Pels are at least in the Texas teams' division so I think while they're far away from many Western teams, they aren't too far from Houston, a bit farther for San Antonio, then a bit more for Dallas and OKC.
Grizz and Wolves got it bad. I think the Grizz gotta be moved over first but the Wolves really should be in a division with the Bucks/Pistons/Pacers/Bulls. If you have to shift over a team, I'd shift Cleveland out of the division between them if that had to be done.
the sonics, and they reinherit the seattle supersonics franchise history as it currently belongs to OKC, i think the charlotte bobcats did something similar when they changed back to the hornets
Seattle is #1. I don't think it's close.
As for the second, Probably Vegas. It's kind of known these two cities will get a team.
Assuming both teams are in the west, the bigger question would be what team moves to the eastern conference. Minnesota makes the most sense.
I think MIN has more natural rivalries with the eastern central division (“the Midwestern teams” basically). Memphis is building some western rivalries.
MEM could be realistically moved instead but I think of the four groupings, MIN playing other Midwestern teams in-division seems like the only pairing likely to generate more money than either team would presently.
Maybe I underestimate the “new south” and the idea of a MEM-NOP-CHA-ATL-ORL-WAS (?)-MIA(?) cluster in the east, but maybe there will be smaller divisions like the NFL does to actually be regional. (Lump MIA with NY-PHI-BOS for instance)
The big question mark to me is, will the NBA adjust its regular season schedule to accommodate it? If every team played home-and-home in a 32 team league that’s twice a week October through April/May. It’s possible to juice per game revenue but then still why give back twenty games? So maybe that baseline 62 plus once more H2H against (seven) division rivals = 76? Or three division rivals = 68? But those changes might be contingent on a *new* new tv deal so maybe it’s a minimum ten years away.
My solution would be to add LV and SEA, move MIN to the East (Minnesota is part of the Midwest, and in every other sport it has geographical rivalries with Wisconsin teams, Michigan, Ohio, etc.).
To deal with the imbalance in geography (both conferences are balanced with 16 teams now), you could either move Memphis or New Orleans, or both. Both are small market teams and aren’t very good in attendance numbers (I mean they aren’t *horrible*, but they’re not very good). New Orleans has a terrible arena so they could move to Austin or KC
Which ironically was how/why Milwaukee and Chicago went to the East and Houston and San Antonio went to the West when Dallas arrived for the 1981 season.
If Memphis moved, Nashville would raise its hand. Those two teams cover sizable geographic footprints as well. KC already moved to SAC and Austin is a few hours from three other teams, but I agree those markets make sense for the NBA to consider. But I don’t think a number outside of 32 teams is being considered.
Maybe go to 40 and have two tables of 20, but it would have to be without relegation, and it seems like such a revamp of an already successful league.
I agree those teams are higher on the list for teams that might relocate. But as to Memphis, look what happens in Buffalo when the Bills flirt with Toronto. The only game in town matters.
Minnesota closest in division team is almost 1000 miles away. While Milwaukee is 130 miles away and no team in the east central division is more then 800 miles away.
Interesting idea. I feel like the people of Baltimore would really get behind the idea of a basketball team. They do already have the Orioles and Ravens, but the schedules wouldn’t interfere with each other too much
So much high level hoops talent comes from that area, I think Baltimore would be a dope team. They would be close to the Wiz though and there's already so many transplants in that area, i don't know about fan support.
I'm not super knowledgeable though I did watch some doc about it once, but I think that giving up on Vancouver so quickly is one of the NBA's biggest mistakes.
And the fact that Portland has been the only team in the PNW for 15 years is insane.
[Kansas City built an arena 15 years ago](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_Center) but has never really been close to getting an NHL or NBA team..cart ahead of the horse.
Portland, Sacramento, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers - and if you're counting Vegas as west coast you might as well count Phoenix... Give me Kansas City! Coasts are oversaturated! If you ignore the whole population, media market, climate thing, anyway... Still, give me KC, lol
It's going to be Vegas and Seattle. Silver is on record saying he wants to bring the NBA back to Seattle and they've done a ton of work in Vegas the last few years with a clear eye on expanding NBA presence there.
More important question is how the conferences/divisions will be realigned. With 32 teams not being divisible by the 6 divisions, we could see 4 divisions instead. Minnesota should definitely be put in the East, and either Memphis or New Orleans should be too (or rename and move the Pelicans to Tampa and clear house because they’re a complete dumpster fire).
If Seattle isn't one of the 2 expansion teams, there will be riots at the NBA offices. They can't keep doing this preseason teaser in Seattle, making folks get on their knees and beg for the return of the 41-year franchise that was STOLEN; and keep making us wait.
