Worth noting the Kings were in Cincinnati before moving to KC and were known as the Cincinnati Royals. That team was actually first in Rochester from 1923 to 1957 and in Cincy from 1957 to 1971 before moving to Kansas City AND Omaha before settling completely in KC in 1975. Oscar Robertson played most of his career for the Royals in Cincinnati before joining the Milwaukee Bucks in 1970. Robertson would win a title in his first year with the Bucks as he teamed up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known as Lew Alcindor at that time).
The Kings are one of the saddest teams in the league. 100 years old and they only have their one NBA championship in 1951. Who knows what would’ve happened if they didn’t win that one, probably would’ve folded LOL
Do a bit of research before posting. Montréal is the only city in Canada trying to get a team, not Ottawa?? Or even Quebec city?? Québec is trying to get an NHL team.
Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Baltimore, and KC I think would be great expansion cities for the NBA (Clippers should have moved back to SD imo)
Seattle Supersonics played in the arena from late 1960s-late 70s then played home games at Kingdome mainly from late 70s-1985 and moved back to the arena, while the renovation that turned the arena into Keyarena was taking place, sonics played at the Tacoma Dome
@RB01.10 Yes, KeyArena was rebuilt and preserve the roof at the cost of $1 billion to become today's modern, Climate Pledge Arena; plus the WNBA'S Seattle Storm plays there
Don't get me wrong, the OKC Thunder fans are great and I enjoy watching my Spurs play there against them, it's a LOUD arena.....but the move of the Sonics from Seattle to OKC never made financial sense to me. Why would an owner move a team away from the 13th largest media market in the US to OKC which is somewhere like the 50th largest market. Not to mention how much wealthier Seattle is and how much more corporate sponsorship there is.
Bennett, McClendon, et Al wanted to originally buy the Hornets and have them permanently move to OKC and they had a deal with George Shinn to do so. David Stern vetoed this because of the implied bad optics of "abandoning" New Orleans right after Katrina and gave them first dibs on the next team to market. This happened to be the Sonics and, well...
What a minute! I have lived in New Jersey all my life for 65 years. Since when did the State of New Jersey become a CITY??? 🤔 The Nets used to play in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City, where the New York Giants and New York Jets play at MetLife, Inc. Stadium. Remember this, folks. There is only ONE NFL football team from New York. The Buffalo Bills (Orchard Park, New York).
another good video idea would be, how much has each NBA team abandoned their fans in terms of increased prices, increased virtue signaling, increased player collusion and coddling, and inability to produce a competitive product, you could rank them, starting from bad and then going to worse
People still miss the Braves this year. Their relocation waa a straight up crime of collusion orchestrated by John Y Brown and David Stern. Worse than even what happened to the Sonics
The NBA needs to be revamped totally. I loved the league when I was growing up and do not watch games anymore and that includes the Finals (in 2024). For starters, the Clippers need to return to San Diego. Teams that deserve a team: St. Louis, Seattle, Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh.
The Houston Rockets were the original NBA Team from San Diego. They started as San Diego Rockets in 1967 and were sold and the team moved to Houston in 1971. Wasn't cities fault it was ownership and NBA wasn't super popular back then either.The Clipper situation in SD was Donald Sterling an idiotic owner who was clueless by moving team to LA because he wanted to be closer to his home in Beverly Hills.
