Thank you, that was my immediate take away from this video. Just imagine a world where Jordan stayed retired, the 95/96 Sonics are NBA champions. Dudes won 64 games that year, literally one of the best teams to not win the championship!
Ya literally said “we won’t include teams that have moved & still have the same name” yet ya included the Grizzlies, Dodgers, Stars, Colts, & Lakers SMH
Uhh, the Sonics failed to compete in the 90's?! Who writes these things? The Sonics won 4 division titles in the 90's. In their entire franchise they had only won 1 before the 90's. The Sonics in the 90's were a powerhouse team in the NBA reaching the NBA Finals and having the best record of the entire league another year.
I think the Sonics legacy during the 90s is a little tarnished due to them having championship caliber teams two years in a row but choking in the first round both times. And only finally getting the monkey off their back just in time for MJ to be back with a vengeance and the most unbeatable team in league history being in the way thus squandering their championship window and never winning it all. And I hate saying it cause I was a born and raised in the northwest SuperSonics freak!!
A few honorable mentions: The Seattle Pilots moved to become the Milwaukee Brewers (the Mariners came to town a few years later after the city finally build a decent stadium.) The San Diego Clippers moved up the road to LA (though they started out as the Buffalo Braves). The California Golden Seals moved to Clevland, but then folded (the last sports team in North America to do so) and most of their assists were merged into the North Stars. I’d say the Washington Senators are more important than the Dodgers, because the city lost the team twice… first version became the Twins, and the second version became the Rangers.
How about the st Louis browns or if you want to mention many city teams the braves Boston, Milwaukee and then to Atlanta. Or All the early NBA teams that were only had 1 to 5 seasons
I'm confused. Did I misunderstand when they said teams that moved, but kept their names would not be included in this list? If I heard that correctly, wouldn't that mean the Grizzlies, Dodgers, Colts and Lakers should not be included?
“We’re not gonna use any teams that relocated cities but still advertise as the same team” you also missed the Washington Senators they were around from the beginnings of baseball and became the Minnesota twins in 1961 then became a team again as an expansion in the late 60s and became the Texas Rangers as a separate team. I feel like that’s huge
There's also the New York baseball Giants. They had some great history during their time at the Polo Grounds. They ended up moving out west at exactly the same time the Dodgers did.
I’m from Minneapolis and believe me we’re the most snake bitten sports city in America. The fact the Lakers left and became what they did only adds to the insult
"Struggling to compete as the 80's turned into the 90's..." Who wrote that crap?! The 90's Sonics were great! Gary Payton was known as the Greatest Defensive Point Guard in NBA History, Shawn Kemp was one of the best Forwards in the league at that point, and Detlef Schrempf is arguably the player who revolutionized the 6th Man position. They were arguably the toughest team the Chicago Bulls beat in the NBA Finals. Even after the 90's Sonics, Seattle had the dynamic back court of Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis in the 2000's, one of the first back court duos in NBA history to have 2 guards average over 20 points per game each. The Sonics were the reason I am a fan of the NBA today and it still sickens me that they do not have an NBA team in Seattle right now.
Can’t blame Seattle for not wanting to fund a stadium though. The “economic benefits” are minimal at best compared to the price tag. No public funds should ever be used for stadiums. The teams have enough money to build their own in most instances.
Growing up in Seattle during this takeover by Howard Shultz and his terrible coffee company that needs to be boycotted by all Sonic fans, I definitely agree. The city had just footed the bill for Safeco and some of Quest field (Paul Allen actually paid a decent portion of that bill). Public funds should not be used to help billionaire owners increase their own personal capital.
@@markhanusa5482 Not only were we paying off Safeco and Qwest (now Lumen), we were STILL paying off the stadium they replaced - the Kingdome! And I think we had just finished paying off the ‘95 renovation of Key Arena. Tax payers needed a breather! Instead Howard sold out to a group we all knew had zero intentions of keeping the team here. We got well and truly f*cked over.
Most of them, if not all are so small most people don't know them. Heres English teams I can think of Wimbledon, Bury, Hereford, Macclesfield Town, Aldershot Town, Accrington FC, Maidstone Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Rushden & Duamonds, The last 2 were mergers of other clubs in the last 30ish years too. oh and what became my favourite Scottish team a few years before they went bust. Gretna.
Honorable Mention: the Cleveland Browns. While the team technically returned to the NFL in 1999, the original team relocated in 1995 and became the Baltimore Ravens.
