Nba Expansion New Jersey

An nba expansion team in mexico city makes a ton of sense on a couple of fronts.

Nba expansion new jersey. There are 16 mexican billionaires on average worth 9 billion individually. The expansion of the national basketball association has happened several times in the league s history since it began play in 1946 the most recent examples of the expansion of the nba are the charlotte hornets and miami heat in 1988 minnesota timberwolves and orlando magic in 1989 toronto raptors and vancouver grizzlies in 1995 who relocated to memphis in 2001 and new orleans pelicans in. On monday we delved into what it would take for the nba to consider expanding the league from 30 teams to 32 there s been no indication from the league itself that expansion is coming in.

While it s unlikely that vancouver would ever get a team while there is one in seattle that s just it there isn t one in seattle. The orlando magic drafted keith lee from the new jersey nets in the nba expansion draft. With the canadian twin of seattle receiving an expansion team before the 1995 96 season the romance between vancouver and the nba lasted only six seasons before the team relocated to memphis.

The minnesota timberwolves. New jersey coach bill fitch registered his 785th career victory 111 92 over orlando at the time moving him into fourth place on the nba s all time list behind dick motta jack ramsay and red. There is potential for just one individual could take.

The nba s expansion to mexico city would seem like common sense. First the nearly 9 million people in the city and the 20 million in the metro area would make it the biggest market in the league. San diego photo by harry how getty images san diego is an awesome city that would be an.

If the nba is ever serious about expansion these eight cities should be at the top of the list.