8 Cities That Deserve an NBA Franchise...

[sandman]

Hey, the Pisces did good in Pittsburgh back in the '70's

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Montreal:

Hot Women

Great Arena

Super freezy winters

1 NBA fan (me)

Yeah, that would be a raging success

plus the toronto vs montreal games would be fun to watch just like the canadians vs leafs

[stretch]

I think Mianus, Conneticut deserves a team.

[remingtonbo2001]

The NBA needs to worry about the current NBA cities that don't deserve teams before adding. New Orleans and Atlanta to start off need to move their franchises, so those are two teams that can find new homes.

Uhhh.. THE CLIPPERS!

No city needs 2 teams of the same profession.

[nkdlunch]

Unlike Major League Baseball, the NBA can operate a successful franchise in nearly any city of at least 1 million in population.

The following cities deserve NBA franchises (in order):

1 - St. Louis: No brainer. 20th largest metro area in the country... one of the best sports cities in America, and there isn't another NBA franchise within 250 miles.
2 - Oklahoma City: They've already proven themselves
3 - San Diego: Largest city in the country without an NBA franchise.
4 - Tampa Bay: 19th largest city in the country, and the second largest w/out an NBA team.
5 - Baltimore: 20th largest city in the country
6 - Las Vegas: Fastest growing city in America, isn't it?
7 - Pittsburgh: Good sports town... larger market than 9 existing NBA markets.
8 - Cincinnati: Definitely large enough to support an NBA team (larger than 6 existing NBA markets), and the Pacers are the only NBA franchise within a 250 mile radius of Cinci.

Don't get me wrong... I'm not suggesting the NBA place franchises in all 8 cities. I merely saying that they could place a franchise in any of the 8.

The only 2 cities I feel absolutely SHOULD get a team as soon as the NBA can make it happen... are St. Louis and OKC.

how about no


NBA league is ty already, how much more ty would it be with additional teams.

BTW New York, biggest city in the country does NOT deserve a team

[lefty]

plus the toronto vs montreal games would be fun to watch just like the canadians vs leafs

Damn, I completely forgot about the MTL - TO rivalry

[mookie2001]

what has OKC proven?

[SRJ]

how about no


NBA league is ty already, how much more ty would it be with additional teams.

Furnish proof of this please, Mr. Simmons.

[StylisticS]

, they'll put freakin High School Football before the Spurs. Talk about some Po Dunk !

You do know you're in Texas, right? High School football runs Texas over any other thing in Texas, period.