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NBA and the NBA D-League work together
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:03 pm
by NBA D MAN
Promotions, talk about it, call it down on the farm, Quit try to hide the league, Oklahoma City should have a team, tell they it's away to get expansion team, An Owner would get 5000 people, Kept NBA D League alive
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:35 pm
by rams80
Si habla Ingles?
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:22 pm
by HKF
Well Oklahoma City will have an NBA team (because the Hornets are not returning to New Orleans). Book it.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:14 am
by nksports
HKF wrote:Well Oklahoma City will have an NBA team (because the Hornets are not returning to New Orleans). Book it.
My guess is the NBA will try to save face for New Orleans by having a new team there when things are cleaned up. Oklahoma City will use the Hornets name until a new franchise is formed. It will be defacto expansion.
As for the San Antonio Saints?????????
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:44 pm
by downinthedl
Actually, Comissioner Stern already announced that the Hornets are ABSOLUTELY going back to New Orleans for the 07-08 season. That's a given. Will OKC get a pro team?...maybe, but it won't survive, unfortunately. OKC just isn't big enough. In about 3 years, the excitement will die down.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:57 pm
by Pounder
OKC has had a heck of a lot more initial excitement than New Orleans did when getting the Hornets... not to mention Memphis.
As long as the Ford Center retrofits with more luxury suites, SOMETHING will happen. If it isn't New Orleans, it could be the Sonics.
Clippers and D-League Franchise
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:31 pm
by NBA D MAN
Maybe change the name of the league. NBA 2 , People thing that the name minor or D-League is to "small" to go see.
Good idea
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:20 am
by Ken, Steelheads fan
"NBA 2" is the best idea I've heard. It's all about perceptions. People, at least people here in Gary, would pay money to see the NBA 2 (if there was a local television contract).
Nba 2
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:23 pm
by panchess
..not bad. If NBA has to be in the title, it's fine.
NBA Development League has the sound that the local franchises are just in existence to benefit the big team, though. That may be true, but you don't have to emphasize it in the name. Given the move to local ownership
Look at baseball and hockey. Major League Baseball has the International League and the Pacific Coast League as its top minor leagues. Everybody knows they are "development" leagues directly affiliated with the big teams, but each league is an entity in its own right, with local sponsors, a championship trophy of its own, and independent management.
The National Hockey League has the American Hockey League. Same deal. Hockey owners generally have some flexibility to add veterans to make the teams more competitive, which is a reasonable model for the D-League.
Even in basketball, Rochester (ABA) and Yakama (CBA) celebrated their championships as significant achievements. The D-League?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:17 pm
by #1 Guard Fan
Well the name says it all D-league.....D standing for DUMB
