Why Seattle should never get a NBA team again

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  1. <-=*PdX*=->

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    They hate the NBA up there now. I'm sure the % for those teams just comes from the transplants that still follow the NBA. Everybody I know that was a sonics fan up there absolutely hates the NBA. I know if Portland didn't have a team I would never watch this league.
     
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    if portland lost the blazers i'd probably give up sports all together and go be a monk or something. thats kind of sad now that i think about it.
     
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  4. HomerLovesKoolAid

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    That would mean a vow of chastity though, right? I think I'd go hermit. At least then you could bring in a ho(s).
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Exactly. Fuck the seahawks.
     
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  6. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    WTF New Mexico??? Seriously WHAT THE FUCK???

    Not the Suns, not the Spurs, but the fucking piss and purple??? You've got some serious 'splaining to do!

    BNM

    P.S. Fuck you New Mexico!!! FUCK YOU, you ball sucking, bandwagon riding, meth head losers!
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    And seriously Hawks fans, you need to step up. You have one of the best teams in the entire league. They play an exciting, fun to watch, style of basketball, but you're surrounded by a sea of Lakers and Spurs fans. Even loser teams like the Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves have more followers than the Hawks.

    BNM
     
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    Dude it doesn't even stop there BNM... Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Kentucky, VA (Don't they like the Wizards?!?), NC (They can't even support their own team?), South Carolina, Georgia, all are dominant Laker followers! WTF?!?!?
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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  10. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I know, the Lakers have 4.1 million followers. The Heat are second at 2.8 million (obviously holdovers that discovered twitter at the same time LeBron went ring chasing). But New Mexico stood out. They are surrounded by other states that have teams, but they are SOLID purple. Those other states have a lot of Laker followers, but they aren't solid purple.

    BTW, does anyone think the network executives are already having nightmares over a potential POR (384K followers)/ATL (274K followers) finals?

    BNM
     
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    Well obviously yes... TNT and ESPN still had the Lakers and Knicks as the top played teams on national television. Ironically, these teams are some of the worst teams in the league right now.

    But I think things will change with the Silver NBA. I think fans will be more supportive of a good product, than having the popular team in the finals. It could set the tone for future progress, forcing bad "high market teams" to get better or they lose their fan base and revenue.
     
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  12. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I think a lot of those places just don't care about pro basketball that much, and the ones that do probably don't follow an nba team on Twitter, so the teams with more Twitter followers will of course have more clout. I bet some of those Eastern Oregon counties literally do have about five people that actually follow a team on Twitter, so this doesn't seem that accurate.
     
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    I'm just assuming the markets without nba teams only really get national broadcasts, which is mainly Lakers, knicks, Clippers, Bulls and the Texas teams.
     
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    That's a lot of sad laker fans.

    Fuck em
     
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    Don't know if anyone else said this, but my first reaction the the thread is easy...If Seattle gets and NBA team...WE WOULDN'T BE THE NORTH ANYMORE!
     
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    #wetheactualnorth
     
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  18. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Man, I miss the days when the NBA had teams in both Seattle and Vancouver. Can you imagine the I-5 rivalries if the Gizzlies were still in Vancouver and the Sonics hadn't moved to OKG...

    BNM
     
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    We only want Seattle to get a team so we can beat them.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    And attend the games in person when we beat them in their building. I have ZERO desire to fly to OKC and get cow shit on my shoes, just to be surrounded by those clueless hillbillies and their lame ass OKC chants while we beat their sorry asses. On the other hand, I'd gladly drive up I-5 to watch the Blazers beat the Sonics in their building.

    Besides, if there were teams in SEA and VAN, our team would have to travel a lot fewer miles and there would be more games in our time zone.

    BNM
     
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