Thirty-Six Team NBA Expansion Concept | Charlie ND

[@CharlieND]

For those of you wondering how I would incorporate the new teams into the current divisions, this is how. *Bold* represents a new team. _Italics_ represent a current team switching divisions. Atlantic: Boston Brooklyn *Montréal* New York Philadelphia Toronto Central: Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee *Pittsburgh* Southeast: Atlanta Charlotte _Memphis_ Miami Orlando Washington Northwest: Denver Minnesota Portland *Seattle* Utah *Vancouver* Pacific: Golden State LA *Las Vegas* Los Angeles Phoenix Sacramento Southwest: Dallas Houston *Kansas City* New Orleans _Oklahoma City_ San Antonio

[@victorwashington7306]

I agree with 85% of what you propose except: I would omit Vancouver (does not ring basketball city me) and add San Diego to the Pacific Division I would move LA to St.Louis to promote an intrastate rivalry between Kansas City and St Louis. San Diego will have an expansion team to replace the Pacific Division void created by LA Cipper move to St Louis Oklahoma city would move to the Northwest Division to fill vacancy left by Vancouver Southwest, Northwest and Pacific Divisions should now have 6 team balance with new team suggestions

[@CharlieND]

@@victorwashington7306 I guess that works. San Diego is also a very good potential city and I would have included it if I was suggesting ten new teams instead of six.

[@joemckim1183]

@Nico And California has 4 teams already and Phoenix isn't that far away which makes another nearby team.

[@gregorymclean1979]

Perfect, great job!

[@jerryjanik480]

What about Buffalo New York

[@EdV-et6qm]

One thing I disagree with is moving Memphis over Minnesota to the eastern conference. Yes Memphis is geographically further East than Minneapolis but Memphis has New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Oklahoma City located geographically closer to Memphis than ANY western conference city is to Minneapolis while Minneapolis is close to Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis all of which in the east. It would benefit Minnesota a lot more than Memphis to move East.

[@CharlieND]

That's very true. I didn't consider that until after uploading the video. But on the bright side, Oklahoma City could take Memphis' spot in their division and form rivalries with the Texas teams, especially the Mavericks.

[@dreamcage1801]

Agreed

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Minnesota may be moving to Seattle in a couple of years with A-Rod buying the team...

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@IceManLikeGervin - BS! New Orleans is the vulnerable one!

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@CharlieND - Or you can put Memphis in the Northwest/Midwest instead.

[@seanstours3913]

This is the perfect scenario, you selected all the correct expansion teams and moved the correct teams to the eastern conference from the west. Hope this happens one day! You have my vote!

[@robertholmberg6485]

Seattle deserves to get basketball back, as do San Diego and Kansas City and Vancouver (if they stop rioting when their team doesn't win!). I would agree with Montreal and Pittsburgh. I actually think that the King's should move back to K.C. and add a 4th Canadian team in either Calgary or Edmonton. And I have no biases even though I live in s.w. MO (Ok City is a long trip from K.C., I will say this), but actually I am a 2020-2021 NBA Championships Milwaukee Bucks fan and would dearly want to move back to my old stomping grounds!

[@robertholmberg6485]

GO BUCKS GO!!!!!

[@TheGoldeagle99]

Actually I think the Kings should stay in Sacramento. Northern California is a good market for basketball. What makes you think Calgary and Edmonton are good markets for an NBA team?

[@richardlittle1663]

I think the Kings should move back to Cincinnati and be renamed the Royals in the NBA where they would face the interstate rivals Cleveland Cavaliers in the battle of Ohio and their furture cross state rivals the Detroit Pistons in the Central Division of the NBA’s Eastern Conference.

[@richardlittle1663]

I the Thunder should relocate to Kansas City, Missouri where they would be known as the Kansas City Thunder aka (KC Thunder)

[@mjwbulich]

Despite the Kings sucking for almost 20 years ( I think 2006 was the last time they made the playoffs) Sac fans still support the team. They just built a new arena a few years ago. Sacramento is a bigger market than KC.

[@jadentesai]

Kansas city over st louis is wild

[@G-STONECRIP]

I think they should expand the G-League also.

[@CharlieND]

For sure!

[@docapathy6706]

I'd put a team in the sand diego/Tijuana area the mexicali coast instead of Pittsburgh to help grow the popularity of basketball in Mexico and then move over minnesota to the eastern conference.

[@rh81454]

Minnesota is most likely relocating to Seattle with Arod

[@docapathy6706]

@RH no it'd not especially because Seattle is heavily targeted for an expansion team

[@rh81454]

@@docapathy6706 Arod has a plan to move them there due to him playing with the Mariners. That's why he bought them. Makes sense because they would still be in the NW division.

[@ronaldpruett4169]

What’s wrong with St. Louis? With the popularity of the NHL and MLB there, and the way ticket sales have gone for the new MLS franchise starting up play in ‘23, St. Louis would be an ideal location for an NBA franschise.