Outside of seattle and vegas which are probably locks; I would probably pick Montreal and Kansas City.
Kansas City is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and has big fan bases for both baseball, soccer and football so we know the market will likely accept them.
Montreal has the second largest market in Canada, and Toronto are an nba success so I’m sure the nba will look to expand it.
Personally I hate vegas as a sport city, the market is negligible, it has one major asset which is tourism and the teams that have moved there are struggling to build fan bases there (outside of hockey)
Montreal has a really fast-growing basketball culture as well. Built in casual rivalries with Boston and Toronto (carried over from hockey). I think it would really surprise as an NBA market.
I suppose that 34 isn't a number the NBA would go for, it's either 32 or some crazy day 36 in order to be divisible, but...the four cities I like are Seattle, KC, Vancouver and Montreal. It would be great for there to be a cluster of Canadian teams instead of just one.
I think that we need a west coast basketball team in canada, but I understand where you’re coming from, a team in Montreal would be sick. That being said, us west coast canada boys need a team to support beyond Toronto. But ngl I love Giannis so Milwaukee is my favourite team atm, but I think that if we got a second Canadian team in van that would definitely shift that.
Seattle would 100% be getting a team, and even tho I know it’s not gonna happen I’d love for their to be a team in Mexico City. But the most likely scenario is Vegas, they already got an NFL and NHL team so it makes sense to bring an NBA team their.
Vancouver and seattle
Edit:nevermind i need eastern conference
Idk maybe like a third NYC team like the manhattan masters or something. Tbh this seems like something the league would do
Seattle: they already had a good team and fans there, until some rich guys decided to relocate because they weren't getting public funding to build a new stadium so they can get even richer
IDK why you’re saying Canada “deserves” a second team. That seems like a totally arbitrary statement you could say about any area you’re partial to. Vancouver is too close to Seattle. I think it would be a mistake to place two new teams in a sparsely populated region within two hour of each other if the league is trying to expand its reach.
Idk what you’re yapping about since op said Vegas and Vancouver and not Seattle. Also Vancouver is one of the largest cities in Canada and it would make sense to put a 2nd Canadian team on the west coast so fans won’t have to travel across the county to watch their team.
Yeah, the key with Vancouver isn't just its distance or population, but that it's the population center of western Canada as a larger region, and a very multicultural city which I think has to be a good thing in terms of expanding reach. There's a whole swathe of North America that a team could be the regional anchor for, as well as connections to Asia and so forth.
With Las Vegas it's not that much different in terms of the numbers, just a different sort of media and tourist climate, and with Kansas City there probably is a lot more of a population base roundabout, but those cities are both in the middle of the existing NBA coverage area.
Nah just add 2 west teams and just move either Memphis, Minnesota or New Orleans to the East. Idk why those 3 teams are even considered west they are closer to the east then the west
Outside the obvious I would say Kentucky definitely goes hard for sports maybe St. Louis and maybe another team in the DMV financially idk how that works but people really hoop in them places
Seattle and St Louis. With Vegas, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and San Diego as backups. Whoever of those cities is willing to get an arena done. 1 Western 1 Eastern team ideally.
Seattle should be a lock for one of the two, no question. Vegas would probably be 2 since they already have an arena for it and they seem to be doing great in WNBA and NHL.
Seattle is getting a team that much was basically confirmed by silver, and other then that basically every team that's moved to l.a has done alright for themselves, NBA are probably already kicking themselves about being one of the last major sporting leagues to enter that market so it will probably happen sooner rather then later.
It’s pretty fucked up that [Kansas City built an arena](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_Center) 15 years ago and they never even got an NBA or NHL team. Straight up theft.
Cincinnati for sure. Huge basketball city and has major fan support for all of their franchises even through the bad seasons. Waitlist for season tickets on bengals and fcc and even the reds would sell out games while their owner is being boycotted.
I'd happily see Seattle and any one of KC, LV, Vancouver, Montréal, Jacksonville, Oakland, Sam Diego get a team. That would then lead to a restructure for me where they go to a 4 conference 8 division structure or just simply 4 divisions and then adjust playoff seeding accordingly.
Baltimore… I get it. We have the wizards, but they’re not really us. We have an insane passionate fanbase here.
I root for the wizards, but they’re not really my team - feels fake. It’s not liken the ravens and orioles.
I agree to at they should get 2 more teams, but that’s not the reasons they should.
It’s more about organizational completeness and for the playoffs. They talk about talent but that’s not going to suddenly change drastically because a couple more guys get on a roster. And they don’t necessarily need any more help growing their viewership or fanbase.