Rochester royals, cincinnati royals, and kansas city kings (now the sacramento kings) im 23 from cincy so the royals were before my time and my mother was only 2-3 when they left according to my grandparents “much like the cincinnati stingers no one really cared for the royals either.” Granted the nba was much smaller in the 60s and 70s compared to today. So maybe if all 3 cities had an nba team they may do better especially with how the bengals and fc cincinnati have been i think cincy would be more accepting this time around. Same goes for kansas city and the chiefs. Rochester idk if their big enough considering the 2 teams exist in new york already. But id be fine with both or either a nhl or nba team! (We just need an arena first) also we should get teams in canada like montreal maroons or musketeers(french heritage) (maroons:former pro hockey team from 1924-38 won the stanley cup twice (1926 and 32) the vancouver millionaires (nhl team before canucks) edmonton skyhawks(NBL team name from 90s now defunct) calgary stallions (flames have a horse logo) and quebec huskies (nordiques had a rebrand concept of a husky logo that never was used also save nordiques for the expansion team) additionally id say cincinnati royals or, Lions, cardinals(state bird of ohio) , Kansas city scouts or knights! (former nhl team) spirits of st louis (aba team before aba-nba merger). Tampa bay mutiny (former mls team) nashville rhythm, lousiville cardinals (if they can get the rights) seattle sonics (obviously) if they cant do that do metropolitans (or mets) or ironmen (hockey teams that came before kraken) pittsburgh phantoms or ironmen (steel city) Raleigh rams. New jersey hittmen. 🕴️ Hamilton (ontario) tigers. Las vegas (sin city vipers or las vegas blackjacks) honorable mention: mexico citu guerreros (if the warriors didnt exist since the word translates to warriors) so i got a better one “Los Angeles de la Cuidad de Mexico” (in english nba broadcasts they would be known in the US as “The Angels of Mexico City or Mexico City Angels!” If not do Los aztecas de la cuidad de mexico (mexico city aztecs)
Yeah but NBA in 71 when Rockets left it wasn't because of city the team was sold and moved in one transaction. The Clippers situation was an idiot owner Sterling wanted to just be closer to his home in LA. Even Jerry Buss when he was alive said if he didn't own Lakers he woulda put a team back in San Diego because the city kinda got screwed both times.
Rochester, Ny had the Kings, originally known the Royals before moving to Kanas City. Also, Syracuse, NY had the Nationals now known as the as the 76ers after they lost the Warriors. A little bit of NBA history.
@@robertmartinjr.4537 I saw both teams play down at the Sports Arena. I remember walking on the court sideline before the game and asking “Hondo” John Havlicek for his autograph. He actually told me he couldn’t do to NBA rules. And don’t forget the Q’s, the AbA team.
Never forget ST Louis Hawks move to now Atlanta Hawks i never think ST Louis never get NBA team its been over 50 years shame on you NBA it should 4 new NBA teams 2 western and 2 eastern conference i hope St Louis
@@RYMAN1321 I don't know what happens late 60s and early 70s I wasn't born until March 1971 Hawks very good team in St Louis made playoffs few times I don't know who own that team it could be Ted Turner move to Atlanta really don't know I need do more research.
@@RYMAN1321Yes. The football Cardinals relocated to St. Louis hurting attendance. Then the expansion NHL Blues further hurt it. The world of college basketball was different then too. Washington University and St. Louis University basketball programs also were draws rivaling the Hawks in attendance.
The Baltimore Bullets moved to Landover in 1973. They were the Capital Bullets for one season, then Washington Bullets until they moved to their present arena when they became the Wizards. I have no idea who the Barons are.
San Diego got left behind by two teams, the Rockets and Clippers. And the Kings managed to abandon 3 cities: Rochester, Cincinnati, and Kansas City. And the Wizards were once the Baltimore Bullets before moving to DC. Of course, my Hawks abandoned Moline, Illinois for Milwaukee before moving to St Louis and abandoning that city.
I came here for the braves and I got it! Would love to see a buffalo keybank center renovation video on here someday. Don’t forget about the Rochester Royals either! No respect😤
It's a shame the pacific northwest only has 1 team now, Seattle and Vancouver both got raw deals. Hopefully they each get a second chance at some point. The NBA gave up on Vancouver too quickly after just 6 seasons and Seattle got robbed big time losing the Sonics after KD's rookie year.
