What's the best city that does NOT have a professional sports team?
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Location: Watching half my country turn into Gilead
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Originally Posted by cheese plate
You straight-up have no clue what you're talking about.
The Wisconsin team that beat Kentucky was probably the most talented team in Wisconsin history. The best 2 players were drafted in the first round this year. Their ceilings? Average starter/spark off the bench. Kentucky's team may produce 3-4 consistent NBA starters, but not for a few years. Every NBA team has more NBA-quality players at this very moment (obviously), and we're talking players who've improved over the years in terms of skills and adult musculature. There are a handful of kids who can go from college and be productive right away, but how many are top 10 players the minute they walk onto an NBA court? I'm struggling to think of any. Even the greatest had a lot of work to do when you look at advanced stats and compare where they were to where they ended up.
A 19 year old draftee is a stick next to the men in the NBA. This is Physiology 101. Any pro team would out-muscle that Kentucky squad - it would be embarassing. I'll bet they'd lose by 50+ if the game were serious. The skill level of an NBA team is far-advanced from any college team. There are height/weight differences. There's the fact that every NBA team has 12 NBA players, and even the best college teams only have a few. Get real, and ignore that ridiculous Kentucky hype - a bunch of 3* white farmboys took them to the woodshed.
Agree to disagree. Your Badgers could've beat the Carmelo less Knicks, as well. Size is important, yes, but small ball works wonders, too.Golden State wasn't effective against Cleveland until they went small. Furthermore, college kids aren't exactly small these days. Again, this isn't NCAA to NFL. Physicality, while important, isn't this huge gap.
Look, I probably shouldn't have said demolish--I got caught up in the moment. Admittedly, that's complete hyperbole. But you'd have to be very cynical to not believe "the greatest " college team ever, much less an underachieving Kentucky squad, couldn't beat a 15 win NBA team. Not assuredly, of course, but I'd give 50/50 odds.
Back to the thread, I don't think Hampton Roads is a great choice. Too close to D.C. given its population/influence, and too transient. Having been one myself, that metro literally revolves around the military. Any team there would deal with more opposing fans in their own ballpark/arena than new converts.
Larry Brown is now a college coach. He is known to hype anything he's involved in. He also said this before Notre Dame almost beat them and the Badgers did beat them. Looks silly now, and I'll bet he regrets making that statement.
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Originally Posted by qworldorder
Agree to disagree. Your Badgers could've beat the Carmelo less Knicks, as well.
Any NBA team would have beat the Badgers by 40+, and I'm saying this as a rabid fan. Frank Kaminsky was the center, and in the NBA he's considered too weak to be a 5 - he'll be a stretch 4, which is actually like a slight 4 (power forward). Dekker was our power forward, but he's going to play a 3 in the NBA. Bronson Keonig isn't ready to guard an NBA point guard yet, if ever. There was only one valid guy (Dukan, who signed with an NBA team as a free agent) that could come off the bench and defend an NBA player, giving the Badgers 6 total players that could go, vs 12 on an NBA squad. A healthy Traevon would have been able to log a few minutes, too, but was injured most of the season.
Regardless, it's silly every single time someone says it, and I refuse to let this sort of thing slide. No, it isn't football, but many of the same points still stand, especially when you consider that top college basketball teams are made primarily up with 18-19 year olds...vs football, which is mostly upperclassmen.
These cities are also great for anything sports related too btw. I think the Women's Soccer team is playing Australia in Bham next month.
Yes, this is a great sports town. We need to build a nice venue and hopefully land an NBA team someday soon. A team here could potential draw on the whole state as a fanbase.
NHL to Las Vegas *if* the NHL ultimately decides to expand (which they likely will). That leaves Austin and Honolulu.
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