New Clippers area in Inglewood! (Sacramento, Williams: to live in, estimate, metro area)

[Tuscan80]

Great news for Inglewood!

Now they will have an NFL team AND an NBA team. I don't know what someone posted about "star players" not joining the Clippers. The Clippers have a better team than the Lakers right now! Please.

This will bring in a lot of restaurants, more sales tax revenue for the city, and then some of your younger people with money. Inglewood is also very conveniently located near Silicon Beach / Playa Vista sectors. This area is prime for improvement.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by Tuscan80

Great news for Inglewood!

Now they will have an NFL team AND an NBA team. I don't know what someone posted about "star players" not joining the Clippers. The Clippers have a better team than the Lakers right now! Please.

This will bring in a lot of restaurants, more sales tax revenue for the city, and then some of your younger people with money. Inglewood is also very conveniently located near Silicon Beach / Playa Vista sectors. This area is prime for improvement.

2 NFL teams. The Clippers had a decent team but their two best players are going to leave via free agency this off season and they will be back to having a crappy team with the worst owner in the NBA. Free agents don't want to play there (go figure star black players not wanting to play for an openly racist old white guy) and it will take years to rebuild through the draft and in today's NBA you really can't rebuild through the draft since you need a have a super team to win.

I'm a Celtics fan so I don't care about LA basketball but the Lakers do have great young players and have the #2 pick and another first rounder and they will get Paul George and Russell Westbrook through free agency. The Lakers will be better then Clippers next year and will be back to winning championships in 2-3 years

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

2 NFL teams. The Clippers had a decent team but their two best players are going to leave via free agency this off season and they will be back to having a crappy team with the worst owner in the NBA. Free agents don't want to play there (go figure star black players not wanting to play for an openly racist old white guy) and it will take years to rebuild through the draft and in today's NBA you really can't rebuild through the draft since you need a have a super team to win.

I'm a Celtics fan so I don't care about LA basketball but the Lakers do have great young players and have the #2 pick and another first rounder and they will get Paul George and Russell Westbrook through free agency. The Lakers will be better then Clippers next year and will be back to winning championships in 2-3 years

The NBA forced Donald Sterling out in 2014, Steve Ballmer former Microsoft CEO is now the owner. Is there is some kind of racial scandal around that will effect players that hasn't for the past two seasons? Besides there is only one champion per year, and for vast eras in the NBA that champion was either the Lakers or the Celtics but the rest of the league still seems to thrive with big name owners trying to buy in to the money making machine. If Sacramento with Golden State right up the freeway can support a team then Los Angeles can easily support two

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by Taiko

The NBA forced Donald Sterling out in 2014, Steve Ballmer former Microsoft CEO is now the owner. Is there is some kind of racial scandal around that will effect players that hasn't for the past two seasons? Besides there is only one champion per year, and for vast eras in the NBA that champion was either the Lakers or the Celtics but the rest of the league still seems to thrive with big name owners trying to buy in to the money making machine. If Sacramento with Golden State right up the freeway can support a team then Los Angeles can easily support two

I don't think Sacramento will be supporting a team for much longer. GS is the entire Bay Area which is not as big as LA but still one of the biggest metro areas in the US and plenty of wealth to support a team. It's also not a hard sell for millionaire athletes to want to live in SF as opposed to Sacramento which is a hard sell

[socal88]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

I don't think Sacramento will be supporting a team for much longer. GS is the entire Bay Area which is not as big as LA but still one of the biggest metro areas in the US and plenty of wealth to support a team. It's also not a hard sell for millionaire athletes to want to live in SF as opposed to Sacramento which is a hard sell

Sacramento is a viable market if the team is halfway decent. Back in the early 2000s when they were really good, they were a very solid draw with a lot of sellouts for a long period of time and they still do fairly well. Having used to live in the Bay, the Warriors became so atrocious to watch that I started watching the Kings. Those teams with C-Webb, White Chocolate, Divac, Stojakovic, Christie, and Bibby were so fun to watch. That 7-game series against the Lakers was classic. Have times changed with the Warriors taking over now. Most would agree SF Bay Area is a more attractive market, but if Sacramento had a solid squad with good management, most players would want to play there.

