Notice Expansion Vote This Summer

[THE HCP]

Seeing it reported a bunch today. This might be the most trusted source so far. FINALLY putting it up for a vote.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Posted this in the sky is falling thread about Portland losing the Blazers.

Insert worst case scenario folks that somehow find delight in being scared about losing our team.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Who we keeping?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Scoot, Sharpe, Camara, Clingan, Dame, Deni, krejci.

That is 7. Then maybe whoever we trade for this offseason or select with our draft pick.... or one of Jrue or Grant.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If they add 2 Western Conference teams, Seattle and Las Vegas, it means one current WC team will get moved to the East Coast.



Or they could just move the Grizz to the EC but I like doom and gloom therory better.

HELLO THE PITTSBURGH BLAZERS!

 

[BBert]

If they add 2 Western Conference teams, Seattle and Las Vegas, it means one current WC team will get moved to the East Coast.



Or they could just move the Grizz to the EC but I like doom and gloom therory better.

HELLO THE PITTSBURGH BLAZERS!

Pittsburgh Steel Blazers

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Yep. Brilliant move by the billionaire to move from a bigger media market (Portland) to a smaller one (Pitrsburgh).

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Yep. Brilliant move by the billionaire to move from a bigger media market (Portland) to a smaller one (Pitrsburgh).

Fine, we're moving to New Jersey.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Posted this in the sky is falling thread about Portland losing the Blazers.

Insert worst case scenario folks that somehow find delight in being scared about losing our team.

If the league expands to Seattle or and Vegas I think that pretty much guarantees the Blazers stay put for quite a while.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

If the league expands to Seattle or Vegas I think that pretty much guarantees the Blazers stay put for quite a while.

1,000%.

I don't see why the league wouldn't vote to allow the two expansion teams either.

 

[Pinwheel1]

1,000%.

I don't see why the league wouldn't vote to allow the two expansion teams either.

I believe the past argument had something to do with 2 more teams taking a share of the TV revenue. Not sure if that is still the case.

 

[wizenheimer]

New York	21,000,000
Los Angeles	12,678,000
Chicago	9,408,576
Dallas–Fort Worth	8,344,032
Houston	7,796,182
Toronto	7,106,379
Miami	6,457,988
Atlanta	6,411,149
Washington, D.C.	6,160,891
Philadelphia	5,861,831
>>>San Diego–Tijuana	5,453,151
Phoenix	5,186,958
Boston	5,025,517
Detroit–Windsor	4,800,844
>>>Inland Empire	4,669,149	(Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA)[2]
San Francisco	4,648,486
>>>Montreal	4,615,154
>>>Seattle	4,145,494
Minneapolis–St. Paul	3,757,952
>>>Tampa Bay Area	3,424,560
>>>Vancouver	3,108,941
Denver	3,052,498
Orlando	2,940,513
Charlotte	2,883,370
Baltimore	2,859,024
>>>St. Louis	2,811,927
San Antonio	2,763,006
Austin	2,550,637
<<<Portland	2,537,904
Sacramento	2,463,127
Pittsburgh	2,429,917
>>>Las Vegas	2,398,871
Cincinnati	2,302,815
Kansas City	2,253,579
Indianapolis	2,174,833
Cleveland	2,171,877
Nashville	2,150,553

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Can you imagine a player like young Zbo and the Hoop Family playing on a team in Vegas?

 

[wizenheimer]

for expansion to pass, 23 of 30 teams need to vote yes. If 8 teams vote no, expansion fails

I'm not sure if there will be 23 votes for exapansion

 

[SlyPokerDog]

for expansion to pass, 23 of 30 teams need to vote yes. If 8 teams vote no, expansion fails

I'm not sure if there will be 23 votes for exapansion

The TV networks will appeal to the owners' greed and give them some projected dollar amounts for the next TV contracts.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Can you imagine a player like young Zbo and the Hoop Family playing on a team in Vegas?

The Hoop Family in Vegas would have been the greatest reality show ever!

