Re: NBA Regular Season Discussion Thread
1. Just because they are bad this year doesn't mean they were dead weight.
2. They may petition, but the NBA isn't losing money, and I guarantee that it will not have a factor in CBA Negotiations.
The Griz failed in Vancouver, they had to give Pau away (thankfully) because they couldn't make money in Memphis, and now they are looking at having to let keys guys walk for nothing again.
The wolves were an expansion team that played well for a while with KG, but even in his last years there they were fodder. They don't have good attendance. They don't turn a profit either.
The Clippers are the Clippers and Sterling shouldn't be allowed to have a team.
The Bobcats have had 1 good year, but they have never had near the same attendance or turned a profit like the Hornets did in Charlotte. The Hornets aren't turning a profit or getting guys to the games in New Orleans and haven't since Mashburn/Baron were in town, so just send them back home where they belong. I mean you know it is bad when the league has to purchase the team.
That same players and rights to players that these teams had could easily be spread to the other 26 teams in the league and help create more parity and revenue.
Imagine Miami lucking into getting Blake Griffin or Love in the expansion draft, the Lakers getting Rubio's rights, and so on.
You could go back to 4 divisions as well.
