Colin Cowherd fixes the NBA | THE HERD
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- One of the big complaints about the NBA is that stars only flock to big cities to play with each other. Colin Cowherd proposes a way to fix that - and Kristine Leahy gives her take on it.
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This is why I can't stand the NBA fan base Apparently Tony Parker is better than Allen Iverson cause he has titles. No logic
AidenHighlights wtf where did you hear that? Im a major Spurs fan and tony parker is a great player but he's no Allen iverson.
AidenHighlights who has ever said yhst
literally nobody says that/would say that
James Pilgrim it's an example.
its a bad example lol
TORONTO????? bruh 4th largest city in north america. the american bias IS REAL
not to mention a whole country supports them. 30million+ fans being represented by 1 team. thats like california having 1 team (when they have 4)
Listen to DeRozan and Lowry declarations. They both knows Toronto doesn't give a shit about Raptors until playoffs. Hockey is the number 1 sport in Canada, not basketball.
I would still put them on the list but this is not a shame either.
Samuel Guadi Toronto doesn't care about the Raptors? Hmm.. I wonder why the ACC is packed during home games then...
I need to see full podcasts. Freaking love Colin
Obey The Good Guy Vintage it's on fs1
Obey The Good Guy Vintage everything he said was true people are too simple minded to see the bigger picture
colin is the best! how can i see the full show? im from germany .. can you help my, any ideas?
Investmentpunk1 itunes
Investmentpunk1 if you download the Tunein radio app ( it's free) channel 1340 fox sports radio Colin Cowherd is on the 2:00 everyday
Just another video where Colin essentially mocks middle America. He loves to make fun of, "small town football guy" and "hillbilly college fan."
In Colin's world only big cities and elitists should be able to enjoy live sports, the rest of the country can watch, "their local high school team," because they don't have a Fortune 500 company near by. Ridiculous.
I agree the sports market is over saturated, however, Colin's prescription for that is ridiculous. A 14 team league would get old fast.
Insane to not include the raptors.
4th largest city in North America, and is in Southern Ontario which has a population of over 10 million.
If you look at their players, everybody seems to love playing there.
shaqitup move Minnesota to Toronto.
shaqitup He might have just been thinking about the continental USA
Doug T nah just add Toronto and DC and u have 16 teams. MSP metro area is to big not to have team
Msp is much bigger then you think when KG was here the fan base was huge
@Bob Brock Hasn't been a problem for the Blue Jays or the Raptors. Toronto is on par with Chicago and Boston for size. If you're the kind of person who likes big cities, it'll more than fit the bill. And being in Toronto will feel very much the same as any American city of similar size.
LeBron is a city 😂😂
Kristine looking good as usual
Connor McClanahan 09:16 ...and Cowherd be drooling n shit😂
Too bad she should've stayed in her lane tho
Making the league smaller doesn't help parity. Back when the NBA was 8 teams the Celtics still had most of the good players and won the title every year.
Only because players didn't make a lot of money until the huge tv contracts kicked in in the 90s
Jonathan Martinez I feel like no matter how small the NBA gets there's still gonna be one team that has a better roster than everybody else and wins anyway
That's how sports are. There's always someone better than you.
No, because if today there were 14 teams and the big money contracts, the shitty players would never get a chance today.
In the NBA today, there are a lot of shit players that PLAY and EARN a lot of money, but suck and as a result, the better players are getting away from them and those franchises.
C Mistrinho any person who plays in the NBA is good. They wouldn't be in the NBA if they weren't.
I agree. Think 20 teams should be sufficient for the NBA. Hate to see stars stranded on these teams that you just know can't compete for playoff spots. Utah management keeps the Jazz competitive, the location keeps Superstars away. I do feel the NCAA should go away from zone style defenses..doesnt really prepare them for the NBA to me.
I just don't understand. Why is this all of a sudden a big issue, Lebron has sat out plenty of games. The Heat sat out games all the time, Pop has been doing it for years with the Spurs
Yes but they practically gave this game away.
They just have to take time off by stepping on the court for a few minutes and it's all good. NOT like this.