[@jean-micheljuien3160]

Montreal would be a great choice, the bell center right there in Montreal downtown with subway all around, and possible rivalries with Toronto or Boston which we already have in hockey and just like for the Toronto Raptors, we would have the entire basketball market in a place where basketball is sadly very quiet!

[@A350Airways]

Let's not forget that Montreal has started developing NBA talent, too... so while taxation might cause issues into free agency, Montreal's weather issues are nothing new to the NBA. Milwaukee, Minnesota, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Boston and Toronto all have more or less the same weather issues, the last 2 can have rivalries spill over from hockey... Montreal does have an advantage or two over Toronto or Vancouver, however: housing is not as expensive (but Montreal is still relatively expensive when compared to other NBA markets) and nightlife that's easily top-5 in today's NBA.

[@dreamcage1801]

I’d take out Vancouver and put in San Diego instead

[@THEdonnymurph]

I hate pittsburgh teams, but give them an nba team

[@MomandSonFun]

I want Seattle, St Louis, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Las Vegas, Baltimore, and Possibly Vancouver and Montreal.

[@rileykazama3145]

I hope for Seattle and Vancouver along with Montreal and Tampa bay to get a team

[@splashnskillz37]

Fuck Montreal

[@nick-yr7wu]

No point for tampa to have a team since tampa and Orlando are only 1 hour from each other

[@splashnskillz37]

@@nick-yr7wu Still different cities and rather have more teams in Florida to make a rivalry there

[@nick-yr7wu]

@@splashnskillz37 people dont really hoop in Tampa, its more of a football city. Im right between Orlando and tampa lol

[@splashnskillz37]

@@nick-yr7wu no matter, you can create a culture there, It's a much more desirable place to play than f*cking Montreal

[@Beatrizoliveira-qm1wn]

my concept; relocation;kings to san diego,pelicans to tampa bay,magic to new orleans,nets to orlando,thunder to st.louis,rockets to pittsburgh,cavs to houston,hawks to baltimore,trail blazers to kansas city,clippers to anahein and grizzlies to louisville expansion;seattle,CDMX,las vegas,montreal,vancouver,cleveland and new jersey conferences;west;lakers,clippers,kings,warriors,super sonics,bobcats,ignite,suns,jazz,nuggets,capitanes,thunder,trail blazers,pistons,timberwolfes,bucks,bulls and raptors east;grizzlies,quebecquens,magic,pelicans,heat,nets,rockets,spurs,mavs,cavs,angels,knicks,hawks,wizards,celtcs,pacers,unicorns and hornets, 37 franchises

[@Barack44]

So many of those relocations are completely unnecessary. Also, why would you make the league have a prime number of teams?

[@Beatrizoliveira-qm1wn]

​@@Barack44 you're right,I would change some things:Western conference, California division:Atherson Clippers (Atherson are the richest city in California, Clippers need to solidify fanbase),San Diego Surf (San Diego only had the Padres in MLB and in 2025 will had an MLS team,they are good fans so deserves It), Los Angeles Lakers,San Francisco Warriors,Oakland Oaks (Oakland losses the a's but replaced putting the b's,will be a great rivalry vs Warriors,also they had a team called Oakland Oaks before), Sacramento Kings. Northwest division: Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle SuperSonics, Vancouver Grizzlies (bring back these teams), Edmonton Cougars,Calgary Ravens, Winnipeg Blacks (bring more Canada because they created basketball). Grand Canyon-Texas division: Phoenix Suns,Las Vegas Venom (NBA had interest in this city),Utah Jazz,Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets,Dallas Mavericks. Central Division:OKC Thunder, Memphis Spurs (relocation),KC Sheriff, Minnesota TimberWolfes, Chicago Bulls,Milwalkee Bucks (Both relocated from East to the West) Eastern conference,Great Lakes Division:Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers,Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors,Quebec Artiques,Boston Celtics (QC vs BTN Rivalry). Metropolitan Division:Buffalo Bisons (they will work It and look the past),NY Knics, Brooklyn Nets,Atlantic City Diamonds (Interest rivalry vs Las Vegas), Virginia Beach Bullets (Look the College, Wizards relocated), Louisville Colonels (Pelicans Relocated,bring back). Atlantic Division: Philadelphia 76ers, Raleigh Bobcats, Charlotte Hornets (Look Duke Vs NC),Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic,Miami Heat.

[@Draggstar_Evan04]

Let’s hear it

[@mithias4267]

I really think Virginia should get a team we're the biggest state without a pro sports team from the big four we do have the Norfolk Admirals hockey team as well as the minor league baseball team Norfolk tides and despite the tides being a minor team they still have a great amount of support so I really think we should get a basketball team plus we have a great college basketball team the UVA Cavaliers who won the NCAA national championship back in 2019 so I think a nba team would be really good tho I might be just biased cause I live and was raised in Chesapeake Virginia and was born in Norfolk

[@CharlieND]

I totally agree! I think the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area would be a great place for a team.

