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Is It Time for an Expansion?

Is It Time for The League to Expand?

Owner Revenue aside, is it time for an expansion?

Through means of the G league, and even the Big 3 we have seen quality prospects flourish into decent players. Along with this, the league currently has a moderate size of decent players available in FA (Anthony, Crawford, Noah), and those that are quality 3rd stringers on current teams that would be rotational players on either expansion team.

The quality and quantity of players for 2 additional rosters are there. Any of these can provide at the least a small amount to the total.

Do you believe adding 2 teams will lower the talent pool, or would it level out eventually? Or do you believe there is currently a surplus of quality talent?

Posted Nov 30, 2019, 8:25 PM UTC

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noahloftonjones7•

I think the perfect time to expand would be when Lebron retires, I would assume that will be in the mid 2020s and by the time he retires most of the other current stars in the league will also be old or gone (Melo, CP3, KD, Russ, Curry, Dray, Harden etc.) I think by that time it’ll be time for the league to really rejuvenate itself as the loss of Lebron will be devastating for league viewership (even with guys like Zion around I still expect a viewership drop once Bron leaves) I think adding two teams in Seattle and Vegas would be great for the league then and could bring some much needed excitement to the league. For now though I think the league is in a good place and there’s no need for an expansion as of now.

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Soxforlife7•

Vegas & Seattle are good options but if you have 2 expansion teams you’d need to put 1 in the east. Perhaps the grizzlies could move to the eastern conference?

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noahloftonjones7•

Yeah I always thought to either move Minnesota, Memphis or New Orleans to the East

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BrockSmashgood•

Along with this, the league currently has a moderate size of decent players available in FA (Anthony, Crawford, Noah)

39-year old Jamal Crawford and 34-year old Noah are exactly the kind of veteran players who should be available for teams to pick up depending on need.

I certainly wouldn't say there currently is a surplus of quality talent in the league.

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bostoncelticsrule•

International leagues clearly are soaking up some talent, which makes it pretty clear that this is about the max number of teams, perhaps there are already too many. It’s also nice to have cities that want your league, the NFL now has zero credible move sites, unless you put Austin on the table. The NFL much less MLB aren’t moving to Portland.

Yes, Seattle needs a team. The problem is most of the teams with real old buildings aren’t moving and teams that could move are locked up until about 2030.

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the NFL now has zero credible move sites

The NFL has had successful franchises in San Diego and St. Louis, both of which have since moved to Los Angeles and their cities no longer have NFL franchises. The attendance issues in St. Louis didn't exist from 1999-2006 when they fielded a competent team. So I disagree with this -- not only does the NFL have credible move sites, they have credible move sites that literally have proven to be successful NFL franchises hosts.

MLB is a different story.

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bostoncelticsrule•

The stadium is bad and there aren’t enough hotel rooms in the STL core, it’s basically 1bn to do a viable redevelopment there. S.D. is a similar story but with a really weak home fan base. When I say viable I mean would be a financial winner from day one, these are complex projects. At least in S.D. there is a viable secondary real estate play like we are seeing with the rams right now.

Any team that threatens to move to Either of these places will immediately have their bluff called. Had a decent fan base 15 years ago got the ravens to exist, but neither of these places have the desire the old colts fans had, or an owner willing to go to super villain level.

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tomdawg0022•

I think a 32 team league is probably reasonable given the international and domestic talent pool. I don't see where adding a couple of teams is going to hurt things in the long run.

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jacquavius•

i may be biased, but i think montreal should get one. basketballs growing insanely well in canada, and when both teams are god that would be amazing. imagine an ecf between toronto and montreal. the country would go nuts. for the other one i choose vegas, as it’s getting the raiders and already has the golden knights

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