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May 18, 2021
11:26:02am

immacougar All-American

NBA adding Vegas and Seattle?

It's "widely believed" that the NBA will expand past 30 teams "to recoup losses from the pandemic," reports @michaelgrange.

Seattle and Las Vegas are the frontrunners to add a team, per Grange. The NBA's last expansion was 2004 when they added Charlotte. https://t.co/08l1YgAZfn
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 18, 2021

https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1394702087309598721

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NBA adding Vegas and Seattle?

immacougar

5/18/21 11:26am

Which two teams would go over to the East?

RH84025

5/18/21 11:27am

One team. and if I had to guess it would be New Orleans, maybe Memphis.

Conan

5/18/21 11:29am

Just one would have to move

BigTex

5/18/21 11:30am

The nuggets volunteer as tributes.

cougfanblue

5/18/21 11:33am

I was thinking the Timberwolves since they're closer to eastern conference teams

MrTootles

5/18/21 11:42am

Makes sense to have them in a kind of central mid-west north division.

Mitty

5/18/21 1:08pm

Mem and NO are both farther East than Minn. Go along with MIA, ORL, ATL, CLT.

BYUHgrad

5/18/21 3:05pm

Needs to be a good team, so not Minnesota...I’d say Memphis

PHXSUNS31

5/18/21 12:08pm

Min probably makes the most sense geographically, but could be Mem or NO.

Mitty

5/18/21 1:07pm

Get rid of conferences and just have the top 16 make the playoffs. Do divisions

cougaman

5/18/21 3:38pm

Vegas makes sense. Seattle already had its chance.

DieHarder

5/18/21 11:27am

Seattle may also risk burning the team or the arena during the next freak out

Ojiisan

5/18/21 11:29am

Or Santa Fe. Can you imagine a team in NM? That would be AWESOME

Marc Spector

5/18/21 11:34am

A second Oklahoma City team could be good.

TCuz

5/18/21 11:30am

Agree. Forget seattle. I think vegas would be great

cougfanz

5/18/21 11:33am

Wow, I did a double take on your post, as I thought Vegas would be too small,

5/18/21 1:27pm

Sonics got royally screwed by David Stern and Clay Bennett. Kind of screwed

Gibbcoug

5/18/21 12:51pm

Worst Post of all Time.

buckeyecougarguy

5/18/21 4:09pm

Vegas franchise would hurt the Jazz. St George would become Vegas fans.

5/18/21 11:28am

Doubtful.

LiveCoug

5/18/21 11:33am

In 20 years they will all cheer for Vegas. It’s a proximity thing

5/18/21 11:34am

Again, doubtful. Some, sure, but the current base of Jazz fans aren't going to

LiveCoug

5/18/21 11:35am

But your grandkids might

5/18/21 11:44am

Those that identify as Utahns: Jazz. Those seeking Southwestern lifestyle: Vegas

Zooropa

5/18/21 11:39am

So would all of the Californians moving in still blindly root for the Lakers?

Pangare

5/18/21 1:56pm

a real rivalry would help the Jazz

TomPetty

5/18/21 11:37am

I visit both cities a lot and I am surprised how little St.G identifies with LV

Jay Kay

5/18/21 12:06pm

Doubt it since many in St. George have northern Utah ties. They are transplants

BlooCoog

5/18/21 3:24pm

Nah...OKC owners had every intention of moving the team to OKC as leaked emails

BlooCoog

5/18/21 10:20pm

In that scenario which team moves to the East? New Orleans or Memphis?

BigTex

5/18/21 11:29am

Memphis or Minnesota makes the most sense

Remigius

5/18/21 11:31am

Didn't think of Minnesota, but that might be the most logical

BigTex

5/18/21 11:32am

I agree they make the most sense

Remigius

5/18/21 11:35am

They need to send a playoff team East and add 2 expansions to West to rebalance

ochobeeguy

5/18/21 12:07pm

!!BRING BACK THE SONICS!!

lightmann

5/18/21 11:32am

I wish.

