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I wouldn't contract the Kings... They has a memorable run in the early 00s... That's more than can be said for a lot of the fringe teams.
Charlotte and NO are at the top of my list as well. Next is maybe Sacramento. Could you imagine the Cleveland fans if the Cavs were contracted? The Catch. The Trade. The Red-Right 88. The Drive. The Fumble. The Move. The Slip. The Decision. All of that followed up with The Contraction.
I wouldn't contract the Kings... They has a memorable run in the early 00s... That's more than can be said for a lot of the fringe teams.
Need to lose 6 teams imo
bobcats
hornets
kings
all gone for sure
not sure about the other 3
pistons - too much history
suns - ditto
warriors - big market
raps - ditto
cavs - yeah, probably
bucks - senator owner
t'wolves - promising future
Contraction without additional games would greatly improve the league. Even 2-4 less teams would make the playoffs much closer IMHO
How would you do it? Who would get first dibs on the players of the contracted teams? Would they be on the open market or would there be some sort of draft type situation?
The t'wolves promising future shouldn't take away from the fact that KG is the only reason that franchise has ever been relevant. They'd be right up there as a team to get rid of after the Bobcats, Hornets, and Kings are gone.
Agreed. I think that market could still be salvaged but they need new ownership desperately. All you ever heard about the Kings during the lockout was how the Maloofs were underwater on so much of their in Vegas. Right now the problem isn't just that the team is terrible it's that everyone knows this isn't a rebuilding phase or anything. They're going to stay terrible unless the economy bounces back in a big way because until that happens management is not going to spend a cent more than the minimum payroll if they can. The fans showed up as long as the teams were decent.
All these sorry teams have had good runs here and there except for the Clippers and maybe Bobcats. Even the Hornets have had much better runs whether in Charlotte or in NOLA. They just lose their star players after a few years whether its Zo, LJ, Rice, Davis, and Paul recently.
Stern needs to realize
South = College Football. Stop adding so many teams in that region. Put the Clippers back in San Diego haha
Cleveland is probably the worst natural NBA market- or second-worst after Minnesota- but it has a good arena situation and a fanbase that will show up and had always shown up when the team wins. Not every fanbase can say the latter.
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