Jovin it's their life. It's a long season and they know they'll make the playoffs. We've entered the grind of the season where games are all about staying healthy. Instead of dwelling on the fact that players are doing what they can to stay healthy, why not watch some of the talent that doesn't get talked about. Some players will barely be able to walk when they're 60 because of their knees, they can take a few days off.
Dude, I live in Brazil, I was in Sacramento for my first and possibly last NBA game of my life, Rockets x Kings.
I'm a huge fan of Cousins and Dwight and neither played played that night, was I a little sad? Yeah, but the game was still great.
Altairograph they need rest. They all have the same workout schedule, they workout as a team, so they get tired, as a team. Sure they're younger, but they'll still get gassed during the season. Be upset all you want that grown men decided that they wanted a day off, and I'm pretty sure they've earned it.
San Antonio, Cleveland, Orlando, Oklahoma City, Detroit, New Jersey, Indiana, and Utah have all played in NBA Finals in the past 20 years. According to Colin's NBA, none of those teams would be in the NBA. Maybe there are too many teams in the league, but 14? That's way too low. Plenty of room in the NBA for mid-market teams. Will they ever win as consistently as the Lakers? Probably not, but look how much that title meant to Cleveland this year or how much making the finals meant to Orlando. Those seasons also make sports great.
If you limit the NBA too the major cities, the average level of talent goes way up, and teams are a lot better on average. More people in larger markets, and when teams are good, fans support more. You'd more than make up for the loss revenue from small markets being cut out.
Matt G only two of those teams won titles and had their stars move to bigger cities
Matt G look I am a jazz fan and I understand what Colin is saying to a certain extent
I rather jazz move to STL then jazz remaining in Utah of all city we have 2.8 close to 3 million ppl in st.louis metropolitan area top 20 in us best championship city with gold best sports historical city and state in the world St.Louis MO Colin is always dead wrong but u gotta have right city for more money my city are hungry for all team not just hockey and baseball
Montreal should have a nba team. They love basketball over there. With close to 3.5 million peeps, that's a good city for a team to relocate . San Jose. I'm still dumb founded how the south bay area gets no love. It's freaking silicon valley.
No one wants to live there...
Brad Toast true
Dennis Vu the bay area has gsw they share it
Atland Dumars ok, get defensive because you know i'm right
All right for all you dumbfucks that keep saying the Warriors are for San Jose fans. It's not. Warriors will be in San Francisco. That's 50 miles away from San Jose.
Just to give you perspective how far that is. Downtown LA to Huntington Beach (Orange County which is really far) is only 38 miles away.
First things first, Orlando has had 4 franchise players NOT 2.
1. Shaq
2.Penny Hardaway
3. Tracey McGrady
4. Dwight Howard
Second thing, 1,000 people move to Florida a day since 2005
The Orange County "Orlando Area" has grown from 801,000 in 1996 to 1,146,000 in 2016. Throw in Disney/Universal Studios to make us the #1family destination, top 3 in tourist via North America & 2nd in Conventions behind Las Vegas.
Orlando Magic was most necessary 😌
nobody goes to orlando on vacation for magic games, and theres too much to do in that area, small market teams survive because theres nothing to do
Shaka Free Radical They had Grant Hill for a little bit before he was injured and Steve Francis as well.
+Tod Wilkinson True, true. Now that I think about it they almost messed up by putting C-Webb & Shaq in a front court together lol. As for Aaron Gordon, 33 against one of the league's best defenses would say otherwise...
orlando is a team that cant get a free agent, if they get a howard or shaq theyre gone as soon as possible, both for the lakers lol, hard to build a team if your "franchise" player doesnt want to be there, i have no clue how the pelicans convinced anthony davis to stay for 5(?) more years
a city known for disney world isnt a destination for a young player with no kids, especially with miami a few hours drive away lol
No Toronto ??????? 4th biggest city in North America
Toronto is in Canada not North America. He wanted to focus on cities in the US
+iThoughtSheWas18 Plz I hope you are trolling and you know what North America is
iThoughtSheWas18 north America is Canada, America and Mexico
hes american , he doesn't know geography
@iThoughtSheWas18 Canada is actually part of North America, just like Mexico, Greenland, and most countries in the Caribbean.