[@dvferyance]

@@CharlieND They should have a team in some sport. They did try to get an NHL team in the 90's. Maybe if the MLS expands again they could look at them. They gave Austin a team which was the previous largest metro without one.

[@michellebrown7714]

I dont think the NBA will go to 36 teams, 32 yes, but not 36. I think you are correct though that Pittsburgh, Las Vegas and Seattle will get teams, but I dont think the first two will through expansion, more through relocation, as I think the Kings and the Hornets may be moving a in few years (within a decade), the Kings moving to Las Vegas and Pitt ending up with the Hornets (the Kings are 29th in attendance in the league and the Hornets are 15th, making both good choices to move) I think seattle and maybe kansas city would be the expansion teams to round out the league at 32. (I also think Toronto may move to buffalo eventually thanks to the lessons learned about sports teams in other countries due to covid, i think the canadian and international nba experiment is over)

[@bryceleinan]

I’d have to look up what the Kings term is at Golden 1 Center, but highly unlikely they move to Vegas in the next 20 years.

[@michellebrown7714]

@@bryceleinan considering how low their attendance is, they might not have a choice

[@dreamcage1801]

I’m also hearing 34 teams including Mexico City

[@ariesmike26]

What about Baltimore and San Diego?

[@vamoscruceros]

Trying to do 6 divisions of 6 with those 36 teams make for some ugly alignments. Four divisions of nine would be better: Pacific - VAN, SEA, POR, GS, SAC, LAL, LAC, LV, PHX Midwest - UT, DEN, MN, KC, OKC, SA, DAL, HOU, NO Central - MIL, CHI, IN, DET, CLE, PIT, MEM, ATL, CLT Atlantic - ORL, MIA, WAS, PHI, NY, BKN, BOS, TOR, MON

[@jerryjanik480]

What about Buffalo New York we used to have a franchise before they moved to San Diego / Los Angeles

[@michellebrown7714]

if you get one, it will be because the raptors are forced to move there thanks to the covid travel restriction lessons we learned

[@rowenaguisic5807]

PBA or professional basketball association & NBL US i don't know if these leagues have more than teams over NBA

[@dreamcage1801]

Why can’t Tampa and Louisville get a nba team?

[@CharlieND]

I would have included Louisville if I was adding a few more teams. Tampa I'm not really on board with since the Orlando Magic are already in the area.

[@joemckim1183]

Tampa and Louisville are only 84 miles away from each other. You would be splitting the Magic's fanbase in half. Fans that're in the inbetween range of the teams would have to choose one or the other to root for.

[@dvferyance]

@@joemckim1183 What? Louisville is way farther from Tampa than 84 miles. Tampa is close to Orlando who has a team.

[@joemckim1183]

@@dvferyance Obviously I was talking about Tampa beeing 84 miles from Orlando. Why would you think when I say 84 miles away I would be talking about Louisville?

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@joemckim1183 - Because it might have something to do with your lack of proofreading skills. "Tampa and Louisville are only 84 miles away from each other." It should say, "Tampa and Orlando are only 84 miles away from each other." Next time, attend Brown!

[@trevornimis2828]

We need to get more San Diego teams because they only have the San Diego padres

[@payrysdoscs4903]

3:50 Well, Ben was an a-hole to us

[@danielt6689]

Nice to dream, but not going to happen. Hard enough getting the owners to agree to 2 teams.

[@sheldonrobinson7639]

Get Montreal out and put Louisville in

[@eastsidejohnnywalker8687]

I'm bad 8 bit music

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Teams should go in Seattle, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Kansas City...in that order.

[@dreamcage1801]

After Seattle and Vegas get a NBA team I believe that Louisville, Kansas City, Tampa, San Diego can possibly get a NBA team in about several years.

[@Rwndomperson]

Yes, if it weren’t for the NBA Magic claiming rights to the Tampa Market

[@MRWEDAWEST]

I think Pittsburgh & St. Louis should be in the convo too. San Diego shouldn't get a team unless they move the Clips back there. Cali doesn't need 5 teams.

[@splashnskillz37]

@@Rwndomperson Fuck them bums

[@dvferyance]

KC would get one before Vegas. Vegas has the NHL.

[@dreamcage1801]

@@dvferyance they said Vegas and Seattle are getting a nba team

[@369Alien]

