they have 17 million, that's oversaturation.

That's the talk around town and I think LA will have no problem supporting all three teams. The Clippers and Lakers play in the same arena so a team in Orange County should not conflict with the Staples center.