Socialism? Lmao if players want to leave they can. i.e Durant
if you start with 14 you will eventually have expand because of the pool from the ncaa would make it impossible to motivate players to play college basketball and everyone would loose money
but once a great piece by the colin cowherd
Eduardo Gil but 30 teams is too many. I'd say 20 would be good. The way the league is set right now less than half have a star player, with less teams, teams are overall better therefore the best of the best are playing, and creating a better product
ThePatriotChris can you name the 15 teams without a star?
Colton Park
Philly
Orlando
Brooklyn
Milwaukee (Giannis is good but no star)
Lakers
Denver
Atlanta (Paul and Dwight are good but not stars)
Charlotte
Utah
Boston (Thomas is good but no star)
Miami (Whiteside is their best player, not a star)
Detroit
Phoenix
That's 13 and there's a bunch of teams with young good players that aren't superstars either that I didn't mention.
Realistically only
Golden State
Cleveland
Houston
OKC
Clippers
T-Wolves
Pelicans
Blazers (depending on how you feel about Lillard)
Sacramento
Indiana
New York
Have superstars
Teams like Chicago and Toronto
Have some very very good players like Butler, Lowry and Derozan but they aren't really superstars and probably won't make it there.
ThePatriotChris Detroit has Drummond and I would disagree with Antetukumpo but other than that I would say this is pretty fair. Was just curious on your stand
Sooooo accurate. The NBA is a mess. Bring back the Sonics
is he serious? he had me til he said 14 teams... that's crazy... lol... maybe like 24 teams... but how boring us a 14 team league
PeacemanNOT he literally said the league would be better this way
Less teams,less games,less resting,less complaining you say
I say less players, even with less teams they still played 82 games back in the 70s so same amount of resting,
and the biggest factor
LESS MONEY.
A lot of times when players rest its because they're sore/hurt like Lebron with his tweaked back or Kyrie with his sore ankle. They could still play through it but their teams gonna make the playoffs anyway so they don't have to. I don't think less games would help because these guys play basketball every day anyway so they're still going to get these minor injuries.
No he's right...Shit, there are only about 5 times EVERY year that even has a shot at a ring...Some teams have not had more than 35 wins for like 8-10 straight years!!!
*****
Yes. If resting is going to be a theme then the prices for all games should be the same. Why should a fan have to pay 2x the price when they face the cavs when all the stars could rest its as good as taking a gamble.
With less teams a large section of society will never ever get to see games.
This is why Colin doesn't own anything
clay plane I bet you don't either
Guy Chet okay
why the hate on Orlando? we're not that small and it's nice and warm here with no state tax. I'd live here over NY or Chicago any day
Patrick Haines Central Florida is blowing up, better to have a team there than Cleveland or Minnesota. Cleveland being in the map for LeBron but still.
Doug T Name a city in Central Florida that has a metro population close to that of Minneapolis-St.Paul. Also it's totally not blowing up
I would add Phoenix and Toronto
eric garcia yeah the suns but think he ment cities in the Us
Commandosoap777 Yes I know what he meant. Phoenix is the 6th biggest city in the country and easily the biggest in the South West so it should have a team. Toronto is obvious
eric garcia colin probably forgot but the point he made was still very valid
+eric garcia but phoenix is not really a city where a star would go to spend his 20 million but la and ny are
eric garcia yeah what the hell alot of Canada supports Toronto
Colin's NBA map is so f'd up.
Sorry Colin but New York needs 2 teams for each popular sport. Knicks and Nets, Yankees and Mets, Jets and Giants, Rangers and Islanders. 2 teams for LA also.
I'm from LA and I don't want the Clippers and Chargers here. We only have 1 NHL team and 1 MLB team. The Angels are in Orange County.
and the chargers are in San Diego...
DooWah Thunderclap not anymore
Too Late You Got The Chargers Los Angeles Chargers To Be Precise
Ironmantis25 why they need two? One always seems to get all the fans. Who is a Nets fan in new york
NBA will be boring with only 14 teams. Of course a guy from a big city will say something idiotic and selfish like this. Wouldn't watch the NBA if they only had 14 teams. Some small market teams their NBA team means a lot because they dont have much to do.