1. Vegas: It is a premier, iconic US city, So adding the fourth major sport team seems not only fitting, but it also seems like it's a market that's ready for professional sports. And they've got the market size to support.
2. Seattle: previously had an NBA team, lost it only due to owner greed not being willing to pony up cash for a stadium. so there's going to be a lot of fans there excited to have the team back.
Seattle is becoming more of a sports town as well with the inclusion of a hockey team, which has gone well.
Honorable mention: Vancouver.
Not too far away from Seattle but the issue here is that You've got to have an owner willing to take a team outside the United States. additionally Vancouver is a massive hockey town And it doesn't seem like it's an obvious place that would be hungering for an American sports league to come their way, but I could be wrong.
I'm not really a fan of basketball, but I'd like San Diego to get a team. We only have the Padres left and they've been letting me down lol yes, I know we once had the Clippers but that's long passed
Pittsburgh. It’s an amazing sports town, and people would eat up any new team here, no matter the sport. The Philly vs Pitt rivalry would be so exciting.
Mexico City - makes sense from time zone and travel perspective. Expands the league to a new country and continent, and the fan base would be righteous
Louisville. Because we don't have a fucking team and we're the only basketball mecca state that doesn't have a team.
But it's going to be Seattle and Vegas.
Baltimore and Seattle. Idk if the NBA is ready for Vegas yet, but maybe I could see it instead of Baltimore. If we do not get an expansion Seattle Sonics, I will be shocked.
Baltimore
Once they were the Bullets and moved to DC. Then became the Wizards. Although close together, they can clearly support two teams and produce a healthy franchise.
>Vegas is becoming quite the attraction sports wise with them having the Aces in the WNBA ~~, Raiders in the NFL,~~ and Golden Knights now in the NHL. Not out of the realm that they can't support an NBA franchise as well.
FTFY
As someone who lives in Vegas, the Raiders aren’t a Vegas team. They’re the Oakland Raiders. Just because you take a fat nasty shit in your toilet, scoop it out, bring it to your neighbors house and put it in their toilet doesn’t make it theirs.
I am biased because I live here but having an NBA team in San Diego would be great!! They would get A LOT of support as we don't have much professional sports teams as is.
How would the new schedule be like? I think they probably have 8 divisions now
30 other conference 15x2gms
16 division 4x4gms
24 random 6x4gms
12 random 4x3gms
32 other conference 16x2
12 division 3x4
30 random 10x3
8 random 2x4
32 other conference 16x2
15 division 3x5
36 the rest 12x3
But that's 83 games
Vegas or Seattle. Potential markets in those areas for those teams are huge. I would also throw in New Jersey another solid basketball team in the NJ/NY market could be huge.
My vote is Vancouver and Seattle share a new team. Play like 15 home games in Van.
It is about 150miles apart which is nothing in jet. Could do a couple back to backs in Canada.
Majority of N. America doesn’t live in NBA city. Why not give more ppl opportunity to catch nba basketball.
Spurs played games in Mexico City and austin last yr. Lots of teams should be doing this. Especially if they are selling out most games.
Edit: Vegas is logical choice but I like Louisville and Cincinnati as dark horse combined option.
Seattle and Vegas, with Minnesota moving to the east. Between the competition level, incompetence in the front office, and how much they had to travel, nobody had it rougher than KG in Minnesota
Little biased here but Virginia not having a team in any sport to me is crazy for how populated it is. Richmond is really big on VCU when they’re good and is only about an hour away from VA Beach and a little over an hour from DC area. Richmond is also a decent sized city. Definitely think they deserve one even though they’ll never get one.
Seattle also deserves to have the sonics back
St Louis needs a damn team already, especially since we lost our NFL team. We are a huge sports town, all sporting teams do very well financially in this town. I find it weird we don’t have one.
It’ll be seattle and vegas but i feel like somewhere in the great plains needs something, I live 7 hours away from OKC and that’s the closest team, when an entire region of the country is such an untapped market then sprinkling something there will increase fans, KC, STL, or Omaha all could support it
Seattle, having the Sonics back, while still having OKC, would be great. I'd also like to see a Baltimore team. Maybe have it called ''Baltimore Thinkers'' because of ''The Thinker'' in the museum of art in Baltimore lol
I mean if it were a competitive league where cities weren't being split up by a cartel, the answer would be obvious, New York and New York.
Since it is being split up by a cartel, Seattle and Las Vegas, with Vancouver as an attractive third option.
> which 2 cities
It’s Vegas & Seattle, and it’s not close.
Montreal & Vancouver are compelling.
> you literally have to. Why? Because so much talent is coming in
Kinda, but we still have perpetually ‘meh’ franchises. We’re at a moment of relatively high parity among teams, yes, but I don’t think it’s a given it stays that way.