Here’s my expansion list. I did 40 teams and instead of East/West, I decided to use a National/American format like it’s used in the NFL & MLB. The 2 conferences are the NBL (National Basketball League) & ABL (American Basketball League). The 4 ABA teams that are part of the NBA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) have been added to the ABL as well several old ABA teams being re launched in the ABL. I also renamed some of the city names of teams (California Clippers & Tennessee Grizzlies) I also brought old teams like the Baltimore Bullets back & defunct team names like the Bobcats back as being used as the franchise for Cincinnati. Back when the Nets were in NJ, they had considered rebranding as the Swamp Dragons! (Lol no joke) so I thought NJ Dragons would be a good fit. Pittsburgh is well known for its steel industries so I thought the name Pyros (as in the flames and heat used to melt steel & other metals) would be a good name plus it sounds a lot like Pirates (the MLB team). As for KC, they used to have the Kings, plus with other heir achy team names like Chiefs & Royals, I thought Crowns could be a good fit. Las Vegas is pretty self explanatory, it’s in the desert so Scorpions seems applicable plus it has “score” in its name. NBA 40 TEAMS Old/Orginal ABA teams, re-launched team * Brand new franchise** NBL EAST Boston Celtics New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers Baltimore Bullets Charlotte Hornets NBL SOUTH Atlanta Hawks Miami Heat Tennessee Grizzlies New Orleans Pelicans Dallas Mavericks NBL NORTH Toronto Raptors Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Chicago Bulls Milwaukee Bucks NBL WEST Utah Jazz Phoenix Suns Los Angeles Lakers Golden State Warriors Seattle SuperSonics ABL EAST Montreal Monarchs* Brooklyn Nets* New Jersey Dragons** Pittsburgh Pyros** Washington Wizards ABL SOUTH Orlando Magic St Louis Spirits* Oklahoma City Thunder Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs* ABL NORTH Cincinnati Bobcats* Indiana Pacers* Minnesota Timberwolves Kansas City Crowns** Denver Nuggets* ABL WEST Las Vegas Scorpions** California Clippers Sacramento Kings Portland TrailBlazers Vancouver

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

New York City/Northern Jersey wasn't even big enough for three BASEBALL teams, and they already have proven they can't support three hockey teams LONG TERM! Three basketball teams just screams disaster waiting in the wings.

[@timothycunningham7352]

Most NBA teams are losing money, that and carrying the WNBA financially, and you want to expand. nonsense

[@CharlieND]

This video is just for fun, you're reading too deep into it.

[@splashnskillz37]

What i would do is go to cool markets so: +++ Seattle Supersonics +++ Las Vegas Rolljacks +++ Tampa Bay Flight +++ Vancouver Grizzlies (Gets name & history back from Memphis) +++ San Diego Fleet +++ Chicago Zephyrs Divisions/Conferences: EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic: Central: Southeast: - New York Knicks - Chicago Bulls - Miami Heat - Brooklyn Nets - Chicago Zephyrs - Orlando Magic - Toronto Raptors - Detroit Pistons - Tampa Bay Flight - Philadelphia 76ers - Milwaukee Bucks - Atlanta Hawks - Washington Wizards - Cleveland Cavaliers - Charlotte Hornets - Boston Celtics - Minnesota Timberwolves - Indiana Pacers WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific: Northwest: Southwest: - Los Angeles Lakers - Portland Trail Blazers - San Antonio Spurs - Los Angeles Clippers - Denver Nuggets - Dallas Mavericks - Golden State Warriors - Seattle Supersonics - Houston Rockets - Las Vegas Rolljacks - Vancouver Grizzlies - Oklahoma City Thunder - Phoenix Suns - Sacramento Kings - New Orleans Pelicans - San Diego Fleet - Utah Jazz - Memphis Express

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

Vancouver doesn't care enough to want to go through the trouble of getting the Grizzlies name back, plus the Grizzlies were only there for SIX years, and did NOTHING of note! A second team in Chicago is about as smart as placing a basketball team in Sudan! Tampa Bay would just relocate in a couple of years due to the Magic! Rolljacks. What a stoop ed name! Try Posse (old CFL name) or Outlaws (old XFL name) instead. Ah, San Diego's old AAF name. I Iike that, but it should be the Clippers moving back instead. You must be a Louisiana Tech grad to come up with this!

[@deemalenke7227]

Why not buy the new aba teams

[@Smitty753]

Actually the city of Pittsburgh according to the recent census just had a population boom along with the metropolitan area out of all Pennsylvania we had an increase while the Philadelphia area had a decrease and if the basketball team turns out to be competitive and good they will take over the empty spot where the Pittsburgh pirates are then we'll be legitimately the best sports city in America and besides no NBA team has a color black and gold that's reason enough to give us a franchise

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

Remember, you can always steal New Orleans if all else fails. Pittsburgh Condors 2.0 wearing black and gold. Nice.

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

Pittsburgh would be dope

[@McBoofus]

The Battle of Pennsylvania, NBA edition.

[@dreamcage1801]

Pittsburgh would be a bump and grind team in the east

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

KZbin needs to improve their "shadowban" filters! I'm sick and tired of wasting hours of my life trying to figure out why my messages won't show up!

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

@@369Alien - Better idea, why don't you take the Glad-Umbrella-Nacho in your drawer, put it in your Matty-Octopath-Under-Teletoon-Henry, and pull the trigger, you Flower-Urkel-Clash-Kay-Inside-Nash-Gallop waste of Salad-Pizza-Egg-Radish-Mushroom!!!