5/18/21 1:31pm

No city should ever get a second NBA team. Tacoma should get a team before Seattle does.

Blue2thebone

5/18/21 2:08pm

Tacoma is the same market as Seattle

LiveCoug

5/18/21 2:16pm

Seattle was robbed of the Sonics. They never should have left to begin with. The Sonics had great fan support.

lightmann

5/18/21 3:20pm

Did the new owners want to move to OKC yes, did Washington fail to provide public funding for a new venue which would

Blue2thebone

5/18/21 8:28pm

So pretty soon Vegas will have NBA and MLB teams to go along with the Raiders.

5/18/21 11:34am

And the Golden Knights.

neboutefan

5/18/21 11:35am

Right, and will probably be the most popular of the four teams for the next several years.

5/18/21 11:38am

Fastest city to go from no major franchises to all 4 leagues

BigTex

5/18/21 11:36am

Which certainly lessens SLCs chances of getting another pro team. Bummer

LiveCoug

5/18/21 11:36am

Vegas going from 0 sports franchises to 4, meanwhile in Utah

BigTex

5/18/21 11:38am

Utah has enough with the Jazz and RSL. Baseball, nah. Football, not happening.

Benfica1

5/18/21 11:43am

Have enough? LOL. Wasatch front growth will trigger more opportunities for

LiveCoug

5/18/21 11:45am

Yeah. The Wasatch front also has BYU and uu sports. Maybe a future pro LAX team.

Benfica1

5/18/21 11:49am

I don’t know how SLC doesn’t have a NHL team. Seems so logical... even more than

kotacoug

5/18/21 11:52am

As someone from outside Utah, I wholeheartedly agree: SLC has

5/18/21 11:55am

Utah has a professional Rugby team as well — the Utah Warriors.

Benfica1

5/18/21 3:45pm

Pretty crazy, considering they are the 40th largest TV market, pretty much the

5/18/21 11:52am

Called it

BlueVU

5/18/21 11:39am

Wow. Tough call. Really went out on a limb there.

TCuz

5/18/21 11:45am

I think calling it LITERALLY the day before is pretty good.

BlueVU

5/18/21 11:47am

People have been making the Seattle /Vegas call for years

5/18/21 11:48am

No, but he did it yesterday. A real Nostradamus.

TCuz

5/18/21 11:49am

RE: No, but he did it yesterday. A real Nostradamus.

BlueVU

5/18/21 11:50am

Mark Cuban was on a popular podcast talking about this very scenario.

Richard McCoy Jr.

5/18/21 12:50pm

Changing topics and hijacking the thread... PAC12 should really look at adding

kotacoug

5/18/21 11:50am

I feel like it would take a while to have a net positive effect on revenue

Northwest Cougar

5/18/21 12:09pm

It’s an immediate positive effect on revenue because there are 10 digit expansion fees

TCuz

5/18/21 12:12pm

Holy cow. Who pays for that?

Northwest Cougar

5/18/21 1:53pm

The new ownership group of the expansion team. They buy in, they don’t just get a team for free

TCuz

5/18/21 1:55pm

Oakland A's now looking at Vegas too

Samuel Hall Society

5/18/21 12:11pm

Go ahead and expand, but do it because it's the right long-term move.

OPINIONS

5/18/21 12:12pm

Why the Seattle hate? People are upset that Seattle did not give Howard…

Richard McCoy Jr.

5/18/21 1:00pm

They did the right thing...AND dared to challenge David Stern. The only thing

Zooropa

5/18/21 1:14pm

That would be a fun division - Utah, Denver, Vegas, Portland and Seattle

nephicoug

5/18/21 1:15pm

They’d probably abandon divisions or go to two 8 team divisions

PHXSUNS31

5/18/21 1:55pm

This way the product can be even more diluted with subpar teams paying max

GeorgeAlbertsgoatie

5/18/21 7:49pm

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