 

[Everything Beagle]

15 * 3 = 45 games vs Team's Conference
16 * 2 = 32 games vs The Other Conference

Reduce the regular season to 77 total regular season games plus a five-game mid-season tournament?

 

[blazerfan11]

They could just replace OKC in the NW Division with Seattle, move OKC to the Southwest Division, and Memphis to the Eastern Conference.
I guess there would be one division in each conference with 6 teams?

 

[BBert]

If the league expands to Seattle or and Vegas I think that pretty much guarantees the Blazers stay put for quite a while.

And it would reduce the team's travel.

 

[THE HCP]

They could just replace OKC in the NW Division with Seattle, move OKC to the Southwest Division, and Memphis to the Eastern Conference.
I guess there would be one division in each conference with 6 teams?

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Nah. If Seattle and LV are the next teams, we go back to the Pacific with Seattle/Sac/GS/LA/LA
Mountain…. Utah/Denver /PHX/LV/OKC
Other Central ……. Minny/Dallas/Houston /SA/Memphis
New Orleans heads EAST

 

[THE HCP]

I like this one more

 

[RR7]

They should get rid of divisions and just do East and West, 1-16.

 

[barfo]

New York	21,000,000
Los Angeles	12,678,000
Chicago	9,408,576
Dallas–Fort Worth	8,344,032
Houston	7,796,182
Toronto	7,106,379
Miami	6,457,988
Atlanta	6,411,149
Washington, D.C.	6,160,891
Philadelphia	5,861,831
>>>San Diego–Tijuana	5,453,151
Phoenix	5,186,958
Boston	5,025,517
Detroit–Windsor	4,800,844
>>>Inland Empire	4,669,149	(Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA)[2]
San Francisco	4,648,486
>>>Montreal	4,615,154
>>>Seattle	4,145,494
Minneapolis–St. Paul	3,757,952
>>>Tampa Bay Area	3,424,560
>>>Vancouver	3,108,941
Denver	3,052,498
Orlando	2,940,513
Charlotte	2,883,370
Baltimore	2,859,024
>>>St. Louis	2,811,927
San Antonio	2,763,006
Austin	2,550,637
<<<Portland	2,537,904
Sacramento	2,463,127
Pittsburgh	2,429,917
>>>Las Vegas	2,398,871
Cincinnati	2,302,815
Kansas City	2,253,579
Indianapolis	2,174,833
Cleveland	2,171,877
Nashville	2,150,553

Tijuana Blazers it is then!

barfo

 

[bigbailes]

Nah. If Seattle and LV are the next teams, we go back to the Pacific with Seattle/Sac/GS/LA/LA
Mountain…. Utah/Denver /PHX/LV/OKC
Other Central ……. Minny/Dallas/Houston /SA/Memphis
New Orleans heads EAST

It won't be 5/5/6 in divisions ... 32 teams will mean eight divisions of 4 teams each or 4 divisions of 8 .. or just get rid of the divisions all together since these teams are all on chartered flights at this point and travel isn't done by train and/or commercial flights like it was when the league was started.

 

[1 Eye Jack]

If for some reason they don’t approve expansion and they don’t approve the remodel then we could be in trouble

 

[BigGameDamian]

I just want the I-5 rivalry to come back!

 

[e_blazer]

Can you imagine a player like young Zbo and the Hoop Family playing on a team in Vegas?

You just have to figure that Morant is going to Vegas. The Grizzlies wouldn’t protect him, that’s for certain.

 

[inconceivable]

If they're voting this summer, it won't materialize until 2030

 

[GoZers]

It literally makes me mad they keep putting teams in Vegas. Not sure why. It feels like a fake city with no fans, just visitors. It is such a blatant money grab, when these leagues could add a team in real cities with hardcore fans very easily. Stick an NBA team in Seattle, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Nashville or whatever and you would do well. Vegas is such a cop out. Watching the A's do it I think put me over the top. I hope the Raiders lose every game.

 

[inconceivable]

I like to see Seattle and Vancouver teams make a comeback