[@dvferyance]

I doubt Pittsburgh could work. Too small to have both the NBA and NHL.

[@devinmackey83]

I think Louisville would be a good substitute for Pittsburgh

[@michellebrown7714]

i think you underestimate pittsburgh's level of support for its teams, even the pirates have support and they havent been competitive in decades

[@marlo5241]

sry charlie no way ever. nba is water downed enough. no more rewarding kids that lack fundamentals. shooting from half court is at all time high, yet free throws at all time low. do ever get me stated about lack of effort and defense into days game. canada is not supporting basketball teams.

[@realtalk6195]

I'd rather the NBA just do 40 teams with two Conferences and two tiers, each with promotion and relegation between them. 20 teams in the premier division and 20 teams in the second division.

[@michaelmapes4119]

Ah no....The Sonics moved to OKC because, according to Aubrey McClendon, they were going to move them to OKC anyway. OKC wanting a franchise was one of the worst kept secrets in the NBA in 2006. Esp when they tried to get the NBA to let the (Then) NO Hornets stay. David Stern HATED Seattle and all the other owners (Except Mark Cuban and Paul Allen) were ready to kiss his butt and voted for the move. Now we have Silver which all he is a David Stern "Mini-me" and Stern yes man which got him his job. He will follow Stern's wish and keep a team out of Seattle. Besides head of the expansion committee Clay Bennett has stated that he is never going to allow a team in Seattle. Let's face it Sonic Fans..... Howie baby screwed us over by selling to the wrong people. And hopefully by the next commissioner, we will get a team, but not while Silver is there.

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

Try stealing a team, and pull a Robert Irsay if you can.

[@fyrf0x8910]

Really mate? Gonna pick KC over STL? Not only is the St. Louis Metro Area bigger, but the St Louis fanbase is a lot better than KC. Plus St. Louis has experience with the NBA; the Atlanta Hawks played in St. Louis for over a decade, even winning the championship in 1958. The Lou could draw fans from Missouri, Southern Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Arkansas, etc. Enterprise Center is also a great venue for basketball and has hosted March Madness numerous times before.

[@CharlieND]

Both Kansas City and St Louis could work IMO.

[@MrSmileyFace4311]

Hexagon Force 😮

[@DveMcGuire]

Good work... altho I'd go with Louisville over Pittsburgh Move NOLA to Vancouver Add Mexico City

[@NormanNorthman]

Bring Back Our Sonics!! Still a ton of support for them here in Seattle.

[@georgecoumbos2511]

Seattle and Vancouver! The other 4 cities would be interesting 🤔

[@dreamcage1801]

St. Louis San Diego Pittsburgh Louisville

[@dreamcage1801]

I’ve been hearing that Mexico City is in the mix for an expansion as well.

[@A350Airways]

The big Mexican problems are language, altitude and security. I'm not sure where taxation fits into Mexico City's problems, but weather isn't one of them, unlike Montreal.

[@dreamcage1801]

@@A350Airways cartel crew too

[@zerolazer9530]

seattle, pittsburgh, vegas, san diego, vancouver and mexico city would be the cities i would expand to

[@dreamcage1801]

Sub Pittsburgh 4 Louisville

[@zerolazer9530]

@@dreamcage1801 i'm biased because, look at my pfp, but louisville is right behind vancouver here

[@seenaheidary4395]

Canada only needs 1 more nba team. Vancouver would be ideal to form a natural East vs West rivalry against the raptors. I currently live in Vancouver and the interest for basketball has never been this high before. Grizzlies failed because there was just no interest for basketball in the city along with other obvious reasons

[@psychopathyoutubeemployees280]

Perhaps your country should start their own basketball league.

[@GoWestYoungMan]

@@psychopathyoutubeemployees280 They already do. Besides, they'd be no sport called basketball without Canada (basketball's inventor, James Naismith was Canadian) so they deserve more than 3 NBA teams. I'd be totally fine if Canada eventually had 6 NBA teams.

[@georgecoumbos2511]

As someone who’s from Vancouver, I’d completely disagree. The interest was always there, it had more to do with the fact we had unstable ownership and a low dollar.

[@seenaheidary4395]

@@georgecoumbos2511 I would respectfully disagree. Canada as you may know is literally dominated by hockey. There is no interest in basketball unless the tickets would be cheap, which wouldn't be good for an NBA team. Do you see Edmonton having an NBA team? What about Saskatoon? If we are talking about coasts, it would ideally be Vancouver Geographically its similar to LA, lifestyle is similar to LA, demographics on all front such as income, interests, and overall psychographics are similar to LA/Cali/West Coast lifestyle. I agree the dollar is a problem and will always be a problem, which is why if there had to be 1 Canadian NBA it would be Toronto, the hub of Canadian sports and sports media, having the whole nation back 1 city is the safest way to ensure revenue. At this point we are past that but in a hypothetical risk scenario, Vancouver in my eyes would make the most sense.

