Do you want the NBA in Europe?

[SHOGUN]

Hell no.

I don't know what the fuck he's thinking about this one.

EDIT: It's called the National Basketball Association, not World Basketball Association.

 

[Whatupdoe44]

dont see it happening, bad move imo, unless it was sort of like a NBA Minor League (like the D League)

 

[.RoCkEtS1]

No. Unless a new faster way of overseas transportation is invented.

First there needs to be a Las Vegas, St. Louis and/or Seattle teams before the NBA even thinks about going overseas.

 

[Archer]

It's all about the money ..... they are trying to make the game bigger ,

The London pre-season game sold out in 3hours ... for a fucking pre-season game between two middle of the pack teams . I don't think it would work in the NBA with the schedule being so cluttered and being on the road every other day at times but like every sport they are just trying to expand

It's easy to say "lets keep it how it is" whenever a new idea is brought up in sports

5 years ago having regular season NFL games in Europe seemed like a retarded idea but it's doing great right now and making a good bit of $$$ for the NFL

But like I said , it won't work in the NBA imo

No. Unless a new faster way of overseas transportation is invented.

First there needs to be a Las Vegas, St. Louis and/or Seattle teams before the NBA even thinks about going overseas.

St.Louis? The same St.Louis that has argubly the worst fans in the NFL? The only team from there that is pulling big crowds is the Cards ..... because it's a baseball place . If they send a losing franchise to St.Louis it would be pointless

And I don't know about the NBA but the NFL is refusing to send a team to Las Vegas (or so that's the vibe when they are brought up)

And didn't Seattle just lose a team? what is this? Recycle a city? (I actually did feel sorry for Seattle losing the Sonics tho)

 

[Goober]

lol at Paris Lightning. Just as gay as oklahoma city thunder.

 

[.RoCkEtS1]

St.Louis? The same St.Louis that has argubly the worst fans in the NFL? The only team from there that is pulling big crowds is the Cards ..... because it's a baseball place . If they send a losing franchise to St.Louis it would be pointless

And I don't know about the NBA but the NFL is refusing to send a team to Las Vegas (or so that's the vibe when they are brought up)

And didn't Seattle just lose a team? what is this? Recycle a city? (I actually did feel sorry for Seattle losing the Sonics tho)

Or the team could be moved to Missouri and just be called the Missouri "_____". Kansas City and St. Louis combined could draw a decent amount of fans.

Also most residents of Seattle regret not supporting the Sonics enough. Within the next ten years a new team should be in Seattle.

 

[Archer]

Or the team could be moved to Missouri and just be called the Missouri "_____". Kansas City and St. Louis combined could draw a decent amount of fans.

Also most residents of Seattle regret not supporting the Sonics enough. Within the next ten years a new team should be in Seattle.

Decent amount? fuck move to Greece or Spain and it would be a sellout every week

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Traveling to Europe would be brutal for American teams. Traveling across country is hard enough as it is. IMO its a terrible idea. Im all for expansion into having an NBA-Europe or something.. but having those teams actively playing in the NBA just doesnt work IMO.

 

[Archer]

Traveling to Europe would be brutal for American teams. Traveling across country is hard enough as it is. IMO its a terrible idea. Im all for expansion into having an NBA-Europe or something.. but having those teams actively playing in the NBA just doesnt work IMO.

Exactly ... it's not that the EU doesn't deserve a team or couldn't produce good crowds cause it could

It would just be impossible with scheduling

 

[SuperNova854]

Meh, I wouldn't really like it. It would just mean a longer schedule resulting with more injuries.

 

[BUCK3YE5]

no

 

[Archer]

no, keep it in the states.

And Canada...... ?

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Exactly ... it's not that the EU doesn't deserve a team or couldn't produce good crowds cause it could

It would just be impossible with scheduling

European crowds >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> North American crowds. Not even close.

 

[BUCK3YE5]

Elaborate please. Why or why not? 8 year olds give better answers than that dude.

last i checked it was a yes or no question you infant

 

[Bear Pand]

The London pre-season game sold out in 3hours ... for a fucking pre-season game between two middle of the pack teams .

Supply and demand, it isn't that hard to sell out a game in 3 hours when you rarely ever get a game. No way a franchise with any sort of tradition would go to Europe and they'd more than likely end up with a Vancouver Grizzlies-esque situation.

If it's about the money this is a bad idea. To much money lost on travel, trying to make the time zones work (there'd never be weeknight primetime game). Hawaii's football team already has big enough problems with scheduling due to things like this. Plus it wouldn't take long for an American player to flat out refuse to go over there, a lot of them already don't want to go to Canada.

Stern's hardon for Europe is annoying. Give them an allstar game once or some throwaway preseason games but thats about it.

 

[FedEx227]

They should just rid themselves and their owners of the WNBA, which cannot be making money and form a REAL minor league system and have it based in Europe. No, they won't be getting the top NBA stars but they'll be able to possibly get some very good players.

I want the minor league system too, so Stern can get rid of the retarded "have to go to college" rules and just let guys out of high school filter into this minor league system to be brought up when ready.

Seems like win - win for a lot of people. Save yourself the inevitable embarrassment of not getting consistent audiences for NBA regular season in Europe, stop forcing people to go to college if they don't want to, develop players for better transition into the NBA game and yet Europeans still get some form of NBA basketball.

 

[Archer]

Supply and demand, it isn't that hard to sell out a game in 3 hours when you rarely ever get a game. No way a franchise with any sort of tradition would go to Europe and they'd more than likely end up with a Vancouver Grizzlies-esque situation.

If it's about the money this is a bad idea. To much money lost on travel, trying to make the time zones work (there'd never be weeknight primetime game). Hawaii's football team already has big enough problems with scheduling due to things like this. Plus it wouldn't take long for an American player to flat out refuse to go over there, a lot of them already don't want to go to Canada.

Stern's hardon for Europe is annoying. Give them an allstar game once or some throwaway preseason games but thats about it.

lol most Euro games are sold out when I see them in the Euro league . Kuzzy would agree (he watches it alot more than me) so it's not like there is no following . I don't think it would work for a variety of reasons though

And if you haven't noticed most North American sports have "hardons" for Europe right now .

 

[FedEx227]

I just think travel would be a mess. I'm not familiar with the time zones over there, but wouldn't teams get completely messed up by that?

I mean just using a quick glance it's 1:24 right now in New York... 6:24 p.m. in London. So would a team always need a day off before heading over to Europe to play their game.

I think it could work with the NFL schedule because obviously you have the whole week, but the NBA where you're essentially in a different city every day, that would just be a mess.

Also, I can't imagine too many players would be excited about playing in Israel or whatever, even if it is the NBA. You get guys that are reluctant to even go to Toronto, let alone Europe.

 

[Irish]

I say two conferences, America vs Europe.

But seriously it wouldnt work because of the travel.

 

[Archer]

I just think travel would be a mess. I'm not familiar with the time zones over there, but wouldn't teams get completely messed up by that?

I mean just using a quick glance it's 1:24 right now in New York... 6:24 p.m. in London. So would a team always need a day off before heading over to Europe to play their game.

I think it could work with the NFL schedule because obviously you have the whole week, but the NBA where you're essentially in a different city every day, that would just be a mess.

Also, I can't imagine too many players would be excited about playing in Israel or whatever, even if it is the NBA. You get guys that are reluctant to even go to Toronto, let alone Europe.

UK = +5 , +6 , +7 , +8 for the respective US timezones
Germany , Spain and places like this = +6 , +7 , +8 , +9