People keep bringing up KC. KC is nowhere near as much of a Major League town as Milwaukee and doesn’t have near as much money or buisness. In fact, I don’t even think that KC has any Fortune 500 companies by itself or in it’s Metro area, combined. Milwaukee has 6 within it’s city limits, and about 12 if you count the whole metro area. KC can’t even support the teams they have now, so why would they want another team? People just pick on the Bucks because they are ignorant and don’t know anything about the franchise.

If you want to eliminate or move franchises, move the Heat, Hornets, Bobcats, T-Wolves, Clippers for starters.

of course the major sport in this city is hockey; but an nba franchise is cheaper to maintain and we already have everything we need to get one (maybe except someone willing to put out cash for one)… given time, ppl in this city would find another team to identify with, and maybe stop the habs from taking montreal’s sports fans for granted ……

as for what happened to the expos, it’s a long, very complicated story ..

Milwaukee Bucks- They have been terrible for the past years. When Kohl dies, the team will most likely be sold.
Los Angeles Clippers- Them sharing the Staples Center with the Lakers just bugs me. If they could get their own stadium(yeah, right), then they could stay. Oh, and I believe they also need to win at least 40 games.
Sacramento Kings- Terrible. ’nuff said.
Minnesota T-Wolves- Wow. Again. ‘Nuff said. Terrible attendance, not to mention absoulutely no hint of talent(except Kevin Love).
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Possible NBA Locations:

Kansas City: They could take a team. 2,000,000+ metro pop., and the few times there have been exhibitions here, they’ve all sold out. The Sprint Center isn’t occupied by any sport team, the occasional exhibition or Kansas Jayhawk games. I could see the Bucks moving here.

San Diego: Move the Clips back. San Diego could buildi a new stadium, or(i still don’t like the whole stadium sharing thing) share the Qualcomm Stadium with the Chargers.

Vancouver- The Grizzlies leaving was a terrible move. They deserve another team. Move ‘em back to General Motors Place(but you might need a new sponsor). Stern could expand the NBA to 30 teams, one here, and one in Baltimore.

Seattle- Stern has some ass kissing to do here. Move the Kings here. They dont have the funding for a new arena, so fix up the old one. Kings could come here too.

Baltimore- Baltimore has so much young talent. Expansion team could come here, and maybe have open tryouts, or just add free agents.
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Well, all and all, this most likely won’t happen. If anything, the expansion, or possibly just the Bucks moving to KC.

*City population: 475,000+

*City metro population: 2,000,000+

*New tenantless arena with 18,500 seats and run by a major entertainment company

*Great local support

I hope a new team isn’t added in California. Seriously, don’t they have enough NBA teams there already?

Seattle definitely needs to revive their storied franchise. It’s ashame that they couldn’t agree to building a new stadium or at least renovating the old arena to today’s standards.

Cities having more than 1 team representing a professional sport does not make sense to me (NY Yankees & Mets, Giants & Jets, Rangers & Islanders; L.A. Lakers & Clippers, Angels & Dodgers). Sure they have the population to do so, but why divide the city into further rivalry? With that said, Clippers should separate themselves from L.A. and represent either Anaheim or San Diego.

And last but not least, San Jose, the 10th largest US City deserves a shot at a NBA Franchise. It has the benefits of being part of the Bay Area, so plenty to do while watching a basketball event. Demographically, it makes sense. It’s in the middle of Silicon Valley, with plenty of dotcom companies vying to snatch up luxury boxes/suites for their corporate clients. The HP Pavilion has hosted regional NCAA tournament events, so the infrastructure is in place. The new SJC International Airport is under construction and the bullet train connecting SoCal to SF with a stop in San Jose is in the near future. The Bay Area rivalry between the 49ers vs Raiders or Giants vs A’s
has made for great sporting events, why not add Oakland Warriors vs new San Jose NBA Expansion Team? Maybe some competition will heighten the Warriors playing level and reputation?

All big cities that needs a team. I think Seattle is the best city though.