[@georgecoumbos2511]

@@seenaheidary4395 sorry my friend, but a couple of things I can’t quite agree with you On. First off basketball has been this high in this town. The first season we had the team it was electric and even going into our fourth, fifth and sixth seasons it was the only sports team that gave us any form of excitement and the Canucks are going through rebuild after the 94 playoffs, to this day you still see merchandise everywhere and people repping the team all over the city. I understand Toronto is the Mecca city of Canada and it is the central hub of our country much like how New York and Los Angeles is for the United States. However it doesn’t mean that a country of 38 million people can only sustain ourselves with one professional sports league team in basketball and baseball. We are known as a hockey hotbed in this country however it’s not the only thing that attracts sports friends from this country. That’s like saying Texas should only have football teams because that’s what they really love.

[@mysterylover9546]

Seattle and Pittsburgh are my top picks. Idk it’s just something about Pittsburgh that gives me a gut feeling that it would be absolutely amazing. Highly competitive! Especially if the NBA changes the rules btw now and then.

[@dreamcage1801]

St. Louis? San Diego? Louisville?

[@dreamcage1801]

Nashville has been mentioned as a possible expansion team recently

[@G-STONECRIP]

Pittsburgh would also be rivals with Cleveland

[@dreamcage1801]

Possibly Philly, Boston and New York too

[@jamesanderson7265]

Having a team in Richmond Virginia will not be a bad idea either Everyone sleeping on that idea That would be big for the NBA 💥✨⭐⚡🏃🏀

[@mvp1904]

Dope video but the background music is annoying 🥲

[@CharlieND]

Your feedback is appreciated.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

It certainly is. Should have used the OST from the Saturn game Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu!

[@tklalmighty]

Up until recently I would've said the NBA was actually too large for the talent pool, as evidenced by the consolidation and extreme premium placed on the top star power. The league is definitely deeper now. My approach to NBA expansion is an organic one built on one huge premise. The current NBA map actually lends itself really well to 5 divisions of 6 teams. Several teams, like Minnesota, Portland, and Washington, are islands within their respective division maps and would benefit from a more geographically sane alignment. Also, the current playoff structure makes divisions heavily useless outside of scheduling, and collapsing the conference-division distinction would make scheduling more regional while also addressing the common complaint of conference imbalance. Atlantic: Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto Southeast: Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Memphis, New Orleans Central: Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota Southwest: Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Phoenix Pacific: Portland, Utah, Sacramento, Golden State, LA Clippers, LA Lakers For playoff seeding, the top 16 teams qualify, with division winners guaranteed a top 8 seed and home court in their first round matchup. This alignment also forms the basis of my hypothetical expansion up to 36. For the purposes of this experiment I would expect to eventually add the following teams: 31: Seattle, Pacific 32: Las Vegas, Southwest 33: Kansas City or St. Louis, Central 34: Kentucky (Colonels), Southeast 35: Virginia (Squires), Atlantic 36: Vancouver, Pacific Scheduling throughout this process would be a pretty straightforward one. Home/Away against every other team, and the remainder of the schedule played as evenly as possible within the division. At a full 36 teams, that's 4-5 games against divisional rivals and 2 games against everyone else.

[@yesvisuals]

COME ON GET ME A MISSOURI TEAM

[@dreamcage1801]

St. Louis would be a great NBA destination and can play in the East Coast with the Bulls, pacers and Timberwolves

[@childofgaru]

louisville over pittsburg. someones gotta throw ol kentucky a bone

[@joemckim1183]

Kentucky is too big of a potential basketball market to not have a team.

[@C_rue]

I’d do Louisville, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Las Vegas, Montreal, and Mexico City I stead

[@mamoruchiba3301]

You forgot Buffalo

[@davidtosh7200]

Hoping that Nashville does get an NBA team. Within 20 years from now, Nashville Tennessee could exceed more then 1,000,000 people I. Population figure, and it is big enough to support all 4 Big 4 Professional Sports. So far, Nashville already have the National Football League as Tennessee Titans, and National Hockey League as Nashville Predators. Why not Nashville does get the Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association? Tennessee is the fastest growing state, especially in the Central Time Zone.

[@CharlieND]

I definitely agree that Nashville has potential to get more sports teams, that's why I mentioned Nashville in my MLB expansion video.

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

I don't see it. Not a hoops town at all.

[@michellebrown7714]

@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 then explain the popularity of Vanderbilt's, Belmont's, and David Lipscomb's teams?

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

@@michellebrown7714 vanity stinks and doesn't draw squat. The others are small mid majors. It's not an NBA type city.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

Love it. Bring back our Sonics!

[@scootover7]

I'd move to Kansas City MO (from Florida) if the NBA would let me be a GM for the Kansas City team

[@LockeDemosthenes2]

Other cities I think the NBA would do well in are Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Virginia Beach, and Austin.

[@CharlieND]

I agree

[@Salazar824]

I don't care what happens Portland cannot be in the same division as the wolves. That makes no sense, not here on earth or in any other planet in the galaxy.

