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Originally Posted by Urban_Genius
It's the NBA. But even that isn't likely. Although, the Grizzlies should have never left, I don't think the NBA will be very interested in having a team in Vancouver. To be honest, that's for the better. The NBA has a large amount of issues plaguing that league and its no loss to the city of Vancouver to not have that league in town. There's no way a baseball team would work in Vancouver. Toronto and Montreal could barely sustain a team, why would Vancouver be able to?
PS - Nice to see the Lions win last night. The Lions are far better than their 2-6 record indicates.
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I'm not sure a lot of people share your sentiments, but I respect your opinion on it. I think the NBA grieves that it didn't work the first time around. But the NBA is no stranger to going back to the cities it first left. Minneapolis (had the Lakers, before they moved to LA; Charlotte --> Hornets, before they left, and have the Bobcats now, etc). Basketball is a popular sport here in the lower mainland, you have a lot of asians actually playing the sport (a ton of philippinos, chinese, east indians, etc). I think the NBA still sees Vancouver as a gateway to Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Philippines, Taiwan, India, etc), and with good management, and solid LOCAL ownership, I think the NBA product can, and will thrive here. There is a market for pro basketball (at it's highest).
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