Other cities that are smaller: Fort Wayne(Pistons), Cincinnati(royals), Omaha(Kings), St. Louis(Hawks), Toronto(Huskies), Rochester(Royals), Syracuse(Nationals), and Baltimore(Bullets),
There are a lot of cities that have lost NBA teams. For example, before the KIngs were in KC, they were in Cincy and, prior to that, in Rochester, NY. Before the 76ers moved to Philadelphia, they were the Syracuse Nationals. The Pistons were the Fort Wayne, IN Pistons before moving to Michigan. And how about St Louis, who used to be the home of the Hawks? How come they're never on any NBA expansion list? There's quite a few other big cities, like San Diego, who's lost not one but two NBA franchises. In their case, they had the original San Diego Rockets who moved to Houston and then the San Diego Clippers (who originally were the Buffalo Braves until their move to California in the 77-78 season) who moved to LA. Let me tell you, the NBA might have a corporate mentality now that it's well established but it was an extremely chaotic organization for many decades well into living memory. I mean, I remember in the 70s when the NBA Finals were on tape delay so it wouldn't affect regularly scheduled programming.
San Diego didnt lose them the Rockets were sold and moved in same transaction. It had nothing to do with SD and the Clippers owner D Sterling was a morning who moved them to LA because he lived in Beverly Hills. He didn't like driving 2 hrs to San Diego or something. Wasn't SD fault.
The NBA has epically violated the city of Seattle in a most unprofessional way, Seattle DAMN sure deserves to get an NBA franchise again and that should be soon
You mean the city of Newark. As for what is now Climate Pledge Arena, the pyramid-like roof is the only thing from the late 1960s still intact. The rest of the old arena was demolished and built into what you see now back in 2021.
San Diego didnt lose them the Rockets were sold and moved in same transaction. It had nothing to do with SD and the Clippers owner D Sterling was a morning who moved them to LA because he lived in Beverly Hills. He didn't like driving 2 hrs to San Diego or something. Wasn't SD fault.
Quebec would support an NHL team, but no way basketball. Ottawa would not support basketball. Toronto is the only city that will, but there has not been much buzz around the Raps in 5 years..the leafs own Toronto
@@Firestone1 Montreal would absolutely support basketball. As for the leafs owning Toronto.......Raptors generate more revenue than them now and are valued at almost double what the leafs are worth.
@@001spring almost every NBA franchise is worth more than the Leafs. The NHL by far the least popular of the 4 major sports. It has a few hot spots around the USA, but has no major TV contracts in the USA. The raptors get a huge chunk of the NBA's huge TV deal, which is why their revenue is so high.
They should move to ST Louis but Nashville makes more sense then Memphis NBA fck up too Much moving NBA teams to smaller markets and smaller cities Las Vegas is small market sort of I think 40-50 DM really not that small
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“There was talk about the NBA going to a different city in Toronto”
"...beginning with the city of New Jersey."
@@petermczip9011 Saying something like this once can be a misspeak, but twice is "no way, you actually think this"
Montreal was one of them
@@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena I didn’t realize Montreal was in Toronto
Worth noting the Kings were in Cincinnati before moving to KC and were known as the Cincinnati Royals. That team was actually first in Rochester from 1923 to 1957 and in Cincy from 1957 to 1971 before moving to Kansas City AND Omaha before settling completely in KC in 1975. Oscar Robertson played most of his career for the Royals in Cincinnati before joining the Milwaukee Bucks in 1970. Robertson would win a title in his first year with the Bucks as he teamed up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known as Lew Alcindor at that time).
The Kings are one of the saddest teams in the league.
100 years old and they only have their one NBA championship in 1951.
Who knows what would’ve happened if they didn’t win that one, probably would’ve folded LOL
New Jersey Nets were the New York Nets prior to that and also an ABA team.
That 14 mile could be a hour drive
new jersey americans in the aba before becoming the ny nets
The New Jersey Nets had a nice ring to it.