[@JJRoemie]

I would skip Vegas don’t want any dui like nfl.

[@bebobebo4407]

If the NBA decides to add a second team in Canada, it's mostly likely going to be in Montreal.

[@Babyboythaboss]

St.louis needs a NBA a lot more than KC Mo.

[@dreamcage1801]

NBA should consider putting a team in San Diego.

[@CharlieND]

For sure

[@dreamcage1801]

@@CharlieND 💯 and same for KC

[@estellegrignon]

One thing about putting teams in Montreal that often goes unnoticed is how the province of Quebec is home to 8 million people, and a team in Montreal would immediately get a stronghold on the entire province, the same way the Habs have a huge following in the entire province. Even most disgruntled Quebec City fans, who spent 15 years hating the Habs as Nordiques fans have moved on to join the fanbase. And Montreal only has one team in the big 4. With MLB being a far shot for Montreal with the city not having a suitable baseball stadium and the NFL being unrealistic here, the NBA has a clear path

[@Bruce-Kent]

Kansas City has had a NBA team, the Kings were there

[@Babyboythaboss]

No one remember its who?

[@upchuckslingabinga]

I’d say Mexico City over Pittsburgh imo

[@amanwhoknowseverything4800]

They can add Mexico teams to NBA. And it will be good if there will be 36 teams in nba.

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

México City could easily support a team, but the NBA is probably worried about security of its players and personnel down there.

[@amanwhoknowseverything4800]

@@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 Maybe Monterrey?

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

@@amanwhoknowseverything4800 I think México City has the largest concentration of money (especially corporate money!) and population needed to support a team. I think the problem for any expansion team, however, is a lack of a star player that makes people want to go to the games. Mexico would have to have a mega star on the team

[@amanwhoknowseverything4800]

@@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 There will be a Mexican Star...

[@ericwehmueller87]

No way KC over St. Louis MO. St. Louis would support basketball better than KC, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Montreal. Get a clue!

[@CharlieND]

I would have been open to entertain your idea if you didn't act like your opinion is better than everyone else's. Lighten up a little, bud.

[@dvferyance]

But in St Louis they would have to compete with the NHL. The Grizzlies did briefly consider moving there before they went to Memphis. Ohio and Tennessee would be good examples Cleveland gets the NBA while Columbus gets the NHL. Memphis gets the NBA while Nashville gets the NHL. Unless your a really big market the 2 together don't work.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@CharlieND - Says the hypocrite!

[@Draggstar_Evan04]

Since you have Pittsburg in there I think Baltimore and Cincinnati should too but it’s your opinion

[@CharlieND]

Baltimore and Cincy could work too

[@squidMB]

My personal list for teams i think should get added or (rejoin) 1. Seattle 2. Las Vegas 3. Vancouver 4. Louisville 5. Tampa bay 6. Pittsburgh

[@joemckim1183]

Seattle would already have a history with them being the SuperSonics most likely. All of the previous Sonics team history wasn't taken with the Thunder to OKC. Similar to the Cleveland Browns and Charlotte Hornets situations.

[@squidMB]

@@joemckim1183 i thought the only thing Seattle kept was the championship trophy, banners and retired jerseys. Everything else went with to OKC.

[@joemckim1183]

@@squidMB I was under the impression that it was similar to the Cleveland Browns going to be the Baltimore Ravens. Where they got to keep the roster of players, coaches and front office staff but otherwise it was essentially an expansion team. I know that the New Orleans Pelicans have the New Orleans Hornets history but the previous Charlotte Hornets is owned history is owned by the new Hornets.

[@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154]

@@joemckim1183 - Don't forget about Earthquakes 2.0 doing the same thing to the Houston Dynamo. Personally, I could see Seattle do something Iike this.

[@jaroj1112]

Baltimore

[@wwesmackdownvsraw]

Well if you add Montreal why not add Ottawa?? And definitely bring back the Vancouver Grizzlies and why not add Winnipeg Edmonton & Calgary maybe Saskatchewan??

[@CharlieND]

Ottawa and Saskatchewan are nowhere near big enough. Calgary and Edmonton are maybes but there are other cities that deserve a team more that I didn't mention in this video like San Diego, Mexico City, Louisville, Cincinnati and St Louis.

[@joshuamountz6891]

Forget Pittsburgh. If I had my way the Steelers would be kicked out of the league for the fight they started against Cleveland

[@CharlieND]

Steelers own the Browns

[@TheWordofHeraldHarkins]

As far as names go. I would love to see the 1978 NBA finals teams come back to life.

[@C_rue]

Bring back the Baltimore bullets

[@dogcowrph]

Put a team in Pittsburgh so I can see the Celtics a few times a year.

[@splashnskillz37]

Not now

[@dvferyance]

Trust me Pittsburgh will never have a team. You will have to drive to Cleveland if you want to see the Celtics.

