Should there be expansion, which cities should be considered for an NBA team?

[Tg11]

Or just let Memphis and nop be in the east or whoever is closest I can't be bothered to check

Moving Memphis and New Orleans to the East while Seattle and Vancouver end up in the West...I would be okay with that

[NBA all the way]

I would actually like to see the league get rid of a couple teams before thinking about expanding.


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Agreed drop it down to 25 teams, 5 divisions of 5 and rid the league of conferences. Top w.e number of teams make the playoffs

[R. Johnson#3]

Vancouver -> Seattle = 2 hours
Toronto -> Detroit = 4 hours

So a 2 hour time difference is why one team survived and one team didn’t? Also why did you round up to 4 hours for Toronto but down to 2 hours for Vancouver?

[Sly Guy]

Obviously Seattle/Vancouver. But Montreal is an underrated option. It's a city (+ surrounding area) of like 4 million people, so the potential market makes it pretty big.

[Tg11]

But as far as teams that make the most sense for expansion as far as expanding from 30 to 32

Eastern Conference (16th team in conference)- Montreal
Western Conference (16th team in conference)- Las Vegas


16 teams in each Conference; alignment is pretty balance

Montreal as the 31st team enter rivalry or cue rivalry with Toronto...battle of Canada

Vegas with them in the West they are close in geography with LA and Phoenix...so Vegas could have a rivalry with either LA team Clippers or Lakers or with Suns

[More-Than-Most]

pitt def needs one

[Tg11]

Or if you wanna keep it strictly US cities

Seattle as the 31st team they go into the Western Conference

Pittsburgh goes into the Eastern Conference as the 32nd team

[Tg11]

Eastern Conference- Tampa Bay
Western Conference- Seattle

Tampa Bay as the 31st team is aligned into the Eastern Conference and it makes sense. Why? Because Miami is also in Florida and Miami is not a Western Conference team even if they are on the West coast. They are in the East so why not have Tampa in the East too? It works in the NHL since Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers are in the East in the NHL. So a Tampa Bay NBA expansion franchise could be set up in the East too. You would have an instant rivalry with Miami Heat and Orlando Magic.


Seattle as the 32nd team...they are aligned into the Western Conference.


My perfect team names for these franchises:


Tampa Bay Hurricanes
Seattle Supersonics (back in the NBA)

[Scoots]

No, there's already not enough talent to go around.

I don't buy it.

There is more talent to find and develop, the problem is that rosters are too small.

Every team should have 20 roster spots so the raw talent can be properly developed.

[mrblisterdundee]

I can agree with you on Seattle and Vancouver getting their franchises stolen from them and they deserve a 2nd chance

If that were to happen,

Seattle would obviously be in the Eastern Conference

Vancouver would be in the Western Conference

Huh? Seattle and Vancouver would both obviously be in the western conference. Then move teams like New Orleans and Minnesota to the east.

[mrblisterdundee]

Since we have 30 teams in the NBA and if the league were to expand to 32 teams and we end up with 2 more teams in the NBA, which cities should be considered for NBA teams?

My list of cities:

1- Seattle
2- Tampa Bay
3- St. Louis
4- Nashville
5- Montreal
6- Vancouver
7- Kansas City
8- Pittsburgh
9- Baltimore
10- San Diego


The 2 cities that should get a team: Seattle and Tampa Bay

Move Vancouver up above all those depressed, shrinking midwestern cities.

[Scoots]

Seattle, Vancouver because they lost their teams.

That said, San Diego, San Jose, Jacksonville are the largest cities without teams ... the issue is most of the largest cities without a team are western.

So, Seattle and Vancouver join the west, Jacksonville and Nahville join the east.

Add the first 2, wait 5 years, add the 2nd 2 teams.

Each team can protect 7 players in the 6 round expansion drafts.

[Tg11]

Seattle, Vancouver because they lost their teams.

That said, San Diego, San Jose, Jacksonville are the largest cities without teams ... the issue is most of the largest cities without a team are western.

So, Seattle and Vancouver join the west, Jacksonville and Nahville join the east.

Add the first 2, wait 5 years, add the 2nd 2 teams.

Each team can protect 7 players in the 6 round expansion drafts.

Then as far as your cities I would only go with Seattle and Jacksonville

[NBA all the way]

Huh? Seattle and Vancouver would both obviously be in the eastern conference. Then move teams like New Orleans and Minnesota to the east.

Or Memphis

[Mr.B]

Agreed drop it down to 25 teams, 5 divisions of 5 and rid the league of conferences. Top w.e number of teams make the playoffs

I’d be all for that. Plus it would mean a deeper talent pool.

I would love to see the Seattle SuperSonics back in the NBA though.


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