Yeah
Never say never on certain city getting a NBA team such as San Diego, Kansas City, St. Louis and Buffalo
The CITY of New Jersey?
There is a Jersey City, NJ
@@michaelleroy9281 People don’t refer to Jersey City as “The city of New Jersey”
Maybe everyone from NJ conjugated in one city?
Lol
Lol, it’s the state of New Jersey.
Meadowlands Arena still stands and is closed to the public but supposedly is used to film tv shows and for concert rehearsals
Do a bit of research before posting. Montréal is the only city in Canada trying to get a team, not Ottawa?? Or even Quebec city?? Québec is trying to get an NHL team.
Also he said "city of New Jersey", and called multiple cities "cities in Toronto"
3:19 we need both NBA and WNBA teams at Victoria’s Save-on-Foods Memorial Arena
Victoria would never support the NBA
Victoria City is the Province Capital of British Columbia
@@manuelgrothe608 I'm canadian
5:39 Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California for a new NBA/WNBA and NHL teams
San Diego should get an NBA team this time around
Stan Kronke is developing the sports arena site now so if he’s invoked I have no doubt we will have either a NBA of NHL team
@@ll4680 expecting groundbreaking early next year
Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Baltimore, and KC I think would be great expansion cities for the NBA (Clippers should have moved back to SD imo)
Seattle Supersonics played in the arena from late 1960s-late 70s then played home games at Kingdome mainly from late 70s-1985 and moved back to the arena, while the renovation that turned the arena into Keyarena was taking place, sonics played at the Tacoma Dome
The city of New Jersey is crazy lmaooooo
A city in Toronto also lmao
Jersey City, is what he means
Now do the NHL. Probably the most examples there: Phoenix (Arizona), Hartford, Atlanta, Winnipeg (initially), etc.
Since they renovated the arena in Seattle they should reborn the Seattle SuperSonics.
I think that’s the plan from what I’ve heard.
It's a whole new arena, besides the old roof
If I read and heard correctly the Kraken now play where the Sonics used to ?
It's what they're doing bringing back the Sonics to their newly rebuilt original digs
@RB01.10 Yes, KeyArena was rebuilt and preserve the roof at the cost of $1 billion to become today's modern, Climate Pledge Arena; plus the WNBA'S Seattle Storm plays there
Don't get me wrong, the OKC Thunder fans are great and I enjoy watching my Spurs play there against them, it's a LOUD arena.....but the move of the Sonics from Seattle to OKC never made financial sense to me. Why would an owner move a team away from the 13th largest media market in the US to OKC which is somewhere like the 50th largest market. Not to mention how much wealthier Seattle is and how much more corporate sponsorship there is.
Bennett, McClendon, et Al wanted to originally buy the Hornets and have them permanently move to OKC and they had a deal with George Shinn to do so. David Stern vetoed this because of the implied bad optics of "abandoning" New Orleans right after Katrina and gave them first dibs on the next team to market. This happened to be the Sonics and, well...
@@Scrabbleship820Didn’t Howard Schultz have a hand in the Sonics leaving Seattle too ?
What a minute! I have lived in New Jersey all my life for 65 years. Since when did the State of New Jersey become a CITY??? 🤔
The Nets used to play in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City, where the New York Giants and New York Jets play at MetLife, Inc. Stadium.
Remember this, folks. There is only ONE NFL football team from New York. The Buffalo Bills (Orchard Park, New York).
I live in NJ but my memory of the Nets leaving is vague. Didn’t they move due to money reasons ?
When did New Jersey become a city? I live here and no one told me.
He also said Ottawa and Quebec City are cities in Toronto. His geography knowledge is 3rd grade. 😂
another good video idea would be, how much has each NBA team abandoned their fans in terms of increased prices, increased virtue signaling, increased player collusion and coddling, and inability to produce a competitive product, you could rank them, starting from bad and then going to worse
People still miss the Braves this year. Their relocation waa a straight up crime of collusion orchestrated by John Y Brown and David Stern. Worse than even what happened to the Sonics
How about Cincinnati, The Royals were there from 1957-1972
The NBA needs to be revamped totally. I loved the league when I was growing up and do not watch games anymore and that includes the Finals (in 2024). For starters, the Clippers need to return to San Diego. Teams that deserve a team: St. Louis, Seattle, Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh.
