Extract 3 teams in the league

[Trill Clinton]

surprised noone mentioned the Nets yet. They had a game that barely cracked a 1,000 people last year lol.

Minnesota, Memphis and honorable mention Toronto.

[LeHeat_Dynasty]

Nets have a new owner willing to spend some money. They are also set to move to Brooklyn with a new arena.

[ohmwrecker]

I think they could lose about 8 teams and be alright.

[GuerillaBlack]

Memphis is a joke. They should be disbanded or moved to Seattle and renamed to something more suiting to a Seattle basketball team...

And then the Thunder move to the SW division. Makes too much sense to happen though.

[JMarkJohns]

Hawk - Bad fan support
Charlotte - Jordan will only drive it into the ground
Raptors - Average market, limited ceiling

Grizzlies - Mediocrity written all over them
Timberwolves - have had some success, but are a joke right now
Clippers - Needs to get done.

Hornets - Transfer to Seattle after Seattle gets its together with an Arena

Keep three division per conference, four teams per division or go to two divisions of six teams.

Conduct a lottery for contracted player dispersal, where the worst recorded team has 24x the likelihood of the best recorded team to win the top over all pick... Dispersed players' salaries will not count against CAP for duration of current deals.

Players of note on the market...

Hawk - Johnson, Smith, Horford, Williams
Charlotte - Wallace, Jackson, Diaw, Augustine
Raptors - Bargnani, DeRozan, Davis, Calderon, Barbosa

Grizzlies - Mayo, Gay, Gasol, Randolph, Arthur, Thabeet, Henry
Timberwolves - Love, Brewer, Johnson, Beasley, Ellington
Clippers - Griffin, Kaman, Gordon, Davis, Aminu

Other solid role players of note as well... Every team remaining would become an additional two-deep in their rotations. It would trim some fat in worthless players salaries and owners only interested in flipping for profit and fanbases undeserving/unable to support a team with volume and consistency.

Would be drastic, but league would be better for it.

[AussieFanKurt]

If any teams are to go Clippers should be first followed by maybe Grizz and T'wolves. Hawks have performed well of late and unless they collapse financially I don't see them going soon.

[Zelophehad]

Phoenix Mercury
New York Liberty
Los Angeles Stars
+Whatever team Terrazzi is on

[AussieFanKurt]

Phoenix Mercury
New York Liberty
Los Angeles Stars
+Whatever team Terrazzi is on

cue BRHornet in 3,2,1

[JMarkJohns]

If any teams are to go Clippers should be first followed by maybe Grizz and T'wolves. Hawks have performed well of late and unless they collapse financially I don't see them going soon.

And yet Joe Johnson was booed for complaining about low attendance despite their recent success. The fans suck. Can't draw for ...

[Booharv]

The responses in this thread fail because the Clippers operate at a profit every year. The best point brought up is that the WNBA needs to be eliminated. Thats a must.