There's no worse feeling than your hometown team leaving for another city only to win a world championship a few years later before they even was able to win in your hometown it sucks
This is probably stretching intent of this list, but I would like to mention Brawn GP from F1. At the end of the 2008 F1 season, seemingly out of the blue, the Honda F1 team pulled out. The workforce were suddenly job seeking. Bear in mind that the team members were working on the 2009 car before Honda made the abrupt decision. The management of the team, led by Team Principal Ross Brawn, felt that the time invested in the new car, designed around brand new regulations for 2009, would come to nought if they allowed the work to be put in the skip. With Honda no longer in the picture, the management of the team led a management buyout to keep the group together as a team. On the eve of the season, being granted a last minute entry, the team made it to Australia for the season opener, having done half the preseason testing as everyone else. Remarkably, despite this, in the final test before the season, they were 0.6 seconds per lap quicker than everyone. As they were no longer a works entry, they needed to find an engine supplier. McLaren offered them to supply gearboxes and Mercedes the engine. They needed to modify the car to accommodate the different packaging, but nonetheless they made it to Australia. They ended up winning 6 of the first 7 races and scored 2 more wins over the year, going on to win the drivers and constructors championships with a race to spare. They were struggling for funding towards the end and they were sold to Mercedes Benz to create THAT Mercedes team in 2010
@@philthornton1382 they also, it transpired, had the option to veto Mercedes supplying the engine, but waived it, thus paving the way for what Mercedes wanted
@@larsongame4120 it feels like it, like in their sporting controversies video, they neglected to mention at least 2 examples of wrongdoing in Motorsport. The two that spring to mind are Spingate, where Michael Waltrip Racing manipulated the finish of a race to allow their third driver, Martin Truex Junior, to get into the Chase, and Crashgate, where the Renault F1 team ordered their second driver, Nelson Piquet Junior, to deliberately crash, bringing out a Safety Car purely to allow their lead driver, Fernando Alonso, to leapfrog everyone and win the race in Singapore in 2008
Now you can add Jordan F1 to the list, now that they are Aston Martin. Soon, be able to add Sauber as they become Audi F1, but there was also Jaguar (that became Red Bull), Minardi (that is now Alpha Tauri). But, because Watch Mojo only does videos on America, we can forget all this stuff happening.
So Many North American Pro Sports Teams In Their Respective Sports Leagues To Officially No Longer Exist Due To Relocations For Retaining A Sports Team Name Or Changing Names For A Sports Team As A Whole.
It's explained in GREATER detail in the documentary Requiem For A Team. Basically the new owners wanted the fanbase to foot the bill for a new arena. There were alot of details not know to the public.
Honestly the Houston comets not existing is why I don’t believe in the WNBA. Like how is the first team to win the championship and the first dynasty in the WNBA also the one that folded. Like the WNBA should have tried harder to keep them alive.
It's the National Basketball Association, not League (1:54 mark) Also, no mention of the New York (baseball) Giants moving to San Francisco, especially when the Brooklyn Dodgers are #5 on the list...
My dad grew up in Baltimore and loved the Colts. After they left, he refused to be a fan of any other team for over a decade while his brother became a Cowboys fan. He was so happy when the Baltimore Ravens came and won a Bowl in 2000 and my family has been Ravens fans ever since.
I still remember in wwe 2018 the roast elias did saying something something like having a basketball team in seattle. They booed the hell out of him so loud he couldn't finish his promo. Now that was a heel
"Team that recently moved, kept the same team name or stuck with the same branding, will not be up for bid." Yet, you include the; Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies Minnesota/Dallas (North) Stars Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (Why not include the SF Giants if you include the Dodgers?!) Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers Yet, you exclude the (NBA) St. Louis Bombers (defunct) (MLB) St. Louis Browns -> Baltimore Orioles (NHL) Winnipeg Jets -> Phoenix Coyotes Atlanta Thrashers -> Winnipeg Jets
Buffalo Braves in the NBA. They moved to San Diego and became the Clippers. Hopefully I didn't miss a post for the Braves. Others that I saw mentioned already were the Seattle Supersonics, Seattle Pilots, and the California Golden Seals.
You forgot to mention that another reason why the Dodgers left Brooklyn. They wanted to build a stadium where the Barclay's Center is currently. Instead, Robert Moses offered the land where the Mutts, I mean Mets are playing.
“Top 10 North American Sports Teams that Don’t Exist”… WM you make some great lists but please, for the global audience, include more than just North American content in the lists.
Where outside of North America have teams or clubs stopped existing? They do not. Only one sport is majorly played in the entire world and clubs exist for 100 or more years. In America it's all about money and business, reason teams move and change franchises etc... In the rest of the world it is not like that.
@@cactaceous there are football clubs that become defunct. Some, especially in Italy become revived. Motorsport has its historic teams that don’t exist anymore (such as Brabham in F1) and I’m sure other sports have them too. WM just need to do some research and compare and contrast those North American teams to others across the world.
I remember one year (1994?) they lost to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets in the first round in five games (in a best-of-five series). At the time I found that pretty hilarious.