0:34 East Rutherford needs a new Arena for the NBA and WNBA teams and Let the Devils play at Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ
i'm from mercer county and helllllll nah prudential center in newark where the devils currently play is a much better location.
the houston rockets were originally in san diego
The Kansas City kings also shared their team with the city of Omaha and was called the Kansas City/ Omaha Kings
The Houston Rockets were the original NBA Team from San Diego. They started as San Diego Rockets in 1967 and were sold and the team moved to Houston in 1971. Wasn't cities fault it was ownership and NBA wasn't super popular back then either.The Clipper situation in SD was Donald Sterling an idiotic owner who was clueless by moving team to LA because he wanted to be closer to his home in Beverly Hills.
It's 1977 Not 1997
If the league is so intent on Vegas than why not add 4 new teams? Have 2 out west and 2 further east like KC and Louisville?
Those 14 miles for the Nets relocation are 14 miles of hell,danger,and cost.I used to be able to walk to a Nets game in Newark.
Vancouver and Seattle are the epitome of abandoned.
2:39 Is that picture of the arena after the Sonics left ?
Also I’m surprised the Baltimore / Washington Bullets / Washington Wizards were absent here.
KC does not need an NBA team. NHL would be fun.
Not New Jersey the city was East Rutherford 😂
Rochester royals, cincinnati royals, and kansas city kings (now the sacramento kings) im 23 from cincy so the royals were before my time and my mother was only 2-3 when they left according to my grandparents “much like the cincinnati stingers no one really cared for the royals either.” Granted the nba was much smaller in the 60s and 70s compared to today. So maybe if all 3 cities had an nba team they may do better especially with how the bengals and fc cincinnati have been i think cincy would be more accepting this time around. Same goes for kansas city and the chiefs. Rochester idk if their big enough considering the 2 teams exist in new york already. But id be fine with both or either a nhl or nba team! (We just need an arena first) also we should get teams in canada like montreal maroons or musketeers(french heritage) (maroons:former pro hockey team from 1924-38 won the stanley cup twice (1926 and 32) the vancouver millionaires (nhl team before canucks) edmonton skyhawks(NBL team name from 90s now defunct) calgary stallions (flames have a horse logo) and quebec huskies (nordiques had a rebrand concept of a husky logo that never was used also save nordiques for the expansion team) additionally id say cincinnati royals or, Lions, cardinals(state bird of ohio) , Kansas city scouts or knights! (former nhl team) spirits of st louis (aba team before aba-nba merger). Tampa bay mutiny (former mls team) nashville rhythm, lousiville cardinals (if they can get the rights) seattle sonics (obviously) if they cant do that do metropolitans (or mets) or ironmen (hockey teams that came before kraken) pittsburgh phantoms or ironmen (steel city) Raleigh rams. New jersey hittmen. 🕴️ Hamilton (ontario) tigers. Las vegas (sin city vipers or las vegas blackjacks) honorable mention: mexico citu guerreros (if the warriors didnt exist since the word translates to warriors) so i got a better one “Los Angeles de la Cuidad de Mexico” (in english nba broadcasts they would be known in the US as “The Angels of Mexico City or Mexico City Angels!” If not do Los aztecas de la cuidad de mexico (mexico city aztecs)
Does anyone besides me remember the St. Louis hawks? A team that beat the Celtics for their only championship in franchise history.
Jerry Buss when he was alive said if he didn't own Lakers he woulda put a team back in San Diego.
The Nets were originally the New Jersey Americans, then New York Nets back in the ABA. Then back to Jersey in the NBA.