B Bartley nobody is lacking in things to do in Portland or San Antonio.
B Bartley 24 makes sense tbh. They should get rid of bucks, Nets, Hornets, Magic, Jazz, Grizzlies, Clippers to Seattle
Actually I meant move kings to Seattle
ThePancakeman25 New York is big enough to have two teams... Nets has rubbish management but shitload of potential market wise.
Colin is so right lol.. People want to troll guys on Twitter about rings but when they sit out regular season they get mad 😂😂
King Rex i dont think Michael rested... or Bill russel
The problem is with only 14 teams the majority of the nation will not have a near by team and they will not follow the sport.
Milwaukee has an MLB team, NBA team, and basically an NFL team
Lebron James is my favorite player. Last year I drove 6 hours to go to an NBA game to see him play. I figured I wanted to see him play in person at least once. He sat for that game. I was crushed. I bought tickets to attempt to see him again for next month. I am hoping and praying he plays this time.
Chris Taggart go watch a game in Cleveland. he doesn't sit in clev
Magic had
P. Hardaway
Shaq
Dwight Howard
Steve Francis
Tracy mcgrady
Ronald Murphy If I'm not mistaken, Steve Francis was drafted by the Magic before he became an All-Star in Houston.
im not going by who was drafted by the magic im going by their overall tenure. period
i know im just going by tenure not draft
You skipped Phoenix. The largest city in the Southwest
Colin is wrong because he's just assuming that all stars have a problem with living in a small market
The problem here is that a lot of good players lose their jobs if you reduce it to 14. A lot of good role players would have to find jobs elsewhere. I like the current NBA- everyone has a chance to win. There are plenty of times that people have succeeded in small markets and brought those teams success. At this point, the NBA would destroy its reputation if it cut just over half of the league. Every team has a rich history. Every team has a story. Every team has had a chance to win. Now, some places don't know HOW to win, but if you deflate the league, it's less fun. Here's what you do, Mr. Cowherd: take the 16 best teams and do the playoff bracket that way. Don't destroy the conferences, but take the 16 best teams and make the playoffs happen from that. And...also make the All-Star Game mean something. Have home-court advantage be decided at the All-Star Game like the MLB used to do. Then, it's more competitive. I, for one, like the new CBA. That means that there's less of a chance of stars going to bigger cities and forming superteams and making the league less competitive. What's the Finals matchup going to be? Probably Cleveland VS. Golden State, unless San Antonio makes a meaningful playoff run like in 2014. Either way, those are all superteams, with San Antonio being less talked about than the other two. Just make the league spread farther, and make it more competitive. Make the draft mean something. In some cases, great players leave after 5 or so years and wind up on contenders because their team didn't want to commit. In the 1950s and '60s, contenders were built on the draft, and big trades were a rarity. Now, big trades are a dime a dozen, and the draft doesn't mean diddly-squat.
Colin, please make a new map for the other leagues.
D1 college sports are pro
Colin is wrong on this one.
some truth tbh.
Kristine is one of the most beautiful women in the world, no lie
You ain't ever lie
chill
she has a thick snout
Streetsmart1984 I wouldn't go that far but she is a nice looking lady.
no team for toronto???? its the fourth biggest market in north america. Most multi cultural city ever ....even more so then NYC. you just talked about players wanting to be invisible.
L.A. and NYC are the most diverse cities in America.
HipHopR&BLover Jon and toronto is the most diverse city in the world
Insane not to include Phoenix. I believe 5th most populated city in US. You gave Denver a team, but not Phoenix?
kristine is my wife
kristene is my life.
Colin's idea would cut the number of NBA jobs in half. I can't see either the league or the NBA Player's Association throwing their arms around this idea.
For NBA cities, I would add Toronto and (instead of wherever LeBron is) New Jersey. For the West it's either Portland or San Antonio/Austin.
The NBA owners also gave LeBron more as the face of the league then they have ever given anyone.
