Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:21 am
Paul Allen should go back to Microsoft!
but i think Vancouver will be a good place for an NBA team once again..im not so sure if the Blazers really fit there...
but i think Vancouver will be a good place for an NBA team once again..im not so sure if the Blazers really fit there...
Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:28 am
I doubt history matters since they already sold it to Paul Allen, who's famous in Seattle for his multiple expensive projects, none of which ever generate money. Like toys, he eventually loses interest in them, like the Experience Music project.
If Vancouver wants a team, they should consider going after the Sonics, who are very likely to be sold considering it's the league's smallest market and most expensive arena.
If Vancouver wants a team, they should consider going after the Sonics, who are very likely to be sold considering it's the league's smallest market and most expensive arena.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:34 am
That's not a bad idea, considering how close Seattle is to Vancouver.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:39 am
Hornets to Oklahoma City
Jazz back to New Orleans
Grizzlies to Utah
Blazers to Memphis
Everybody's happy.
Jazz back to New Orleans
Grizzlies to Utah
Blazers to Memphis
Everybody's happy.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:30 am
Cable Guy wrote:That's not a bad idea, considering how close Seattle is to Vancouver.
Yeah, and I'm sure Allen and Lewis will be able to draw crowds.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:11 am
EGarrett wrote:Hornets to Oklahoma City
Jazz back to New Orleans
Grizzlies to Utah
Blazers to Memphis
Everybody's happy.
Except for Vancouver
True Baller wrote:Yeah, and I'm sure Allen and Lewis will be able to draw crowds.
Why not? It sounds a lot better than Big Country.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:56 am
cyanide wrote:True Baller wrote:Yeah, and I'm sure Allen and Lewis will be able to draw crowds.
Why not? It sounds a lot better than Big Country.
I was being serious.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:07 am
Oh.. it was definitely in a sarcastic tone, though. It's hard to tell over the internet 
Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:06 pm
Hmmm.. I would rather put the Blazers in Oklahoma City after the Hornets move back to Nawlins. Either that or go to Vegas! 
As Stern has wanted of course! Screw Vancouver
As Stern has wanted of course! Screw Vancouver
Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:19 pm
Maybe because he's been away the last two weeks. Thanks for noticing. And I held it in.j.23 wrote:why hasn't colin joined in on this conversation? he should be pissing his pants by now
The problem with the Vancouver Grizzlies was not Vancouver by any means. The fans were great and loved the team. As you can see by those attendance numbers, the team was doing really well. After the move to Memphis attendence numbers went down, but they were making US$ so it didn't matter. Now US and CDN dollars are much closer (it was about 0.65 US to 1.00 CDN back then, it's now .85 or something.) It was the team that sucked. People were just less and less interested in a team that stayed crappy and never really improved. The team continually made awful moves and draft choices. Stu Jackson is a good guy and all (I met him a few times, his kids went to my school) but being GM didn't suit him very well. Heisly just used the city as a copout excuse. Vancouver is/was fine.
Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:46 pm
cyanide wrote:Oh.. it was definitely in a sarcastic tone, though. It's hard to tell over the internet
Yeah, now that I look at it again... it is. Eh... whatever...
Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:54 am
Jae wrote:magius wrote:i don't think the city blew it, i think the team blew it. like i said no market is going to support a team for that long that doesn't even have potential to win. our most exciting player was what? shareef and his bitch swipes at the refs? felipe lopez? mike bibby is a good player, but not exactly a crowd drawer by himself on a losing team. why do you think memphis traded bibby for jason williams straight up the first thing they moved? everyone knew then and now that bibby is a better player, but jason at the time was far more of a crowd drawer.
There's no guarantee anything would be different second time around. I mean Portland's not going to keep this unit together forever and there's no guarantees all of the players will want to move to Canada... I never did understand why certain players didn't want to live/play in Canada, but alas they do. I mean Telfair for instance, can you picture him playing for a Canadian team?
good point, thats where i was trying to lead you. there shouldn't be another basketball team in canada for a few more years (until there are more internationals playing in the league). not because of the fans, maybe because of the economy, but mostly because marqee players do not want to play in canada. that is because the marqee players are americans and i don't see them signing a contract across the border when they can sign one closer to home (for more money considering taxes, etc.)