mpirner
05-01-2005, 05:17 PM
The first couple of ideas I wasn't, because they seemed to have this silly notion that having teams in relatively small southeastern cities would somehow be the right idea. I have long thought what they are now doing--going to mid-size cities and larger non-NBA cities--was the right idea.
As a basketball fan in Kansas City, I'd love to see an NBDL team here that would draw upon near-NBA talent from area teams like KU, MU, etc. I think they would draw a crowd and NBDL has more crediblity than the ABA. Early on I went to a couple Knights games and the ABA product is terrible, just terrible. The league is a joke and everyone knows it. NBDL is "NBA minor league", which lends itself crediblity, especially to fans who want to cheer on college players they recognize in their efforst to make it to the pros.
I like the teams in Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Austin, Albuquerque, and Tulsa. I also think they should keep Roanoke and Huntsville, and perhaps the other cities too. It's not like Columbus, GA, or Ft. Myers (where I think the Florida team is) are small.
Other cities to think about:
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita (could the Dodge City or Salina team in the USBL move here and switch leagues?)
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Des Moines
Sioux Falls (merge with CBA?)
Colorado Springs
El Paso
Shreveport
Birmingham
Nashville
Louisville
Green Bay
Tucson
Other cities in that "range" would be perfect, I think. Not all of them necessarily but slowly expand, see hwo it does. Eventually you could have affiliates, I think.
Anyway, I'm excited if the NBA does it right. I think they need to pay the players enough to keep them from Europe...but not necessarily as much, as I think some players would rather play here, even if it was for less money, for the direct feed to the league
Thoughts?
As a basketball fan in Kansas City, I'd love to see an NBDL team here that would draw upon near-NBA talent from area teams like KU, MU, etc. I think they would draw a crowd and NBDL has more crediblity than the ABA. Early on I went to a couple Knights games and the ABA product is terrible, just terrible. The league is a joke and everyone knows it. NBDL is "NBA minor league", which lends itself crediblity, especially to fans who want to cheer on college players they recognize in their efforst to make it to the pros.
I like the teams in Ft. Worth, Little Rock, Austin, Albuquerque, and Tulsa. I also think they should keep Roanoke and Huntsville, and perhaps the other cities too. It's not like Columbus, GA, or Ft. Myers (where I think the Florida team is) are small.
Other cities to think about:
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita (could the Dodge City or Salina team in the USBL move here and switch leagues?)
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Des Moines
Sioux Falls (merge with CBA?)
Colorado Springs
El Paso
Shreveport
Birmingham
Nashville
Louisville
Green Bay
Tucson
Other cities in that "range" would be perfect, I think. Not all of them necessarily but slowly expand, see hwo it does. Eventually you could have affiliates, I think.
Anyway, I'm excited if the NBA does it right. I think they need to pay the players enough to keep them from Europe...but not necessarily as much, as I think some players would rather play here, even if it was for less money, for the direct feed to the league
Thoughts?