Vancouver will only support hockey.
Yep, they are very narrow minded. They like supporting one sport.
Lmao. Fuck no.
The City of New Jersey?! 🤣
Saint Louis Hawks Its Old But Its The Only Championship The (Atlanta Hawks) Won . Left Saint Louis And Havent Won Since
Grizzlies are gone in 2030.
You left out St.Lous Hawks, Cincinnati royals, and Syracuse royals.
They were the Syracuse Nationals before they became the Philadelphia 76ers
Vancouver should get nba team back.
It's a much bigger and wealthier city than Memphis, maybe the team wasn't marketed properly to the city.
@@malcorub big rich city, but they would not support basketball.
Canada has a hard time getting sports teams
@@dreamcage1801 because they mostly support hockey
@@dreamcage1801 if Toronto had a stadium & got a team, they would support the NFL.
Hornets to New Orleans doesnt count? Lol i realize it all got changed around but technically that was a relocation
San Diego lost 2 teams. Rockets and Clippers, both played at the San Diego Sports Arena.
SD gonna get a fresh state of the art arena build
@@dreamcage1801 they need it. The Sports Arena is very outdated. I went to events there since I could barely walk.
@@DebitAdams groundbreaking expect to being early next year and be done by 2027 or 2028.
Yeah but NBA in 71 when Rockets left it wasn't because of city the team was sold and moved in one transaction. The Clippers situation was an idiot owner Sterling wanted to just be closer to his home in LA. Even Jerry Buss when he was alive said if he didn't own Lakers he woulda put a team back in San Diego because the city kinda got screwed both times.
@@williamlewis7171 should have gotten rid of Sterling many years ago
I dint know Toronto has multiple cities within the city.
There was a rumour a few years ago saying that the Sacramento Kings were moving to Seattle
Arena was approved in Sacramento before Seattle group investors buy Kings NBA owners stop it not moving sorry Seattle 😂
What about St Louis losing the Hawks to Atlanta
San diego lost two nba teams rockets to Houston and clippers to LA.
Getting a new arena built starting next year and being done in 2028
A different city in Toronto💀
Ottawa and Quebec City joining York, North York, Scarborough and Etibicoke. What about Montreal?
What about St.Louis
Kansas City will never get an NBA team. I remember the Kings leaving when i was a kid.
Two cities in New Jersey were abandoned: East Rutherford and Newark. New Jersey is...not a city.
do this but with NHL city's
What about Oakland?
Need a new mayor and city council that will provide the tax subsidies needed to get back a team
@@sirchi8731getting a professional team in Oakland will never happen. That whole city is a ghetto.
I thought the Warriors are technically in Oakland?
Toxic waste city
Nobody watches the NBA
😅
Any new Seattle team would likely play in the Defund The Police Arena.
Who takes Seattle seriously? The city is a joke.
Well I appreciate cops doesn't mean they can't be held accountable. They are not your bodyguard so you can be racist
Nobody's not going Defund the police if so why NBA moving there 😅
Dude, you lack geography knowledge. City of New Jersey, Another city in Toronto, San Diego Clippers moved to Brooklyn, New Jersey?
Him lacking basic geography knowledge as someone who makes sports videos makes it look even worse when he acts like he knows more than most people
Rochester, Ny had the Kings, originally known the Royals before moving to Kanas City. Also, Syracuse, NY had the Nationals now known as the as the 76ers after they lost the Warriors. A little bit of NBA history.
Warriors should never have left Philly!
The Rochester Royals became the Cincinnati Royals in 1957 until they moved to Kansas City for the 1972-1973 season. Then on to Sacramento in 1985
They did not menchen st.louis they had the hawks.
@@gerardbullard3532 I didn’t forget that, but forgot to mention it.
Jerry Buss when he was alive said if he didn't own Lakers he woulda put a team back in San Diego.
The Houston Rockets also relocated from San Diego in 1971.
