who deserves the next expansion team (NCAA, Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors)

[Puddy4LyF]

Originally Posted by case44

You're kidding, Canes, right?? Sac is in trouble? I didn't know that. Memphis and N.O. might not be a surprise, but Sac? To think that just a few years ago, they were red-hot contenders.....

Big trouble. Arco Arena is the oldest arena in the NBA and it's a complete dump.

As another poster said, Kevin Johnson is now the mayor. But Kevin Johnson can't force the city taxpayers to pay MORE taxes to help build a new building. The problem is that the Maloof's don't think they have to foot the entire bill, and they're right. If Sacramento doesn't want to help foot the bill, they'll find another city that well.

If they don't get a new arena built, the Kings are done from Sacramento.

In my opinion - take em! They're dreadful and get in the way of watching the Warriors on Comcast. Sayanara!

[desert sun]

Originally Posted by Puddy4LyF

Big trouble. Arco Arena is the oldest arena in the NBA and it's a complete dump.

As another poster said, Kevin Johnson is now the mayor. But Kevin Johnson can't force the city taxpayers to pay MORE taxes to help build a new building. The problem is that the Maloof's don't think they have to foot the entire bill, and they're right. If Sacramento doesn't want to help foot the bill, they'll find another city that well.

If they don't get a new arena built, the Kings are done from Sacramento.

In my opinion - take em! They're dreadful and get in the way of watching the Warriors on Comcast. Sayanara!

the maloofs should bring them to Albuquerque since thats where they are from, a little something for the hometown, just kidding there aint enough money here to support a team.

[JoCo freak]

I have gotta say that I love NBA b-ball, plus I live in a fairly large city, Kansas City to be precise, and I think that KC should have they're own NBA team. Do you think there are any other cities that should have NBA teams?

[arch_genesis]

nice thread. I'm biased, I'd love to see St. Louis get a team. I have a blog up
http://nbainstl.blogspot.com

I think an nba team in St. louis would thrive. Most blues fans are paranoid about having an NBA team though, for the life of me I don't know why. I don't think a team would split the blues fanbase that much.

[voivod]

buffalo...for old times sake??

[nickeldude]

Las Vegas baby.

[Rob Allen]

It's all about the size of the media market. Here's a list of the 55 largest media markets in the US (taken from rabbitears.info), with a '*' next to the ones that don't currently have an NBA team:

Rank Market Name Population
1 New York City, New York 18,808,848
2 Los Angeles, California 15,909,634
3 Chicago, Illinois 9,257,980
4 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7,793,529
5 San Francisco, California 5,839,386
6 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 5,470,021
7 Boston, Massachusetts 5,326,009
8 Houston, Texas 4,935,598
9 Atlanta, Georgia 4,794,930
10 Detroit, Michigan 4,731,156
11 Washington, District of Columbia 4,717,166
12 Sacramento, California 4,070,850
* 13 Seattle, Washington 3,840,603
14 Cleveland, Ohio 3,520,608
15 Miami, Florida 3,428,678
* 16 Tampa, Florida 3,419,690
17 Minneapolis, Minnesota 3,364,407
18 Phoenix, Arizona 3,236,200
19 Denver, Colorado 3,062,717
* 20 St. Louis, Missouri 2,918,238
21 Orlando, Florida 2,875,810
* 22 San Diego, California 2,810,630
* 23 Hartford, Connecticut 2,711,528
* 24 Baltimore, Maryland 2,664,175
25 Portland, Oregon 2,611,638
26 Indianapolis, Indiana 2,581,648
* 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2,462,675
28 Charlotte, North Carolina 2,314,075
29 Salt Lake City, Utah 1,932,774
* 30 Raleigh, North Carolina 2,228,256
* 31 Kansas City, Missouri 2,158,337
* 32 Columbus, Ohio 2,031,809
* 33 Cincinnati, Ohio 2,030,743
* 34 Greenville, South Carolina 2,024,329
* 35 Providence, Rhode Island 1,982,810
36 San Antonio, Texas 1,974,210
* 37 West Palm Beach, Florida 1,956,296
38 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1,953,817
* 39 Nashville, Tennessee 1,946,109
* 40 Norfolk, Virginia 1,817,856
* 41 Grand Rapids, Michigan 1,768,462
* 42 Albany, New York 1,685,415
* 43 Fresno, California 1,653,943
* 44 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1,638,367
* 45 Birmingham, Alabama 1,634,637
46 Memphis, Tennessee 1,599,930
* 47 Buffalo, New York 1,593,171
* 48 Greensboro, North Carolina 1,567,650
* 49 Louisville, Kentucky 1,550,382
50 New Orleans, Louisiana 1,462,312
51 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1,449,303
* 52 Dayton, Ohio 1,447,804
* 53 Scranton, Pennsylvania 1,439,268
* 54 Las Vegas, Nevada 1,415,932
* 55 Austin, Texas 1,381,594

In addition, Wikipedia's list of the largest metropolitan areas in Canada has:

1 Toronto Ontario 5,113,149
* 2 Montreal Quebec 3,635,571
* 3 Vancouver British Columbia 2,116,581

(metro population is not the same as media market size, but it's the best data I could find quickly)

So the largest media markets with no NBA team are:

Seattle
Montreal
Tampa
St. Louis
San Diego

[bmd69]

Pittsburgh

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by desert sun

all I know is I would hate to see the NBA expanding to Europe, there are already too many foreigners in the league the way it is, lets leave the NBA our(American)game.

Let's not, Bubba.

[CTownNative]

Las Vegas
Kansas City
San Diego
Omaha
Tampa
Cincinnati
Those are all cities I think that could suppourt an NBA team. Theres other cities too.