It's actually former players that have built this delusion that you're only a HOF/Winner/Legend if you have so many titles ;) It's former players that make fun of the Charles Barkley's and Karl Malone's of the HOF who have no rings.
This is true but the thing is us NBA fans could care less how much the owners make, we want to see some good basketball games. you think it's fair that a person should drive 4 hours to go watch a basketball game with LeBron on the roster because his or her city doesn't have a basketball team and LeBron doesn't even play? these athletes get payed way too much money to take "days off" smh.
Yeah but that's flawed logic because you're saying the more money someone makes the harder they should have to work. Players aren't paid because of their work ethic they're paid because of their talent. And players making less money shouldn't have an excuse to not try as hard because they're paid less.
hector cervantes Exactly.
When you make millions of dollars who cares where you live. When the season is going on you are training/traveling all over the country and for the most part dont get to enjoy the city you are in. In the office seaon if you want to be in LA, NY, or any other big city just fly up there for as long as you want.
Damn! There goes my Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoenix Suns dream Finals, matchup.
I agree and disagree - 14 is too few teams, but there needs to be a cap on the numbers of teams in any league which means more dilluted play and terrible teams for mediocre franchises. That's what some of the leagues are trying do. Put NFL/NBA/MLB to places where players do not want to play or places where the citizens are not asking for a team. I never understood moving a team to place with non-supportive fan-base. With the same team being able to keep its superstars and key players with low attendance.
So you're saying players don't want to play in San Antonio? Manu, Parker, and Duncan were all all stars and likely future hall of famers and they took pay cuts just to stay in San Antonio and have a good team built around them!
He's evaluating cities, not organizations. If the Spurs were run as poorly as the Sacramento Kings they'd be an afterthought.
That's because of the Spurs organization not the city itself. I think you missed the point
Grant McKee I think what he is trying to get across is that he getting "attractive" cities like NY, LA, Chicago. I agree San Antonio should've been apart of it, Portland is another
First round 3 game series then next couple rounds go 5 then the finals go 7, that’ll make the playoffs exciting
Awww he got rid of Detroit 😡
Colin should be the next president
Orlando has had 4 stars.
Shaq, Penny, D Howard, T-Mac
I actually agree 100% even tho he axed my City out (Milwaukee). The competition would be so amazing and every year we would probably get a new champion
as usual Colin is right..the league is so watered down now..theres more bad teams than good..this is why ratings are low..why would i stay up to watch the lakers?..idk the numbers but i bet 2012 broke records for the league..every big market team (MIA/LAL/LAC/NYK/BOS/CHI) all were contenders..now they're all terrible or meh..we'd get better teams if 5 teams were cut.
I like this idea, once Colin pointed out that star players would just be group together by force it made me think of a NBA everyone would want.
Jordan didnt take games off like this though
Well Technically Jordan Only Played In 18 Games In The 1985-86 Season
I used to like you Colin but you didn't add the Raptors, you are the clown man! Check how often they sell out
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No pro basketball player wants to play in Minnesota or Denver. Atlanta and Miami's fan base support doesn't justify you having teams there. Just because Seattle has 1.2 million Indian software engineers doesn't justify them having a team.
Athletes today overall are bigger and faster it seems across the board...so i keep wondering 1 thing about this NBA! as soft as this league is now when literally you can't touch guys and they damn near go check out any hard to foul to see if it's a damn flagrant, do guys suddenly need rest?? If you saw bball in the 80s, 90s, early 2000s you can damn near punch a guy and u keep on playing..a guy could throw u to the ground and you just get up and shoot your free throws yet I looked at Jordan during 6 title runs miss a total of 4 games!!! Guys missed games for a nagging injury, not oh i need a day off for a title run..they missed me with that lie.
Sorry, but when you sign up to make millions of dollars, you don't get to complain about where you play as far as geography is concerned. You know what you are getting yourself into.
Don't want players sitting out games? Shorten the regular season. 82 games is insanely long for basketball and the amount put into it. When you start featuring back-to-back games and 4 games in a week, it's ridiculous.
I love this take. An ideal NBA, an urban league dependent on urban culture and player pool, needs to be in big multi-team, multi-event markets. Minneapolis, not Milwaukee; Philly, not D.C. (I kinda disagree); L.A., not Portland; Dallas, not San Antonio.
What about defending the NBA fan over the player? Ultimately without the fan, there are no players.
This is kinda ridiculous Colin. Players get paid millions to play in this league and in my opinion, the more teams the better! Isn't it more interesting than just watching the same few teams every night I mean hell you basically decided to cut the league in half! A lot of those small market teams have great fan bases too
0:01 - Don't look at me like that Krisitne, you masterpiece of a God's creation *.* and you know basketball! Damn, that's hot.
How I gauge Kristen's appearance on this show:
Colin begins to Drool at 9:15
One of her best days.
The suns should be on the list honestly
You're right so much disrespect they went to the finals twice.
I would add a team in STL to your map because that would take care off the Midwest.
what about clippers, nets, toronto???
Perry Wang LA have the Lakers already, New York have the Knicks ...
Yeah but I would rather watch my clips then lakeshow. I can see y the Nets but definitely the raptors
Perry Wang lol the clips haven't been to a conference finals ever... the clips are cursed.
Nobody watches the Clips until last few years when Lakers start being bad.
well the columbus blue jackets are on a 15 game win streak haha
They shouldn't be taking road games off. Should have taken the first home game off.
Julian Styles or you can win in front of your home town who supports the franchise emotionally and financially. No one cares about some hypothetical fans from Memphis that want to see Lebron play
Colton Park tickets are more expensive when high profile players come to town. a cavs home game is cheap when Memphis comes to town. But when Cavs go to Memphis those tickets are expensive because it's the only chance LeBron comes to town.
Julian Styles Ok but how does this help the Cavs win championships?
Colton Park help aid whatever word you wanna use you're not gonna convince me that him sitting that one game will decide the fate of a championship. If you're not hurt that's a lazy excuse to me. The fans no matter what city help make the players check so he should care. Lol you honestly wouldn't be upset though in that scenario I gave?
Yea no one said that one game would decide who wins the title, thats what you keep implying im saying which is why I used the word help but you dont seem to get that. If I was in the scenario you gave it wouldn't faze me one bit because I'm a grown adult and I'm not gona cry about an athlete who is consistently playing in the middle of June every year wanting to take a game off. If anything I would be happier knowing that my home town team has a better chance of winning
T O R O N T O ? ? ?
4th largest city in north america lol
My city never gets any respect smh
Toronto has a lot of black people.
Why would you sit your biggest stars, if you didn't repect the FANS....... Labron really thinks he is the KING of the sport......smh.
lowtempo711 He IS the KING of the sport .
thats why you're whining.
Cowherd's best argument to date. We all think reduction in teams in an impossibility because it comes down to money. Would like to talk to Cowherd to figure out "fan purchasing power" could ever tell the leagues to get a few teams out. Profits > Quality of the game.
Small market teams have the most fans that attend games
Proof?
HipHopR&BLover Jon Golden State is a small market. Cleveland, San Antonio, Oklahoma City all small market teams that have a huge following
vulture3E Because they're all winning. Let's see when they start losing again. Also, Golden State isn't a small market. They have the whole Bay Area supporting them. The metro is bigger than Cleveland, San Antonio, and OKC.
GOLDEN STATE IS NOT A SMALL MARKET YOU KIDDING ME??
also yeah those are getting watched because they have superstars, and thats what colin is saying people dont want to watch teams that are small markets because they themselves(the owners) make other superstars leave because of where they are stated.
This is savage Colin! Love it
You could fix the NHL too. The Carolina Hurricanes are a good team and they are 30th in attendance this year. Here what My NHL would look like.
1. Pittsburgh
2. NY Rangers
3. Chicago
4. Montreal
5. Minnesota
6. San Jose
7. Philadelphia
8. Los Angeles
9. St.Louis
10. Boston
11. Toronto
12. Vancouver
13. Buffalo
14. Detroit
The Capitals only sell out their home games now because they have had Alexander Overchin for 11 years. I live in the Washington D.C area for 20 years and I remember when the Capitals didn't sell out their home games.
This doesn't make sense. There will always be a worse destination. If you go to those 14 cities as the only franchises, then Dallas or Cleveland becomes what is current day Orlando or Utah. There's always going to be worse/better situations regardless of how many teams there are.
Facts
Cowerd seems confused. Nobody is saying the players are stupid for sitting out, they're saying it's hurting the NBA
i agree 100%, as every true fan should, the product would be 1000 times better, all the scrubs would be out and we would have awesome, loaded teams
East
Northeast
Boston/NYC/Philadelphia/Baltimore/Toronto
Central
Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Atlanta/Miami
West
Midwest
Denver/Dallas/Houston/Phoenix/Minnesota
Pacific
Los Angeles/San Francisco/Las Vegas/Portland/Seattle
60 game season
playoffs
1st ,2nd + 1 wildcard per division
Really so everybody goes to the big names. Colin is big market bias.
Colin's got the right idea but I think 14 is too extreme and that he's ignoring the impact that local teams have on growing the popularity of a league as a whole. I think 21 teams with the teams Colin listed plus: Charlotte, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Toronto, Phoenix, Washington, and Detroit. That way there could be a convenient 80 game schedule (2 home 2 away against every team) and honestly while I would feel bad for the San Antonios of the world the truth is San Antonio doesn't have wide appeal.
Detroit is the greatest sports city in the US. Downtown Detroit is beautiful and all the stadiums are 15 years old or less, one brand new. There is 4 million in Detroit and the suburbs and plenty of places for the players to live. The weather is nice for 3/4 of the year. Yes, I'm from Detroit but I've lived in Chicago, New York, and Florida and they aren't even close. You couldn't walk a block without seeing a Cabrera, Stafford, or other jersey topped off with the Old English D. We love our teams and our players love it here too!
San Antonio is the 7th largest city in us with over a million people. larger than the Oakland Atlanta and Miami cleveland so.. ..
Yeah cut the NBA size in half and see the revenue stream drop just as much and if not more, and you'll see players crying they don't have as fat contracts as before ... Colin what a genius you are ... all for the players, for sure they would love their paycut in a shrinked league
Vancouver's failure as a franchise wasn't due to economics, per say, but due to timing. The city just wasn't ready to commit and unfortunately, now it is. I'm sure LeBron, Kyrie and Love would much prefer to travel to Vancouver than Memphis.
Colin's map of the NBA would be terrible because half the country would have no one they would want to watch. However, I completely agree with benching players. The player stays healthy and the team they are playing gets an easy win. I don't understand why people have a problem with this.
But surely more teams also means more opportunity for future players to join the NBA instead of the 300 or something that are currently in there?
Still finding it difficult to fathom why Mr. Cowherd's name wasn't on that ballot back on November 8th✔️
The new cba doesn't force you to stay anywhere. Yeah they can give you more money but you don't have to take it and if you choose the money then it's your problem you're living somewhere you don't want to. As for the whole sitting out debate I think players need to remember that without the fans they wouldn't be getting paid millions to play basketball.
No Detroit
I want to see a team in vancouver,seatle,sandiego,maybe baltimore,,las vegas,and to let Spanish and French work there way in Montreal and Mexico city or tijuana or cabo.....belize would be cool but local economy might not support
really, if he wants to have a Florida team in the largest Florida market, that would be Orlando.
Minnesota over Phoenix and Toronto? You're on drugs.
I'm going to call into work on Monday every week and say that I won't be back till Friday so that I'll be rested and work better.
Toronto ? entire country behind the fanbase and its a very urban city bigger culturally than atlanta or boston at this point
Kings should relocate to Pittsburgh. Like if you agree
Last time I was this early the Orlando Magic hadnt choked a 3-1 lead
Colin is the GOAT
Tampa is growing at an extremely fast rate....Plus mind you the Tampa Bay lightning have been named the #1 sports franchise in all of the 4 major North American leagues. #3 City in the country for young professionals to move to. Just sayinnnn. Tampa is amazing
me and Colin would get along great