San Diego lost the Clippers too.
@@robertmartinjr.4537 I saw both teams play down at the Sports Arena. I remember walking on the court sideline before the game and asking “Hondo” John Havlicek for his autograph. He actually told me he couldn’t do to NBA rules. And don’t forget the Q’s, the AbA team.
St. Louis deserves to have a NBA team too since they have the enterprise center where the fans support the blues.
Yes I said besides Seattle & Las Vegas the STL deserves another sports team. They do since the rams left
The Lou is a NBA town, the Enterprise Center is basketball ready.
Remember.. way back in the mid-1960’s… St. Louis lost the Hawks to Atlanta.
@@7mileDem can definitely be called for a expansion team recently
@@Jereigh508damn straight
Never forget ST Louis Hawks move to now Atlanta Hawks i never think ST Louis never get NBA team its been over 50 years shame on you NBA it should 4 new NBA teams 2 western and 2 eastern conference i hope St Louis
Didn’t the Hawks leave St. Louis due to attendance issues though ?
@@RYMAN1321 I don't know what happens late 60s and early 70s I wasn't born until March 1971 Hawks very good team in St Louis made playoffs few times I don't know who own that team it could be Ted Turner move to Atlanta really don't know I need do more research.
@@RYMAN1321Yes. The football Cardinals relocated to St. Louis hurting attendance. Then the expansion NHL Blues further hurt it. The world of college basketball was different then too. Washington University and St. Louis University basketball programs also were draws rivaling the Hawks in attendance.
Remember my team.. the Baltimore Bullets?
Left when I was 11. Haven't been interested in the NBA since.
A new name called The “Baltimore Barons” to honor Henry Calvert of Maryland
@@brucebernhard8864Why did they leave Baltimore?
I did hear though they ended up dropping “Bullets” when they got to DC because of the crime there ?
@@brucebernhard8864they are not NBA I don't think
The Baltimore Bullets moved to Landover in 1973. They were the Capital Bullets for one season, then Washington Bullets until they moved to their present arena when they became the Wizards. I have no idea who the Barons are.
San Diego got left behind by two teams, the Rockets and Clippers. And the Kings managed to abandon 3 cities: Rochester, Cincinnati, and Kansas City. And the Wizards were once the Baltimore Bullets before moving to DC. Of course, my Hawks abandoned Moline, Illinois for Milwaukee before moving to St Louis and abandoning that city.
The Wizards are the Chicago/Baltimore/Washington Packers/Zephers/Bullets/Wizards!!
When did the Hawks play in Milwaukee?
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 -- 1951-55. Team History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 1951-1955. They did the Braves move with a layover in St Louis for a few years.
The Baltimore Bullets moved a few miles south to Washington DC in 1973 to become the Washington Bullets/Wizards.
I think the Clippers need to move to Las Vegas and become the "Dice" !!!
Me to but now they own arena now don't share with Lakers anymore
That probably would have been the smarter move. Could NEVER compete w/ the Lakers in that market.
I came here for the braves and I got it! Would love to see a buffalo keybank center renovation video on here someday.
Don’t forget about the Rochester Royals either! No respect😤
It's a shame the pacific northwest only has 1 team now, Seattle and Vancouver both got raw deals. Hopefully they each get a second chance at some point. The NBA gave up on Vancouver too quickly after just 6 seasons and Seattle got robbed big time losing the Sonics after KD's rookie year.
The Grizzlies should’ve used the Pacific Coliseum
As for the Nets, they were the New York Nets before relocating to New Jersey! So now, they're back in New York.
Baltimore?
Seattle and Vancouver should have a expansion team before las Vegas
Other cities that are smaller: Fort Wayne(Pistons), Cincinnati(royals), Omaha(Kings), St. Louis(Hawks), Toronto(Huskies), Rochester(Royals), Syracuse(Nationals), and Baltimore(Bullets),
Seattle should be the first to get an expansion team. Nice video.
