Why isn’t San Antonio a popular FA destination? What can the city do to change that?

Discuss! What does this city really need to make it a cool place to live?

Nothing can be done. You can't turn a 2 into a dime no matter how much makeup you put on her.

Move the AT&T Center downtown or to a non-ghetto area. Kick out all the ghetto people. Become more diverse instead of being 90% Mexican.

It will never happen, tbh.

There is nothing that San Antonio, as a whole, can do. We are never gonna hold a candle to Los Angeles, New York, Miami, or Chicago. Even with the current effort to build up downtown and the Pearl district...S.A. is and always will be a sprawling family town. The best draw for younger generations is the fact that Austin is an hour up the road.

The best thing the Spurs have going for them from a free agent perspective is sustained success, cheap housing, no state income tax, and Spurs are the only game in town. But even when we had the Big 3 and were making deep playoff runs every year, that hardly seemed to matter.

Still, if fucking Oklahoma City can draw free agents, we should be able to as well.

They could tell the Spurs they're not building them a new arena in 2027 and the team could move to Austin?

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Originally Posted by FkLA

Move the AT&T Center downtown or to a non-ghetto area. Kick out all the ghetto people. Become more diverse instead of being 90% Mexican.

It will never happen, tbh.

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This would definitely help from a fan perspective. I have no idea why they thought they could build AT&T next to a golf course and a bunch of stock yards and hoped it would "revitalize the area". Actually, I do...because that line was bullshit and they just wanted the cheap real estate.

The Dome was a horrible game environment, but it was great to be able to walk out from games and go downtown or to Sunset....but it's not like the players were doing that.

The city is largely irrelevant to free agents. They're only home half the time during the season, and in the offseason they can go wherever.

Free agents mostly want to be well paid. And of course they like to win.

Stop being family friendly, let strippers be all nude, legalize gambling, open up more bars and clubs downtown

You need more people, that's it. More people, more fans, more rating, more popularity, more money. It's simple as that.

A lot of NBA players don’t want to play for Gregg Popovich because of his attitude

Sadly it's easy to see.
San Antonio is only about 7 percent Black so there's no Black club scene/night life for single wealthy Black athletes to socialize in
I believe Parker had a club catering to that element for awhile but even that didn't last too long

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Parker-s-upscale-nightclub-closes-4721515.php

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Originally Posted by Floyd Pacquiao

Stop being family friendly, let strippers be all nude, legalize gambling, open up more bars and clubs downtown

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I second this.

legalizing gambling and weed would be the best steps. so much $$$ would come pouring in. that money in turn would be help build a better city.

san antonio is stale af tbh. there is just nothing going on. step into austin and you can feel the energy that sa doesn't have.

Hire a front office that actually recruits free agents, bring in players that elite players want to play with because 75% of the recruiting process comes from the players themselves and move to Vegas.

Worst place to ask for advice imho

I would think no state income tax would be a pretty significant draw for a top tier free agent.

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Originally Posted by DC23

I would think no state income tax would be a pretty significant draw for a top tier free agent.

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it isn't and it won't be. there's nothing to do in sa. a player wouldn't even be able to make as much money through endorsements.

when danny was in sa he was hawking some shitty watches... one season in TOR and he's getting that google money now.

Is this thread a troll attempt to get as many stupid answers as possible?

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Originally Posted by Nivek_ogre

Is this thread a troll attempt to get as many stupid answers as possible?

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even if it's a troll attempt... the answers aren't stupid.

biggest FAs to sign in the last 20 years:
-LA
-michael finley past his prime
-brent barry past his prime

and that's during sa's golden age...

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Originally Posted by Rusty

A lot of NBA players don’t want to play for Gregg Popovich because of his attitude

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LMAO, after pop we'll be lucky to get Quincy pondexter level free agents.

I mean I could see an argument to back up the money truck for Jerry West, but getting a high profile sexy gm is going to be even harder than getting free agent players.

and can't forget about pau, tj ford, glen robinson, and nick van exel :lol

sa is basically florida if you're in your 30s/40s instead of in your 60s/70s.