I don't like the fiba idea at all, makes for a not very fluid call up system if a guy is 20hours on a plane away then has to struggle with jet lag etc..
If we had loan system with FIBA, it would be for the whole season. No way in hell those teams would agree for an immediate call up.
I get that, it just doesn't sound like a very feasible option imo. It makes so much more sense to have a functioning minor league system like MLB has the cost to an NBA team to operate one would be minor in terms of the payoff of having a farm club they could actually control. So ridiculous that there isn't a system in place. Get it sorted out then add a supplemental draft after summer leagues. Yakima has the SunDome that seats 6,800 or so for Basketball. Short jaunt on a plane to Portland.
How about having it in Portland? Players could get assigned to the dleague games but still fully participate in all the main Blazer practice. There's no college presence to worry about. Have it in a suburb that can call it their own or even in the Couv. Blazer fanatics would go just to watch guys like Montero play 5 minutes.
I'd love to have Portlands D-League team in the Couv. Tons of diehard Blazers fans up here, we deserve a piece of something Blazers. I think the Vancouver Vulcans would be catchy and ironically funny at the same time.
Because in some place like the Couve it'd draw more people and there'd be a level of seperation between the towns.
I think it's a great idea actually. Lived up in the Couve for three years and they love sports. Sad that they never got that A ball team that was proposed near Clark College. Much better place than f-ing Hillsboro.
I know. The only ball of any kind we got is Clark and the Volcanos. No one cares about the Volcano's and Clark Coach "recruited" me but he did it so carelessly he came off rude as hell. So fuck them too.