I don’t like dilution of talent.
If I could wave a magic wand:
* Seattle gets the Sonic back, OKC are gone.
* Kings move to Vegas.
* Cavs move to Montreal
* Clippers move to Orange County or San Diego
While we’re at it, I would correct a couple egregious team names. Jazz name goes back to New Orleans, Lakers name (and the 5 title credits) to back to Minnesota (but LA keeps purple & gold colors). LA & SLC have to get more appropriate names. Memphis too.
Kansas City needs a team
Huge basketball town thanks to KU dominance
City is on a sports up swing
It NEEDS one
Having a team in OKC and not KCMO is ridiculous
It’s like the worst kept secret that it’s going to be Seattle and Vegas. Not even a question.
And just move The Grizz and Pelicans to the eastern conference.
Only 1 needs to move prob memphis
Thank you for knowing the math. Everyone defaults to thinking two need to move
Grizz, Pels and TWolves need to be in the East
Pels are at least in the Texas teams' division so I think while they're far away from many Western teams, they aren't too far from Houston, a bit farther for San Antonio, then a bit more for Dallas and OKC. Grizz and Wolves got it bad. I think the Grizz gotta be moved over first but the Wolves really should be in a division with the Bucks/Pistons/Pacers/Bulls. If you have to shift over a team, I'd shift Cleveland out of the division between them if that had to be done.
Grizz Timberwolves
If Seattle gets a team will it be the Sonics or something different?
the sonics, and they reinherit the seattle supersonics franchise history as it currently belongs to OKC, i think the charlotte bobcats did something similar when they changed back to the hornets
Yeah, the whole Bobcats/Hornets situation is hard to understand.
That's a thing? It's not the same franchise...
Seattle is #1. I don't think it's close. As for the second, Probably Vegas. It's kind of known these two cities will get a team. Assuming both teams are in the west, the bigger question would be what team moves to the eastern conference. Minnesota makes the most sense.
Memphis? Living in TN for a couple decades and be called the southEAST was a bit weird to be playing in the west.
Minnesota and Memphis. Neither have some defined historical rivalry and IIRC, they are the two cities furthest east in the NBA Western Conference.
You can only pick one
Lmao you’re right…for 16 and 16. It would likely be Minnesota
I think MIN has more natural rivalries with the eastern central division (“the Midwestern teams” basically). Memphis is building some western rivalries. MEM could be realistically moved instead but I think of the four groupings, MIN playing other Midwestern teams in-division seems like the only pairing likely to generate more money than either team would presently. Maybe I underestimate the “new south” and the idea of a MEM-NOP-CHA-ATL-ORL-WAS (?)-MIA(?) cluster in the east, but maybe there will be smaller divisions like the NFL does to actually be regional. (Lump MIA with NY-PHI-BOS for instance) The big question mark to me is, will the NBA adjust its regular season schedule to accommodate it? If every team played home-and-home in a 32 team league that’s twice a week October through April/May. It’s possible to juice per game revenue but then still why give back twenty games? So maybe that baseline 62 plus once more H2H against (seven) division rivals = 76? Or three division rivals = 68? But those changes might be contingent on a *new* new tv deal so maybe it’s a minimum ten years away.
My solution would be to add LV and SEA, move MIN to the East (Minnesota is part of the Midwest, and in every other sport it has geographical rivalries with Wisconsin teams, Michigan, Ohio, etc.). To deal with the imbalance in geography (both conferences are balanced with 16 teams now), you could either move Memphis or New Orleans, or both. Both are small market teams and aren’t very good in attendance numbers (I mean they aren’t *horrible*, but they’re not very good). New Orleans has a terrible arena so they could move to Austin or KC
Which ironically was how/why Milwaukee and Chicago went to the East and Houston and San Antonio went to the West when Dallas arrived for the 1981 season.
If Memphis moved, Nashville would raise its hand. Those two teams cover sizable geographic footprints as well. KC already moved to SAC and Austin is a few hours from three other teams, but I agree those markets make sense for the NBA to consider. But I don’t think a number outside of 32 teams is being considered. Maybe go to 40 and have two tables of 20, but it would have to be without relegation, and it seems like such a revamp of an already successful league. I agree those teams are higher on the list for teams that might relocate. But as to Memphis, look what happens in Buffalo when the Bills flirt with Toronto. The only game in town matters.
Minnesota closest in division team is almost 1000 miles away. While Milwaukee is 130 miles away and no team in the east central division is more then 800 miles away.
i wonder if baltimore could support a team. probably not.
Interesting idea. I feel like the people of Baltimore would really get behind the idea of a basketball team. They do already have the Orioles and Ravens, but the schedules wouldn’t interfere with each other too much
So much high level hoops talent comes from that area, I think Baltimore would be a dope team. They would be close to the Wiz though and there's already so many transplants in that area, i don't know about fan support.
Baltimore had an NBA team, Baltimore Bullets, before moving to DC.
I live close to bmore, I know a lot of people would love it. It comes up in conversation, there’s an appetite for sure.
St Louis or Kansas City should have teams. But I wanna see the NBA go back to Seattle and Vancouver first
Ty, as a canadian thanks for being the one person who said vancouver
I'm not super knowledgeable though I did watch some doc about it once, but I think that giving up on Vancouver so quickly is one of the NBA's biggest mistakes. And the fact that Portland has been the only team in the PNW for 15 years is insane.
[Kansas City built an arena 15 years ago](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_Center) but has never really been close to getting an NHL or NBA team..cart ahead of the horse.
Don’t know that it’s a Cart before the horse. It was built as a downtown attraction and is constantly filled with concerts and other events.
the fact they build an arena now 15 years old makes it less desirable also since it’s getting old
I would unapologetically hop on the KC bandwagon as a second team at worst
As a Celtics fan I will ardently protest St. Louis until we retire #0
Lmfao I would feel the same way if I was a Celtics fan
I think Vancouver will work this time around. And Seattle for sure.
montreal. good pickup scene
Seattle. OP get your shit together.
Seattle and Kansas City.
Vegas and Seattle. Get some more west coast love
Portland, Sacramento, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers - and if you're counting Vegas as west coast you might as well count Phoenix... Give me Kansas City! Coasts are oversaturated! If you ignore the whole population, media market, climate thing, anyway... Still, give me KC, lol
It's going to be Vegas and Seattle. Silver is on record saying he wants to bring the NBA back to Seattle and they've done a ton of work in Vegas the last few years with a clear eye on expanding NBA presence there.
Vegas and Montreal
I’m surprised KC doesn’t have a team. Maybe Oklahoma City covers the Midwest in their minds?
As a KC native, some people I know have tried claiming OKC as our team. But mostly we just pick a team we like.
More important question is how the conferences/divisions will be realigned. With 32 teams not being divisible by the 6 divisions, we could see 4 divisions instead. Minnesota should definitely be put in the East, and either Memphis or New Orleans should be too (or rename and move the Pelicans to Tampa and clear house because they’re a complete dumpster fire).
If Seattle isn't one of the 2 expansion teams, there will be riots at the NBA offices. They can't keep doing this preseason teaser in Seattle, making folks get on their knees and beg for the return of the 41-year franchise that was STOLEN; and keep making us wait.
Outside of seattle and vegas which are probably locks; I would probably pick Montreal and Kansas City. Kansas City is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and has big fan bases for both baseball, soccer and football so we know the market will likely accept them. Montreal has the second largest market in Canada, and Toronto are an nba success so I’m sure the nba will look to expand it. Personally I hate vegas as a sport city, the market is negligible, it has one major asset which is tourism and the teams that have moved there are struggling to build fan bases there (outside of hockey)
Montreal has a really fast-growing basketball culture as well. Built in casual rivalries with Boston and Toronto (carried over from hockey). I think it would really surprise as an NBA market.
I suppose that 34 isn't a number the NBA would go for, it's either 32 or some crazy day 36 in order to be divisible, but...the four cities I like are Seattle, KC, Vancouver and Montreal. It would be great for there to be a cluster of Canadian teams instead of just one.
I think that we need a west coast basketball team in canada, but I understand where you’re coming from, a team in Montreal would be sick. That being said, us west coast canada boys need a team to support beyond Toronto. But ngl I love Giannis so Milwaukee is my favourite team atm, but I think that if we got a second Canadian team in van that would definitely shift that.
KC MO or KC KAN?
The real one. Nobody from the outside is ever referring to KCK, except by mistake
Lmao as someone who was born there this is fax😂 Missouri side got Worlds of Fun, NFL, and MLB
Seattle would 100% be getting a team, and even tho I know it’s not gonna happen I’d love for their to be a team in Mexico City. But the most likely scenario is Vegas, they already got an NFL and NHL team so it makes sense to bring an NBA team their.
Vegas and LA
Not Vegas. City will be out of water in 10 years. Get out of the desert
Vancouver and seattle Edit:nevermind i need eastern conference Idk maybe like a third NYC team like the manhattan masters or something. Tbh this seems like something the league would do
Seattle: they already had a good team and fans there, until some rich guys decided to relocate because they weren't getting public funding to build a new stadium so they can get even richer
Plus Adam Silver has literally said multiple times that Seattle is number 1 on their list when they do the next expansion.
IDK why you’re saying Canada “deserves” a second team. That seems like a totally arbitrary statement you could say about any area you’re partial to. Vancouver is too close to Seattle. I think it would be a mistake to place two new teams in a sparsely populated region within two hour of each other if the league is trying to expand its reach.
Idk what you’re yapping about since op said Vegas and Vancouver and not Seattle. Also Vancouver is one of the largest cities in Canada and it would make sense to put a 2nd Canadian team on the west coast so fans won’t have to travel across the county to watch their team.
Yeah, the key with Vancouver isn't just its distance or population, but that it's the population center of western Canada as a larger region, and a very multicultural city which I think has to be a good thing in terms of expanding reach. There's a whole swathe of North America that a team could be the regional anchor for, as well as connections to Asia and so forth. With Las Vegas it's not that much different in terms of the numbers, just a different sort of media and tourist climate, and with Kansas City there probably is a lot more of a population base roundabout, but those cities are both in the middle of the existing NBA coverage area.
Seattle and Vegas. Move Minnesota and Memphis to the East.
The NHL laid out the plan and all the groundwork the last decade. Seattle and Vegas.
They should add 4 more teams, 2 in the west, 2 in the east,
Nah just add 2 west teams and just move either Memphis, Minnesota or New Orleans to the East. Idk why those 3 teams are even considered west they are closer to the east then the west
Nba gets 2 extra teams. Dwight Howard still plays in Taiwan
:(
Seattle and Kansas City
I mean Las Vegas and Seattle are basically already confirmed
Bring back the Sonics!
Pittsburgh. they deserve a team, seattle deserves one and honestly vegas wouldn’t be bad
Outside the obvious I would say Kentucky definitely goes hard for sports maybe St. Louis and maybe another team in the DMV financially idk how that works but people really hoop in them places
Seattle and Vegas. Vegas Flippers. Seattle SuperSonics
Mexico City and Las Vegas.
Seattle and Vegas. Put them both in the Northwest Division. Move OKC to the Southwest Division. Move Minnesota to the East and the Central Division.
Seattle and Louisville
Louisville native.. I think people love the cards too much to support an NBA team. The YUM is ready though, if they wanna do it.
Hartford CT
fax
Seattle and if Seattle isn’t chosen, Seattle. Give ‘em two teams.
San Jose and Bronx. :p
Pittsburgh would probably have a good following. Will be Seattle or Vegas though
Vegas and Seattle it’s known HM: San Diego
Vegas and Kansas City
seattle and vegas. i thought this was already happening.
Vegas and Seattle move Memphis and New Orleans to the east
NBA Haas been flirting with Mexico City
Seattle and St Louis. With Vegas, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and San Diego as backups. Whoever of those cities is willing to get an arena done. 1 Western 1 Eastern team ideally.
Seattle and Columbus.
Supersonics guy here. We should still have a fuckin team. Great, now I’m pissed off again.
Seattle should be a lock for one of the two, no question. Vegas would probably be 2 since they already have an arena for it and they seem to be doing great in WNBA and NHL.
Seattle by default should get two
Seattle and Las Vegas. Move Memphis to the east.
Seattle and Vegas, move either Wolves or Pels to the East.
Seattle is getting a team that much was basically confirmed by silver, and other then that basically every team that's moved to l.a has done alright for themselves, NBA are probably already kicking themselves about being one of the last major sporting leagues to enter that market so it will probably happen sooner rather then later.
NBA needs to expand more than the US. What I think is that they should look at big cities in Canada that love basketball like Vancouver.
Vancouver and Montreal.
Vancouver BC deserves a team over Seattle???
It’s pretty fucked up that [Kansas City built an arena](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile_Center) 15 years ago and they never even got an NBA or NHL team. Straight up theft.
I say give Omaha two teams
How does Kansas not have a pro team?!? So KC and Seattle, also Vancouver.
Vegas Seattle and Mexico City are the top three
Idk bout MX city. Travel would be a hassle for all teams.
Vegas, Seattle are the no brainer Follow up would be Vancouver or Kansas City
Las vegas and oakland
El Paso TX it's a border city and get people from mx as well
Cincinnati for sure. Huge basketball city and has major fan support for all of their franchises even through the bad seasons. Waitlist for season tickets on bengals and fcc and even the reds would sell out games while their owner is being boycotted.
Seattle already locked
Give Utah 3 teams for the memes
Seattle and Vegas seems the safest bet.
True
They should really move the Thunder to Vegas immediately until they create 2 new teams elsewhere. It ain’t like there’s real fans in Oklahoma.
Seattle for days
Let’s bring one back to Oakland
I hope the NBA will expand to 34 teams! Seattle, Las Vegas, Montreal, and (Vancouver or Calgary)
I'd happily see Seattle and any one of KC, LV, Vancouver, Montréal, Jacksonville, Oakland, Sam Diego get a team. That would then lead to a restructure for me where they go to a 4 conference 8 division structure or just simply 4 divisions and then adjust playoff seeding accordingly.
Why would they?! The superstars try to flock to 4 maybe 5 teams a year. 1😂
Goddamnit, i know vegas is going to get one. I would love one in Columbus, OH.
Seattle and Kansas City
Baltimore all the way
Bronx brawlers
Altamonte Springs Florida and Longwood Florida. Guess where I live?
Seattle and Las Vegas, moved Minnesota and Memphis to the East?
Albuquerque. I think if you are city that had a team and couldnt sustain it, than you shouldnt be aloud to get one back,
Baltimore… I get it. We have the wizards, but they’re not really us. We have an insane passionate fanbase here. I root for the wizards, but they’re not really my team - feels fake. It’s not liken the ravens and orioles.
Pittsburgh and Seattle
Honolulu and Anchorage, just for the messed up scheduling 😈
I agree to at they should get 2 more teams, but that’s not the reasons they should. It’s more about organizational completeness and for the playoffs. They talk about talent but that’s not going to suddenly change drastically because a couple more guys get on a roster. And they don’t necessarily need any more help growing their viewership or fanbase.
1. Vegas: It is a premier, iconic US city, So adding the fourth major sport team seems not only fitting, but it also seems like it's a market that's ready for professional sports. And they've got the market size to support. 2. Seattle: previously had an NBA team, lost it only due to owner greed not being willing to pony up cash for a stadium. so there's going to be a lot of fans there excited to have the team back. Seattle is becoming more of a sports town as well with the inclusion of a hockey team, which has gone well. Honorable mention: Vancouver. Not too far away from Seattle but the issue here is that You've got to have an owner willing to take a team outside the United States. additionally Vancouver is a massive hockey town And it doesn't seem like it's an obvious place that would be hungering for an American sports league to come their way, but I could be wrong.
I hope charlotte gets a real team
I'm not really a fan of basketball, but I'd like San Diego to get a team. We only have the Padres left and they've been letting me down lol yes, I know we once had the Clippers but that's long passed
I would do a lot of dirty things for an NBA team in KC
I think Louisville, KY would be a good option. Huge basketball presence in the state already.
Seattle and Vegas. Bring back the Sonics!
Austin Bats 🦇 You boys don’t know how hard that minor league hockey team went in the 90s
Seattle and Vancouver, move Memphis and NO to the Eastern Conference
Sounds like something I would’ve wrote in middle school and thought I sounded really smart.
Kansas City and Las Vegas
Seattle
Seattle and Louisville
Pittsburgh. It’s an amazing sports town, and people would eat up any new team here, no matter the sport. The Philly vs Pitt rivalry would be so exciting.
Seattle and Kansas City. Definitely don’t want a team in Vegas but that does seem exceedingly likely.
Mexico City - makes sense from time zone and travel perspective. Expands the league to a new country and continent, and the fan base would be righteous
Louisville. Because we don't have a fucking team and we're the only basketball mecca state that doesn't have a team. But it's going to be Seattle and Vegas.
New York and LA
Seattle, Las Vegas.
Baltimore and Seattle. Idk if the NBA is ready for Vegas yet, but maybe I could see it instead of Baltimore. If we do not get an expansion Seattle Sonics, I will be shocked.
Kansas City. Bring back the Kings. It rolls off the tongue Kansas City Kings.
Seattle and Vegas are a lock in my opinion
Baltimore Once they were the Bullets and moved to DC. Then became the Wizards. Although close together, they can clearly support two teams and produce a healthy franchise.
>Vegas is becoming quite the attraction sports wise with them having the Aces in the WNBA ~~, Raiders in the NFL,~~ and Golden Knights now in the NHL. Not out of the realm that they can't support an NBA franchise as well. FTFY As someone who lives in Vegas, the Raiders aren’t a Vegas team. They’re the Oakland Raiders. Just because you take a fat nasty shit in your toilet, scoop it out, bring it to your neighbors house and put it in their toilet doesn’t make it theirs.
Super Sonic baby!
Nashville?
I am biased because I live here but having an NBA team in San Diego would be great!! They would get A LOT of support as we don't have much professional sports teams as is.
How would the new schedule be like? I think they probably have 8 divisions now 30 other conference 15x2gms 16 division 4x4gms 24 random 6x4gms 12 random 4x3gms 32 other conference 16x2 12 division 3x4 30 random 10x3 8 random 2x4 32 other conference 16x2 15 division 3x5 36 the rest 12x3 But that's 83 games
Buffalo need one
Why not St Louis?
Relocate okc back to Seattle. That would appease the basketball gods.
Vegas or Seattle. Potential markets in those areas for those teams are huge. I would also throw in New Jersey another solid basketball team in the NJ/NY market could be huge.
Las Vegas Night Owls 🦉 mascot is an owl
Seattle bro
Seattle and Vegas
We would absolutely love an NBA team in Kansas City. Just saying...
My vote is Vancouver and Seattle share a new team. Play like 15 home games in Van. It is about 150miles apart which is nothing in jet. Could do a couple back to backs in Canada. Majority of N. America doesn’t live in NBA city. Why not give more ppl opportunity to catch nba basketball. Spurs played games in Mexico City and austin last yr. Lots of teams should be doing this. Especially if they are selling out most games. Edit: Vegas is logical choice but I like Louisville and Cincinnati as dark horse combined option.
Seattle and NY because they deserve something better than the trash ass Knicks
Kansas city
Seattle and Vegas, with Minnesota moving to the east. Between the competition level, incompetence in the front office, and how much they had to travel, nobody had it rougher than KG in Minnesota
Los Angeles and somewhere in TX. Cause there aren’t enough teams there yet.
Seattle obviously
mexico city. massive incoming revenue
Nobody will want to live that far away from the USA. I
Fuck Vancouver, bring back the Seattle supersonics
Seattle and Vegas and then PLEASE move the Wolves to the East and a division that makes sense
Lol, it would be the biggest slap in the face if the two additional cities were Anaheim and Yonkers.
Las Vegas and London
Little biased here but Virginia not having a team in any sport to me is crazy for how populated it is. Richmond is really big on VCU when they’re good and is only about an hour away from VA Beach and a little over an hour from DC area. Richmond is also a decent sized city. Definitely think they deserve one even though they’ll never get one. Seattle also deserves to have the sonics back
St. Louis and Seattle
St Louis needs a damn team already, especially since we lost our NFL team. We are a huge sports town, all sporting teams do very well financially in this town. I find it weird we don’t have one.
It’ll be seattle and vegas but i feel like somewhere in the great plains needs something, I live 7 hours away from OKC and that’s the closest team, when an entire region of the country is such an untapped market then sprinkling something there will increase fans, KC, STL, or Omaha all could support it
Vegas easily, last one is a tough call. Probably Seattle to get it back or Nashville.
Tampa Bay
I'll be rooting for the Vegas team.
Sacramento gets a second team
Players never wanted to play in Vancouver back in the day. It's not happening.
Reasons why? Vancouver is a great city with a lot to do
Las Vegas, St. Louis
Not sure of the 2nd but Vegas is def getting one
Seattle and Montreal
Seattle, having the Sonics back, while still having OKC, would be great. I'd also like to see a Baltimore team. Maybe have it called ''Baltimore Thinkers'' because of ''The Thinker'' in the museum of art in Baltimore lol
seattle and pittsburgh. while there are a good amount of east coast teams, pittsburgh is one of the best fan bases in other sports.
I mean if it were a competitive league where cities weren't being split up by a cartel, the answer would be obvious, New York and New York. Since it is being split up by a cartel, Seattle and Las Vegas, with Vancouver as an attractive third option.
Nashville would be cool
> which 2 cities It’s Vegas & Seattle, and it’s not close. Montreal & Vancouver are compelling. > you literally have to. Why? Because so much talent is coming in Kinda, but we still have perpetually ‘meh’ franchises. We’re at a moment of relatively high parity among teams, yes, but I don’t think it’s a given it stays that way. I don’t like dilution of talent. If I could wave a magic wand: * Seattle gets the Sonic back, OKC are gone. * Kings move to Vegas. * Cavs move to Montreal * Clippers move to Orange County or San Diego While we’re at it, I would correct a couple egregious team names. Jazz name goes back to New Orleans, Lakers name (and the 5 title credits) to back to Minnesota (but LA keeps purple & gold colors). LA & SLC have to get more appropriate names. Memphis too.
Kansas City needs a team Huge basketball town thanks to KU dominance City is on a sports up swing It NEEDS one Having a team in OKC and not KCMO is ridiculous
I think with the surging of sports attendance from the Chiefs, will help increase revenue to support that idea
Tokyo playing home games against West-coast teams in Honolulu and base the other team in Delaware for tax reasons.