You said right at the beginning of the segment that you wouldn't be including teams that moved, but retained the same branding. You then proceeded to include the Dodgers (who retained all team records and branding, only changing their location from Brooklyn to Los Angeles); the MLB Giants (who also retained all team records and branding, only changing their location from New York to San Francisco); the Minnesota North Stars (who retained all team records, only slightly rebranded from "North Stars" to "Stars" in their move to Dallas); the Baltimore Colts (who retained all team records and branding in their shameful midnight move from Baltimore to Indianapolis); and the Minneapolis Lakers (who likewise retained all team records and branding in their move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles.) It isn't enough that your research department has the attention to detail and awareness of Hellen Keller in a sensory deprivation tank, but here you have clearly demonstrated that you can't even hold to the guidelines you set for lists from the beginning! I'm waiting for the day that WM merges with Top Tenz, so your abysmal research can be married to Simon Whistler's spectacular inability to properly pronounce words!! SMH
Don't forget the Houston Comets (WNBA) that won the first 4 WNBA championships with Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoops (Air Swoopes), Tina Thomas. They were Olympians as well
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Just the notion that a team will move because the city wont buy the billionaire owner a new stadium is just ludicrous. The fans blaming the city are even worse.
Why would people firm other continents know or care for the goings on of teams that aren't theirs? That's like asking Americans or Canadians to care about La Liga or Premier League, we may pretend but we really don't.
Minnesota sports fan. Having the Stars, and Lakers leave your home town it sucks. The Vikings losing 4 Super Bowls, 10 NFC championship games, the Twins not winning a playoff series since 2002 and the Wild not making it to the Stanley cup and only making it the Western Conference finals once and not since 2003. Also the T Wolves making the playoffs once since 2004. We’re the worst sports city in America and it’s not even close. We’re some of the most die hard and passionate sports fans in the country, our community has lost so much in the civil unrest and turmoil this country has faced. We need something. Root for Minnesota in the future if you’re natural. We only need one!
Since you broke your own rules, you could’ve at least recognized the current World Series winners of The Braves. Also you could’ve mentioned the not one but two hockey teams Atlanta had lost
What makes the Noediques sad for Quebec is how Colorado wins the Stanley cup in the first year after relocating,we’ve had some rough years but we’re back and better than ever
Here's more: Washington Bullets (NBA), Boston and Milwaukee Braves (MLB), Chicago Cardinals (NFL), Philadelphia Warriors (NBA), St. Louis Hawks (NBA), L.A. Raiders (NFL), Washington Senators (MLB), Syracuse Nationals (NBA), Rochester Royals (NBA), Philadelphia Athletics (MLB).
I didn't know and didn't remember these franchises that moved to another city, but made history. I currently only remember most of Thunder (I didn't get to keep up with the Supersonics), Los Angeles Lakers, Indianapolis Colts and Memphis Grizzlies
I'm sure that this has been pointed out, but at the start of the video, you said you wouldn't include teams that simply switched cities but maintained their name, logos, and color schemes. Yet you had both Brooklyn Dodgers of the MLB, the Baltimore Colts of the NFL, and Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA. Each team simply switched cities. Epic Fail.
@@martinjackson895 point still holds that this video claimed to be about teams that don't exist. While you can argue over whether the Dodgers, Lakers, or Colts the fact is all they did was switched cities. That isn't the same for a team like the Expos that became the Nationals, or the Oilers who became the Titans or even a team that simply closed up shop and didn't move to greener pastures.
You guys are nuts! The Dogers leaving Brooklyn easily tops this list! And no mention of the Giants also leaving NY the same year? No Oakland Raiders?!? Your list is a joke.
Teams you missed. St.Louis Browns, Washington Senators, California Seals, Canton Bulldogs, Philadelphia A's, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles (NL, 1890s), Baltimore Orioles (moved to the bronx and became the NY Yankees), Atlanta Thrashers,.
Instead of the teams which break the rules of their own list. They could have used the Washington senators, now the Minnesota twins. The Rochester royals, now Sacramento kings. The New York titans, now the jets.
- Hartford whalers left to Carolima won a Stanley Cup 🏆 - Vancouver moved to Memphis and still haven't done shit - Quebec nordiques became Colorado avalanche and won a Stanley Cup 🏆 - Houston oilers left to Tennessee and have gone to a SB...Texans haven't done shit with - Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas and won the Stanley Cup in 1998-99 season...the wild haven't done shit and city of Minnesota hasn't won a title since the twins in 1991 -Brooklyn hasn't won a championship in any sport since 1955 - Montreal expos became Washington national and won a WS in 2019 - Baltimore colts left to Indianapolis won SB...Baltimore got the Ravens and have won 2 SBs - Seattle Supersonics left of Oklahoma city and haven't won a title since
There is nothing more disrespectful than Hockey in the Southeast. ATL lost 2 hockey teams to Canada, a Minnesota hockey team getting relocated to fricking Dallas, & Florida could give 2 fucks about the Lightning winning the 2 straight Stanley Cups
"as we've seen thus far there is a lot of shifting cities in the wide world of sport" nope no there isn't just a weird American thing rarely happens in Europe can only think of one football team that's done it
They totally glossed over the Sonics in the 90s. With Shawn kemp and Gary Payton, they were a force in the west.