But I digress. As long as the Lakers keep up their pitiful play and the Clippers stop choking, I'd say the Inglewood area has a lot of potential. Long-term, Sterling's ouster was probably the best things for the team. Ballmer is a visionary who will put in the money to make an arena that will blow Staples out of the water. With a net worth of almost $30 billion, it's a borderline drop in the bucket for him to self-finance the arena.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by socal88

Sacramento is a viable market if the team is halfway decent. Back in the early 2000s when they were really good, they were a very solid draw with a lot of sellouts for a long period of time and they still do fairly well. Having used to live in the Bay, the Warriors became so atrocious to watch that I started watching the Kings. Those teams with C-Webb, White Chocolate, Divac, Stojakovic, Christie, and Bibby were so fun to watch. That 7-game series against the Lakers was classic. Have times changed with the Warriors taking over now. Most would agree SF Bay Area is a more attractive market, but if Sacramento had a solid squad with good management, most players would want to play there.

But I digress. As long as the Lakers keep up their pitiful play and the Clippers stop choking, I'd say the Inglewood area has a lot of potential. Long-term, Sterling's ouster was probably the best things for the team. Ballmer is a visionary who will put in the money to make an arena that will blow Staples out of the water. With a net worth of almost $30 billion, it's a borderline drop in the bucket for him to self-finance the arena.

That Kings team was the most fun team to watch in the NBA. Too bad the NBA/refs screwed them out of a trip to the finals by fixing game 6 vs the Lakers


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjRcTiwVEwo


But that Kings team was the equivalent of the recent Thunder team. They had the perfect storm of players and owners. The Thunder are the toast of OKC but Westbrook will be gone after next season if not sooner and they will become what the Kings have become over the past 10 years.

The Clippers are almost certainly going to lose Chris Paul and Blake this off season and have to start rebuilding. The Lakers have a great young core with Ingram, Russell, Randle, Clarkson and Zubac. They have the #2 pick this year. And they will have cap space to sign Paul George (Palmdale native, Fresno State alum) and Russell Westbrook (Hawthorne native, UCLA alum) after next season when they become free agents. Like I said, I'm a C's fan and hate the Lakers but I can't deny they are a great franchise and they won't stay down for long

[The Illusive Man]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

2 NFL teams. The Clippers had a decent team but their two best players are going to leave via free agency this off season and they will be back to having a crappy team with the worst owner in the NBA. Free agents don't want to play there (go figure star black players not wanting to play for an openly racist old white guy) and it will take years to rebuild through the draft and in today's NBA you really can't rebuild through the draft since you need a have a super team to win.

I'm a Celtics fan so I don't care about LA basketball but the Lakers do have great young players and have the #2 pick and another first rounder and they will get Paul George and Russell Westbrook through free agency. The Lakers will be better then Clippers next year and will be back to winning championships in 2-3 years

Have you been living under a rock? Sterling is long gone. The Clippers now have the wealthiest owner in American sports. They also just hired the best GM of all time as a consultant. Wherever Jerry West goes that teams turns into a contender. The Clippers are in good position. Getting their own arena is a smart move.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by The Illusive Man

Have you been living under a rock? Sterling is long gone. The Clippers now have the wealthiest owner in American sports. They also just hired the best GM of all time as a consultant. Wherever Jerry West goes that teams turns into a contender. The Clippers are in good position. Getting their own arena is a smart move.

How many championships did the Grizzlies win? It's easy to win when you are with the Lakers. Nobody cares about the Clippers and that's not going to change. Celtics will win 10 more championships before Clippers make the finala

[The Illusive Man]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

How many championships did the Grizzlies win? It's easy to win when you are with the Lakers. Nobody cares about the Clippers and that's not going to change. Celtics will win 10 more championships before Clippers make the finala

He made the Grizzlies into a contender. The Grizzlies where a constant doormat before West got there. He also turned the Warrior franchise around into the juggernaut they are today. Before West got there the Warriors were a laughingstock and nobody went to their games. He's great at drafting and is a great evaluator of talent. Do research before posting please.

[SportyandMisty]

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