Interesting. That seems to suggest that they are pretty much on their way to Anaheim. Also odd that it didn't matter when the Cardinals both played in St. Louis. If they move to Anaheim, I fully expect them to become the NBA media darling, much the way the Thunder have. But I personally hope they are more L.A. Clipper than L.A. Laker.
Three NBA teams but no NFL teams. I can't begin to register valid complaints about how stupid that is because it just doesn't make any sense. I'll just call it a victory for SoCal Blazer fans and leave it at that. I don't understand how two teams can possibly make money in the same market as a team as good (I just threw up in my mouth saying that) as the Lakers. There are so many other markets begging for basketball, but Stern just lets the owners destroy the finances of the league.
Yeah, but on the downside of it, you're not allowed to bring all those oranges you'd be buying from back to Portland.
It sickens me that So. Cal is going to have it's own conference. The So. Cal teams' road trips will either be across town, or simply changing the floor of the arena. Another competitive advantage for the Flake Show. One out of five of their games will be within a 50 mile radius? And they'll effectively have HCA in most of those games, too.
Not sure where you got the 1 out of 5 #, its actually worse. 45 out of 82 games will be out based within 50 miles of LA. that'd be 55% of their games are in LA. Granted, 50% of Portlands games are in Portland, but it makes their travel time even easier on them.
The east is similar, the NJ/NYC/PHILLY/Boston............ Toronto/Detroit/Milwaukee/Chicago....... situation is a joke. We are fucked when it comes to geography and this league.
It's pretty crazy to think that if the Kings move, the nearest team to the Blazers will be San Francisco, over 600 miles away. The nearest team for the Lakers? 2 feet. The Lakers would have 4 teams within the same amount of miles as Portland has to their nearest opponent (Warriors). Clippers, "Royals", Suns and Warriors. I guess the whole NW will become Blazer fans now! Everyone knows Sonic fans are now Blazer fans!
For some reason that made me think of that 'Born in East LA' movie where Cheech Marin, as American as I am, got deported to Mexico and keeps trying to sneak back into the country. Careful HCP, this could happen to you!
