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wonder what the nba looks for in an expansion city, a state of the art arena is obvs at the top of the list but past that im not sure, there must be some demographic profile or whatever

― lag∞n, Friday, January 8, 2021 3:45 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

basically-- nba-ready arena, the type of economy that can fill luxury boxes, and someone with 2 billion dollars who wants a team there.

they should pass a law called "bezos give us $2.5B in sonic bucks or we blow your head off"

tampa is the largest market w/o an nba team incl seattle fyi. but they have that dgaf florida fanbase so idk.

they should pass a law called "bezos give us $2.5B in sonic bucks or we blow your head off"

― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, January 8, 2021 4:12 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

put it on the ballot

w/ OKC i heard it explained as like... they got a team bcuz clay bennett's ownership group had the money to buy a team and wanted to put it in OKC & stern decided to make it happen. but it's not like OKC was identified as the single most desired location for a new NBA team

didnt he promise not to move them to okc at some point

yeah clay bennett and the okc business community really put on the full-court press to get a team. they had the track record of the hornets season there which could have helped selling the nba on okc as a good market. also it's one of those places with more money than ppl think.

sorta indifferent-to-against expansion but seattle and vegas would be cool

yeah im prob against expansion for expansions sake but seattle 500% needs a team and might as well do another to keep the numbers even

my opinion is that more teams is good

more teams = more hoops = more 2 luv

nah man it's all about the product

have u considered that maybe quantity IS better than quality?

lol

idk for sickos like us the worst days of the week are like the tuesdays and saturdays when there's no good games and diluting the talent pool more doesn't really solve that does it?

too many lame franchises in places that dont really care about them already

moving would be a much better solution than expanding.

yeah but the nbas not going to force anyones hand

they can just makes new teams tho

u need 2 read more about MMT (modern make-more-teams theory or just make more teams or MMT 4 short)

lol

u, a 20th century bird brain: more teams will dilute the talent pool
me, a 22nd century time traveling superstar: more teams = more hoops fans = more future talent

checkmate

lol

will probably also mean league pass prices go up $_$

all of yall criminals stream illegally anyway

we have already established that silver reads our threads (adam, hello) so please do not out our community as thieves who should be in jail

anyways i am up for expansion if the teams are out west where there are not enough teams and i don't care much about "dilution" there's 30 very good basketball players out there i guarantee this

if were to accidentally click on an internet link and an nba game should play in the background while im going about my day i can hardly be blamed

very troubling to learn today during these difficult times that our beloved mob is in fact a sworn officer of the peace aka a police officer

*mod sure but i believe we call that a "freudian slip"

lol

i just believe v strongly in supporting the arts, and if u download hoops illegally u r making it harder for hoopers to feed their families

all of yall criminals stream illegally anyway

― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, January 8, 2021 7:20 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

one of the most embarrassing facts about myself is that I have paid for league pass for like 10 straight years now

paid version is def a superior experience

i've paid for like 5 years now, i have no patience for sketchy streams

I miss ballstreams but alas it was too good to be true

its true that was a good site

balls tream

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Rumor: The NBA having teams in Charlotte, Memphis, OKC, San Antonio, Portland and Sacramento, but not in Seattle is really stupid.

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Beginning with Summer Leagues and effective for the 2021-22 season, game officials will enforce the playing rules in a manner that reduces the incentive for offensive players to use non-basketball moves to draw fouls.

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— NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) August 8, 2021

I feel like the video of Steph in that thread should be a no call

RIP Trae Young

rip a lot of guys! But I love this, it’s been something noxious about the game that nobody likes for awhile and has been getting worse year over year

Among the many ugly non-basketball moves, I count the "rip through" move, where the offensive player who has been holding the ball high and away suddenly swings the ball down low and across the arms of the defensive player facing him, not preparatory to doing anything with the ball, but simply to draw a foul. Harden especially favors this one.

about time is how i break it down to an extent. mostly curious to see who and how this effects not only the 22 season but also player's legacies.

They changed the rip through years ago it’s just a common foul not a shooting foul now. You don’t see them nearly as often.

about time is how i break it down to an extent. mostly curious to see who and how this effects not only the 22 season but also player's legacies.

I feel like the video of Steph in that thread should be a no call

― Fetchboy, Sunday, August 8, 2021 3:47 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

but it can’t be a no-call, there’s too much contact that affects the shot. offensive foul seems right

These guys are crafty they’ll all be fine and have so many different ways to score I don’t see it changing much. Maybe a couple less FTs per game.

yea when I think about the guys this'll primarily affect it's pretty much all people who are great shooters anyway. what this will do is make it a lot easier to root for guys like Harden