You forgot about the Rochester Royals and Cincinnati Royals.
There are a lot of cities that have lost NBA teams. For example, before the KIngs were in KC, they were in Cincy and, prior to that, in Rochester, NY. Before the 76ers moved to Philadelphia, they were the Syracuse Nationals. The Pistons were the Fort Wayne, IN Pistons before moving to Michigan. And how about St Louis, who used to be the home of the Hawks? How come they're never on any NBA expansion list?
There's quite a few other big cities, like San Diego, who's lost not one but two NBA franchises. In their case, they had the original San Diego Rockets who moved to Houston and then the San Diego Clippers (who originally were the Buffalo Braves until their move to California in the 77-78 season) who moved to LA. Let me tell you, the NBA might have a corporate mentality now that it's well established but it was an extremely chaotic organization for many decades well into living memory. I mean, I remember in the 70s when the NBA Finals were on tape delay so it wouldn't affect regularly scheduled programming.
San Diego didnt lose them the Rockets were sold and moved in same transaction. It had nothing to do with SD and the Clippers owner D Sterling was a morning who moved them to LA because he lived in Beverly Hills. He didn't like driving 2 hrs to San Diego or something. Wasn't SD fault.
Norfolk, Virginia, should have a team.
I mean Virginia does have the Wizards though
Pls discuss about the clippers new team designs for the upcoming season
The NBA has epically violated the city of Seattle in a most unprofessional way, Seattle DAMN sure deserves to get an NBA franchise again and that should be soon
Didn’t Howard Schultz (former Starbucks owner) have a hand in it?
I remember reading some years ago he regretted selling the team.
😅 depressed ginger needs a girlfriend or something 😅
San Diego clippers are back! Sort of 😂
G league team tho
Yep
@@michaelpratt4797 now they can possibly get a NBA team down the road with a fresh new arena coming in
You mean the city of Newark. As for what is now Climate Pledge Arena, the pyramid-like roof is the only thing from the late 1960s still intact. The rest of the old arena was demolished and built into what you see now back in 2021.
The Sonics should be back!
Seattle surely would be getting an NBA team but under a new name,good friends!!!👍🏾
St.Louis use have the hawks before moving to Atlanta
New Jersey is a state and Brooklyn is in new york
Cincinnati?
1:29 let’s hope Climate Pledge Arena brings back the Seattle Sonics
San Diego Lost the Rockets and Clippers.
San Diego didnt lose them the Rockets were sold and moved in same transaction. It had nothing to do with SD and the Clippers owner D Sterling was a morning who moved them to LA because he lived in Beverly Hills. He didn't like driving 2 hrs to San Diego or something. Wasn't SD fault.
@@williamlewis7171 they still left😂
Deserve another NBA team
@@dreamcage1801 that depends on the Lakers and Clippers they both consider San Diego a secondary market.
@@robertmartinjr.4537 well I disagree with you on that one
Vancouver is obscure? And this guy thinks Ottawa and Quebec city are other cities in Toronto? Wtf?
Quebec would support an NHL team, but no way basketball. Ottawa would not support basketball. Toronto is the only city that will, but there has not been much buzz around the Raps in 5 years..the leafs own Toronto
@@Firestone1 Montreal would absolutely support basketball. As for the leafs owning Toronto.......Raptors generate more revenue than them now and are valued at almost double what the leafs are worth.
@@001spring almost every NBA franchise is worth more than the Leafs. The NHL by far the least popular of the 4 major sports. It has a few hot spots around the USA, but has no major TV contracts in the USA. The raptors get a huge chunk of the NBA's huge TV deal, which is why their revenue is so high.
I can't believe the NBA went to Memphis. The team would of been better off in Louisville or Jacksonville or Norfolk.
If you want to go to Tennessee, Nashville should be the choice
@@michaelbaucom4019 I heard.
There is nothing wrong with Memphis. