It’s 2020: Tampa Bay Raptors

[warfelg]

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[NBA all the way]

Whoops ya beat me to it lol

I called it in the other thread though, knew they would be state side.

[warfelg]

Amazes me Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Newark, Cincinnati, Albany never came up for division travel reasons.


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[smith&wesson]

Its still the Toronto Raptors. Dont get it twisted

[NBA all the way]

Amazes me Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Newark, Cincinnati, Albany never came up for division travel reasons.


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Lousivlle and Nashville are pretty close, they just lost out to Tampa. Which like I said before, Raptors had their bubble restart camp in Ft Myers, so makes sense.

[warfelg]

Lousivlle and Nashville are pretty close, they just lost out to Tampa. Which like I said before, Raptors had their bubble restart camp in Ft Myers, so makes sense.

I mean Buffalo was barely in consideration. The others weren’t. It’s clear the NBA wanted to use this as a chance to explore where to add teams.


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[NBA all the way]

Its still the Toronto Raptors. Dont get it twisted

Was is still the New Orleans Hornets?

Ope... Guarantee you they rock Tampa on their uniforms.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

I was hoping they would go to a team that was a potential expansion location. But Tampa works.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Was is still the New Orleans Hornets?

Ope... Guarantee you they rock Tampa on their uniforms.

They'll probably have a token of appreciation for Tampa, but the Raptors jerseys say "Raptors" on them. It seems to be a temporary measure anyway at least for the 1st half. NBA probably lists them as "Toronto/Tampa Raptors."

https://www.raptorshq.com/2020/10/15...or-2021-season

[NBA all the way]

They'll probably have a token of appreciation for Tampa, but the Raptors jerseys say "Raptors" on them. It seems to be a temporary measure anyway at least for the 1st half. NBA probably lists them as "Toronto/Tampa Raptors."

https://www.raptorshq.com/2020/10/15...or-2021-season

Very smart on their part, appreciate the tidbit.

[R. Johnson#3]

They'll probably have a token of appreciation for Tampa, but the Raptors jerseys say "Raptors" on them. It seems to be a temporary measure anyway at least for the 1st half. NBA probably lists them as "Toronto/Tampa Raptors."

https://www.raptorshq.com/2020/10/15...or-2021-season

It really helps how similar our team colours are to the Bucs.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

It really helps how similar our team colours are to the Bucs.

I'm sure all the Tampa teams will do some interactions with the Raptors so could definitely see Bucs-Raps publicity stunts. Superbowl is in Tampa too this year.

Tampa is in good shape considering they'll have the 2020 NHL champs in Lightning, Superbowl LV champs in Bucs, 2020 WS runner up in Rays and 2021 NBA champs in Raptors.

[goingfor28]

Its still the Toronto Raptors. Dont get it twisted

No. It's the Tampa Bay Raptors. Just like their baseball counterpart was the Buffalo Blue Jays.

[mrblisterdundee]

Was is still the New Orleans Hornets?

Ope... Guarantee you they rock Tampa on their uniforms.

Did you seriously compare a globally iconic city like Toronto to some depressed dump in the Midwest or South?

[NBA all the way]

Did you seriously compare a globally iconic city like Toronto to some depressed dump in the Midwest or South?

Nope i compared 2 teams being relocated to play basketball outside of their home market [emoji1745]