[@splashnskillz37]

@@dvferyance They will once the league expands to 42 teams, ... maybe next century

[@jasonmilly3320]

36 might be a bit much. Should at least take it slow. Seattle and Louisville.

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Why add KC without St. Louis? The cities already have a fierce cross-state rivalry, and St Louis used to have a team, and they have an NHL team they can share an arena with!

[@CharlieND]

I honestly don't have that strong of a preference between Kansas City and St. Louis.

[@williewhite1161]

What??? No Nashville??

[@marlonlbellous9943]

Move Minnesota to East not Memphis

[@liamryan7239]

LOUISVILLE SNUBBED YET AGAIN

[@MrAwesomeMatty]

I mean, aside from the Supersonics, which is a given... who I'd be interested in? Harlem Globetrotters. For those who don't know, the Globetrotters sent a letter to Commissioner Silver back in June 2021, asking for the league to acknowledge their contributions to basketball (as well as them helping form the NBA back in 1949) by making them an official franchise. If they're seriously willing to drop the comedy acts and the NBA can convince both New York and Brooklyn to allow it, I'd be up for the Globetrotters being an NBA team!

[@joemckim1183]

You already have 2 teams in NYC with the Knicks and Nets, a third is a bit too much. And then you would lose the Globetrotters as being their traveling showmanship thing. They would just be a generic NBA team that wasn't doing all of the trick shots and crazy passes that you associate the Globetrotters with.

[@realtalk6195]

Horrible idea. NYC doesn't need 3 teams. The oversaturation would take revenue from the other 2 teams and they wouldn't approve that, or alternatively the third team would be a financial failure.

[@salvell]

The NBA would have to vote on which team would move to the eastern conference because a lot of teams would want to move I personally want to see OKC in the east

[@CharlieND]

That probably won't happen seeing as how there are five western conference teams east of the thunder.

[@salvell]

@@CharlieND The owners have to vote because it will be an advantage Or disadvantage for some teams

[@cuddyfox6973]

St. Louis wants their team back. For the past 50 years, the city been giving out players like crazy and have full attendance in the college basketball when they are holding March Madness.

[@ShaunCampbell-j7u]

NBA expansion cities should be in the west: Seattle, Vancouver, St Louis, Kansas City. In the east: Montreal, and Louisville. Also move the Memphis Grizzlies from the west conference to the east conference because Memphis is in Tennessee

[@ryanmcintyre2540]

Edmonton and Calgary if Vancouver gets a team

[@halftimegreat8820]

Cincinnati need the nba we have basketball stadium already why not

[@CharlieND]

Cincinnati would be a good pick

[@Anchor_Productions]

Kansas City literally has the ORIGINAL RULES OF BASKETBALL down the road, hosts the big 12 tournament, and with KU down the road has a big basketball connection. How do we not have a basketball team?! I’m not really a fan of the NBA but I would be if we got a team

[@jackmiller3246]

The cities I have, if the NBA expanded to 36 are Baltimore, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Mexico City, & Seattle

[@oh_shift]

Only 2 New Teams. In 6, the expansion draft would cost existing teams a lot.

[@CharlieND]

I wouldn't expect six teams to be added in a single season.

[@dreamcage1801]

@@CharlieNDevery two years

[@rowenaguisic5807]

ABA or american basketball association have 50 teams for me my imagination i like NBA form 50 teams like ABA

[@splashnskillz37]

The more the better

[@optimisticsand5374]

Seattle instant rivals with Vancouver + Portland. Kansas City rivals Memphis, Pittsburgh rivals with Philly, Cleveland, etc. Las Vegas rivals the Suns and possibly the Lakers or Clippers. Possibly even the Kings, Jazz. Montreal rivals with Toronto, Boston.

[@danimalman3]

I think Louisville would be a solid option. They have the kfc yum center which seems to be nba ready. Kentucky historically has been good with basketball as well.

[@michaeldriscoll8537]

So, San Diego is a better fit for hockey than basketball? How so? Hockey isn’t part of the culture there. And I’m not disagreeing that Pittsburgh would be a good NBA city, but no free agent would choose it over Philadelphia.

[@waynejohnson9374]

I don't think the NBA needs to expand to 36 teams, there's been franchises for years that struggle to win while some teams always have success. The most they should have is 32 and they should cap it at that with 2 8-team divisions like the NHL has since they basically made NBA divisions meaningless now. Seattle for sure should be getting a team, but the next option should probably be either Kansas City/St. Louis or Vancouver with moving Memphis to the East.

[@supershoto1830]

It would be nice to see Buffalo get a team again. The Buffalo Braves were beloved before the moved to San Diego/LA

[@breadslipz9299]

My expansion team cities for a 40 team NBA Eastern Conference Pittsburgh Montreal Cincinnati Baltimore Tampa Western Conference Seattle Las Vegas St Louis Kansas City Austin

[@ozziedagreat835]

Why not Mexico? Bru Monterrey is big for Basketball and Mexico city. MXCity already has the Capitanes from G league