Came here to say exactly this! Bring Them Back!
Obviously they never watched the NBA. Guess making it to the Finals in 96 doesn’t count.
They weren't bad for most of the 80s or first half the 2000s either.
As a dedicated lakers fan the city of los Angeles is more than willing to give you the clippers
Thank you, that was my immediate take away from this video. Just imagine a world where Jordan stayed retired, the 95/96 Sonics are NBA champions. Dudes won 64 games that year, literally one of the best teams to not win the championship!
Ya literally said “we won’t include teams that have moved & still have the same name” yet ya included the Grizzlies, Dodgers, Stars, Colts, & Lakers SMH
Exactly
It’s watchmojo, what do you expect? 😂
@@heuthao7027 I get it but HALF of the list? Cmon son
It would be an even more interesting list if they had stuck to their rules....
@@heuthao7027 and we still watch watch mojo is like social media blogs they have a lot a lot of flaws but we still go to em for news/entertainment
They should have included the Atlanta Thrashers.
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Uhh, the Sonics failed to compete in the 90's?! Who writes these things? The Sonics won 4 division titles in the 90's. In their entire franchise they had only won 1 before the 90's. The Sonics in the 90's were a powerhouse team in the NBA reaching the NBA Finals and having the best record of the entire league another year.
I think the Sonics legacy during the 90s is a little tarnished due to them having championship caliber teams two years in a row but choking in the first round both times. And only finally getting the monkey off their back just in time for MJ to be back with a vengeance and the most unbeatable team in league history being in the way thus squandering their championship window and never winning it all. And I hate saying it cause I was a born and raised in the northwest SuperSonics freak!!
The sonics were a force in the mid 90’s, get your facts right. GP and Kemp led them to the finals in 1996, let’s not paint them as a losing team
Ray Allen carried a mediocre 2000s Sonics team into the playoffs in a stacked Western Conference just before they became OKC.
A few honorable mentions: The Seattle Pilots moved to become the Milwaukee Brewers (the Mariners came to town a few years later after the city finally build a decent stadium.) The San Diego Clippers moved up the road to LA (though they started out as the Buffalo Braves). The California Golden Seals moved to Clevland, but then folded (the last sports team in North America to do so) and most of their assists were merged into the North Stars. I’d say the Washington Senators are more important than the Dodgers, because the city lost the team twice… first version became the Twins, and the second version became the Rangers.
How about the Dallas Chaparrals moving to San Antonio to become the SPURS?
How about the st Louis browns or if you want to mention many city teams the braves Boston, Milwaukee and then to Atlanta. Or All the early NBA teams that were only had 1 to 5 seasons
I'm confused. Did I misunderstand when they said teams that moved, but kept their names would not be included in this list? If I heard that correctly, wouldn't that mean the Grizzlies, Dodgers, Colts and Lakers should not be included?
“We’re not gonna use any teams that relocated cities but still advertise as the same team” you also missed the Washington Senators they were around from the beginnings of baseball and became the Minnesota twins in 1961 then became a team again as an expansion in the late 60s and became the Texas Rangers as a separate team. I feel like that’s huge
There's also the New York baseball Giants. They had some great history during their time at the Polo Grounds. They ended up moving out west at exactly the same time the Dodgers did.
It's mostly forgotten, but at roughly the same time, the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City, and then to Oakland.
Also the reason why the New York football Giants exist; to keep the name.
I want my SuperSonics back!
I legit did not know that about the Lakers. You learn something new every day. 🏀😊
I’m from Minneapolis and believe me we’re the most snake bitten sports city in America. The fact the Lakers left and became what they did only adds to the insult
2:44 Oh, NOW i realise why Peter Forsberg suddenly showed up on Colorado hockey cards 😁🇸🇪
Come back to Seattle. We need the Sonics.
"Struggling to compete as the 80's turned into the 90's..." Who wrote that crap?! The 90's Sonics were great! Gary Payton was known as the Greatest Defensive Point Guard in NBA History, Shawn Kemp was one of the best Forwards in the league at that point, and Detlef Schrempf is arguably the player who revolutionized the 6th Man position. They were arguably the toughest team the Chicago Bulls beat in the NBA Finals. Even after the 90's Sonics, Seattle had the dynamic back court of Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis in the 2000's, one of the first back court duos in NBA history to have 2 guards average over 20 points per game each. The Sonics were the reason I am a fan of the NBA today and it still sickens me that they do not have an NBA team in Seattle right now.
Damn Right.
That's alright. They said the Grizzlies and Raptors entered the National Basketball League. 😂
Your facts are a little messed up. The Sonics were one of the top teams throughout the 90s. It wasn't till the 2000s they started to fall
Can’t blame Seattle for not wanting to fund a stadium though. The “economic benefits” are minimal at best compared to the price tag. No public funds should ever be used for stadiums. The teams have enough money to build their own in most instances.
i disagree there are a lot of benefits to building stadiums societal and economical the only people i see complaining are new homeowners
Growing up in Seattle during this takeover by Howard Shultz and his terrible coffee company that needs to be boycotted by all Sonic fans, I definitely agree. The city had just footed the bill for Safeco and some of Quest field (Paul Allen actually paid a decent portion of that bill). Public funds should not be used to help billionaire owners increase their own personal capital.
@@markhanusa5482 Not only were we paying off Safeco and Qwest (now Lumen), we were STILL paying off the stadium they replaced - the Kingdome!
And I think we had just finished paying off the ‘95 renovation of Key Arena. Tax payers needed a breather! Instead Howard sold out to a group we all knew had zero intentions of keeping the team here. We got well and truly f*cked over.
Fail to mention these teams: Atlanta Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, Kansas City Scouts, Cleveland Barons,St.Louis Hawks,.
You need to make a top 10 soccer teams that no longer exhist.
Most of them, if not all are so small most people don't know them. Heres English teams I can think of Wimbledon, Bury, Hereford, Macclesfield Town, Aldershot Town, Accrington FC, Maidstone Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Rushden & Duamonds, The last 2 were mergers of other clubs in the last 30ish years too.
oh and what became my favourite Scottish team a few years before they went bust. Gretna.
Honorable Mention: the Cleveland Browns. While the team technically returned to the NFL in 1999, the original team relocated in 1995 and became the Baltimore Ravens.
This video is poorly titled, as none of these franchises stopped existing. Clearer to say "Top 10 Sports Teams that Relocated"
There's people outside of the US who watch this video and this whole franchise bullshit is foreign to most of the world.
Man, I remember going to see the Blackhawks play these teams at the old Chicago Stadium. Seems like an eternity ago.
I was thinking the Atlanta Thrashers who became the reborn Winnipeg Jets
Yeah first jets moved to Phoenix then took Atlanta's second NHL after the Flames moved to Calgary.
I was pissed was pissed when i found out
@@seanwinnipeg when did the Jets move to Phoenix? As far as I know, the Phoenix Coyotes (now the Arizona Coyotes) were an expansion team.
@@DavidRay_40 1996
So nice of Seattle to "donate" their Sonics to Oklahoma.
There's no worse feeling than your hometown team leaving for another city only to win a world championship a few years later before they even was able to win in your hometown it sucks
Seattle needs an NBA team again, they still have a WNBA team.
only because Sue Bird is the only good thing the Seattle Reign have.
The Sonics never should have been cut in the first place.
Still trying to figure out how they have money for the women's team but not bring back the men's.
The women's league actually loses money too.
I hope the nordiques whalers super Sonics expos come back and a nba team comes to Vancouver
Being a lakers fan, I would love to see the SuperSonics come back!
Doesn't even seem right that those teams don't exist anymore..
This is probably stretching intent of this list, but I would like to mention Brawn GP from F1. At the end of the 2008 F1 season, seemingly out of the blue, the Honda F1 team pulled out. The workforce were suddenly job seeking. Bear in mind that the team members were working on the 2009 car before Honda made the abrupt decision. The management of the team, led by Team Principal Ross Brawn, felt that the time invested in the new car, designed around brand new regulations for 2009, would come to nought if they allowed the work to be put in the skip. With Honda no longer in the picture, the management of the team led a management buyout to keep the group together as a team. On the eve of the season, being granted a last minute entry, the team made it to Australia for the season opener, having done half the preseason testing as everyone else. Remarkably, despite this, in the final test before the season, they were 0.6 seconds per lap quicker than everyone.
As they were no longer a works entry, they needed to find an engine supplier. McLaren offered them to supply gearboxes and Mercedes the engine. They needed to modify the car to accommodate the different packaging, but nonetheless they made it to Australia.
They ended up winning 6 of the first 7 races and scored 2 more wins over the year, going on to win the drivers and constructors championships with a race to spare. They were struggling for funding towards the end and they were sold to Mercedes Benz to create THAT Mercedes team in 2010
As a mclaren fan I’m gutted they supplied a rival with a component and lead to jenson getting a title
But interesting to know
@@philthornton1382 they also, it transpired, had the option to veto Mercedes supplying the engine, but waived it, thus paving the way for what Mercedes wanted
To Watchmojo, motorsports don’t exist. Coming from a NASCAR fan.
@@larsongame4120 it feels like it, like in their sporting controversies video, they neglected to mention at least 2 examples of wrongdoing in Motorsport. The two that spring to mind are Spingate, where Michael Waltrip Racing manipulated the finish of a race to allow their third driver, Martin Truex Junior, to get into the Chase, and Crashgate, where the Renault F1 team ordered their second driver, Nelson Piquet Junior, to deliberately crash, bringing out a Safety Car purely to allow their lead driver, Fernando Alonso, to leapfrog everyone and win the race in Singapore in 2008
Now you can add Jordan F1 to the list, now that they are Aston Martin. Soon, be able to add Sauber as they become Audi F1, but there was also Jaguar (that became Red Bull), Minardi (that is now Alpha Tauri). But, because Watch Mojo only does videos on America, we can forget all this stuff happening.
So Many North American Pro Sports Teams In Their Respective Sports Leagues To Officially No Longer Exist Due To Relocations For Retaining A Sports Team Name Or Changing Names For A Sports Team As A Whole.
Vancouver gizzlies had morefans than now Memphis has. And why they move supersonics? Seattle has a huge fan base along with Vancouver.
@Reginald Wilson bro STFU Utah is one of the best fanbases In the NBA WTF
It's explained in GREATER detail in the documentary Requiem For A Team.
Basically the new owners wanted the fanbase to foot the bill for a new arena. There were alot of details not know to the public.
Did Watch Mojo just say the Dodgers haven't always been in LA? Everyone and their mother knows that 😂
Once again i agree with Rebecca.back to back.seattle supersonics is the best.gary payton and shawn kemp what a duo.word up son
Top 5 Sports Teams I Want Back:
5. Houston Oilers
4. Quebec Nordiques
3. Kansas City Kings
2. Montreal Expos
1. Seattle SuperSonics
Oh the Supersonics 😔
Honestly the Houston comets not existing is why I don’t believe in the WNBA. Like how is the first team to win the championship and the first dynasty in the WNBA also the one that folded. Like the WNBA should have tried harder to keep them alive.
I remember that my city Detroit had a WNBA team, called the Shock,won a couple of championships,then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma and flopped.
Half of the early teams are sadly gone like the one in Utah
It's the National Basketball Association, not League (1:54 mark)
Also, no mention of the New York (baseball) Giants moving to San Francisco, especially when the Brooklyn Dodgers are #5 on the list...
My dad grew up in Baltimore and loved the Colts. After they left, he refused to be a fan of any other team for over a decade while his brother became a Cowboys fan. He was so happy when the Baltimore Ravens came and won a Bowl in 2000 and my family has been Ravens fans ever since.
The title is misleading, these teams relocated and/or rebranded. It’s not as if they folded
Seattle supersonics is the best.gary payton and shawn kemp.i miss the supersonics.word up son
I was always a huge fan of their colors, despite not being a Sonics fan.
I still remember in wwe 2018 the roast elias did saying something something like having a basketball team in seattle. They booed the hell out of him so loud he couldn't finish his promo. Now that was a heel
"Team that recently moved, kept the same team name or stuck with the same branding, will not be up for bid."
Yet, you include the;
Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota/Dallas (North) Stars
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
(Why not include the SF Giants if you include the Dodgers?!)
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers
Yet, you exclude the
(NBA)
St. Louis Bombers (defunct)
(MLB)
St. Louis Browns -> Baltimore Orioles
(NHL)
Winnipeg Jets -> Phoenix Coyotes
Atlanta Thrashers -> Winnipeg Jets
Buffalo Braves in the NBA. They moved to San Diego and became the Clippers. Hopefully I didn't miss a post for the Braves. Others that I saw mentioned already were the Seattle Supersonics, Seattle Pilots, and the California Golden Seals.
The Braves' era best player has been Bob McAdoo (1973 ROTY), who later on won 2 Championships with the Lakers
Awesome dude
You forgot to mention that another reason why the Dodgers left Brooklyn. They wanted to build a stadium where the Barclay's Center is currently. Instead, Robert Moses offered the land where the Mutts, I mean Mets are playing.
Very North America centric video - You guys missed AFC Wimbledon acrimoniously moving to Milton Keynes and becoming the MK Dons.
Because nobody cares about soccer.
@@Rockhound6165 it’s literally the biggest sport in the world but ok
8:50 THANK YOU! My dad and I tap or rub Johnny's toe every home game.
“Top 10 North American Sports Teams that Don’t Exist”… WM you make some great lists but please, for the global audience, include more than just North American content in the lists.
Where outside of North America have teams or clubs stopped existing? They do not. Only one sport is majorly played in the entire world and clubs exist for 100 or more years. In America it's all about money and business, reason teams move and change franchises etc... In the rest of the world it is not like that.
North America is all that anyone here actually cares about.
David Ray don’t disagree with that at all, and I guess that’s the good part of WM having international channels too
@@cactaceous there are football clubs that become defunct. Some, especially in Italy become revived. Motorsport has its historic teams that don’t exist anymore (such as Brabham in F1) and I’m sure other sports have them too. WM just need to do some research and compare and contrast those North American teams to others across the world.
The Sonics were good in the 90s.
I remember one year (1994?) they lost to the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets in the first round in five games (in a best-of-five series). At the time I found that pretty hilarious.
David Ray They had the best record in the NBA in the regular season.
You could do a whole video on just NHL teams who have moved, some more than once
You said right at the beginning of the segment that you wouldn't be including teams that moved, but retained the same branding. You then proceeded to include the Dodgers (who retained all team records and branding, only changing their location from Brooklyn to Los Angeles); the MLB Giants (who also retained all team records and branding, only changing their location from New York to San Francisco); the Minnesota North Stars (who retained all team records, only slightly rebranded from "North Stars" to "Stars" in their move to Dallas); the Baltimore Colts (who retained all team records and branding in their shameful midnight move from Baltimore to Indianapolis); and the Minneapolis Lakers (who likewise retained all team records and branding in their move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles.)
It isn't enough that your research department has the attention to detail and awareness of Hellen Keller in a sensory deprivation tank, but here you have clearly demonstrated that you can't even hold to the guidelines you set for lists from the beginning! I'm waiting for the day that WM merges with Top Tenz, so your abysmal research can be married to Simon Whistler's spectacular inability to properly pronounce words!! SMH
RIP legendary Houston Oiler Curley Culp.
im not the biggest baseball fan but Montreal losing the Expos always made me sad for some reason. i really dont even know why lol
Quebec Bulldogs, shows my great great uncle NHL hall of famer Samuel "Rusty" Crawford, he also played for the original Senators and the Toronto Arenas
Don't forget the Houston Comets (WNBA) that won the first 4 WNBA championships with Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoops (Air Swoopes), Tina Thomas. They were Olympians as well
Good list
This should have been called the top teams to move.
Top 10 Popular Heroes With Their Popular Villains
Examples:
Batman & The Joker (DC),
Ninja Turtles & Shredder (TMNT),
Simba & Scar (Disney/The Lion King),
Goku & Frieza (Dragon Ball Franchise),
Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader (Star Wars),
Link & Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda),
Harry Potter & Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter),
Mario & Bowser (Mario Franchise),
Cloud & Sephiroth (Final Fantasy),
Spider-Man & Green Goblin (Marvel) etc
H.M:
Shrek & Lord Farquaad (Shrek),
Dorothy & The Wicked Witch (The Wizard of Oz),
Superman & Lex Luthor (DC),
Sonic & Dr. Eggman (Sonic) etc.
Go St. Louis Browns!
I have two predictions as to teams featured on here:
1) The Montreal Expos (baseball)
2) The Hartford Whalers (hockey)
Pingo I mean bingo I mean BIG HOE
Just the notion that a team will move because the city wont buy the billionaire owner a new stadium is just ludicrous. The fans blaming the city are even worse.
Wait, no Atlanta Thrashers on this list?
Disappointed that there were only North American teams mentioned.
I can guarantee that nobody outside of north America has any clue about any of these teams lol
Those people don’t matter.
J/K
Sort of…
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Why would people firm other continents know or care for the goings on of teams that aren't theirs? That's like asking Americans or Canadians to care about La Liga or Premier League, we may pretend but we really don't.
Minnesota sports fan. Having the Stars, and Lakers leave your home town it sucks. The Vikings losing 4 Super Bowls, 10 NFC championship games, the Twins not winning a playoff series since 2002 and the Wild not making it to the Stanley cup and only making it the Western Conference finals once and not since 2003. Also the T Wolves making the playoffs once since 2004. We’re the worst sports city in America and it’s not even close. We’re some of the most die hard and passionate sports fans in the country, our community has lost so much in the civil unrest and turmoil this country has faced. We need something. Root for Minnesota in the future if you’re natural. We only need one!
Since you broke your own rules, you could’ve at least recognized the current World Series winners of The Braves. Also you could’ve mentioned the not one but two hockey teams Atlanta had lost
Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens and then a few years later Cleveland gets its team back
What makes the Noediques sad for Quebec is how Colorado wins the Stanley cup in the first year after relocating,we’ve had some rough years but we’re back and better than ever
Here's more: Washington Bullets (NBA), Boston and Milwaukee Braves (MLB), Chicago Cardinals (NFL), Philadelphia Warriors (NBA), St. Louis Hawks (NBA), L.A. Raiders (NFL), Washington Senators (MLB), Syracuse Nationals (NBA), Rochester Royals (NBA), Philadelphia Athletics (MLB).
Baltimore Bullets
I didn't know and didn't remember these franchises that moved to another city, but made history. I currently only remember most of Thunder (I didn't get to keep up with the Supersonics), Los Angeles Lakers, Indianapolis Colts and Memphis Grizzlies
I'm sure that this has been pointed out, but at the start of the video, you said you wouldn't include teams that simply switched cities but maintained their name, logos, and color schemes. Yet you had both Brooklyn Dodgers of the MLB, the Baltimore Colts of the NFL, and Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA. Each team simply switched cities. Epic Fail.
Spitting facts buddy!! But they often fail at pronunciation, facts or actual research. Lmao
They actually said teams that recently moved with those caveats wouldn't be included
Memphis grizzles (vancouver) grizzles on this list, still exists lol they even wear jerseys like twice a year that say Vancouver on them 😂😂
@@martinjackson895 point still holds that this video claimed to be about teams that don't exist. While you can argue over whether the Dodgers, Lakers, or Colts the fact is all they did was switched cities. That isn't the same for a team like the Expos that became the Nationals, or the Oilers who became the Titans or even a team that simply closed up shop and didn't move to greener pastures.
@@BubbaGoon08 its a classic jersey wdym?? Are you ten?
My home town of Syracuse, NY had the Syracuse Nationals before they became the Philadelphia 76er!
I miss my Expos so much.
The rivalry between the Canadiens and the Nordiques is freaking legend....
Wait for it......
...dary. )
Every one of these teams still exist, they just moved. What a misleading list. This should have been the Top 10 teams that have relocated.
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I did like the logo of the Hartford Whalers. What I love is the story of the Atlanta Thrashers. What happened to them!
Andy Sandberg is a time traveler! 1:08
You guys are nuts! The Dogers leaving Brooklyn easily tops this list! And no mention of the Giants also leaving NY the same year? No Oakland Raiders?!? Your list is a joke.
The Tennessee Titans franchise actually used the name Tennessee Oilers for its first two seasons in that location.
As soon as you mentioned Minneapolis Lakers I was like "Uh huh I know where this is going they then moved to LA and became the LA Lakers"
Yes
Citation error: the special talking about the strike in 1994 is “Triumph & Tragedy: The 1994 Montreal Expos”
Teams you missed. St.Louis Browns, Washington Senators, California Seals, Canton Bulldogs, Philadelphia A's, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles (NL, 1890s), Baltimore Orioles (moved to the bronx and became the NY Yankees), Atlanta Thrashers,.
Instead of the teams which break the rules of their own list. They could have used the Washington senators, now the Minnesota twins. The Rochester royals, now Sacramento kings. The New York titans, now the jets.
Teams you missed:
1. Pottsville Maroons
2. Washington Redskins
3. Washington Bullets
4. Atlanta Thrashers
5. Cleveland Indians
The Vancouver Grizzlies had bad management, and a number 2 overall draft pick who refused to play in Canada. Steve candyass Francis...
New Jersey nets should of been on here
R.I.P. Seattle Super Sonics
The NFL really needs to come up with s name for Washington's team. Like the Washington Bulldogs or something like that.
It's coming early next year after the current season is done.
- Hartford whalers left to Carolima won a Stanley Cup 🏆
- Vancouver moved to Memphis and still haven't done shit
- Quebec nordiques became Colorado avalanche and won a Stanley Cup 🏆
- Houston oilers left to Tennessee and have gone to a SB...Texans haven't done shit with
- Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas and won the Stanley Cup in 1998-99 season...the wild haven't done shit and city of Minnesota hasn't won a title since the twins in 1991
-Brooklyn hasn't won a championship in any sport since 1955
- Montreal expos became Washington national and won a WS in 2019
- Baltimore colts left to Indianapolis won SB...Baltimore got the Ravens and have won 2 SBs
- Seattle Supersonics left of Oklahoma city and haven't won a title since
the Seattle Metropolitans were the Seattle hockey team that play in 1915 -1924 and they won the Stanley cup in 1917
Needless to say, the Grizzlies became more successful in Elvis Country (Memphis) and the former Whalers became successful in MJ State.
Seattle needs their Sonics back since the Seattle Kraken now uses their old arena
I miss the Expos…you could always count on a win for your team when playing them…aside from 1994…
vancouver grizzlies had one of the best jersey designs
The Paul Bunyan of basketball lmao
Thank god they pointed to the Sonics logo in the thumbnail I wasn’t sure
If y’all do another list on this topic yall gotta add the houston Comets
I thought this list was going to be about teams that don’t exist anymore, not teams that moved.
There is nothing more disrespectful than Hockey in the Southeast. ATL lost 2 hockey teams to Canada, a Minnesota hockey team getting relocated to fricking Dallas, & Florida could give 2 fucks about the Lightning winning the 2 straight Stanley Cups
"as we've seen thus far there is a lot of shifting cities in the wide world of sport" nope no there isn't just a weird American thing rarely happens in Europe can only think of one football team that's done it
Could you imagine Bayern moving out of Munich? Or The Citizens moving out of Manchester?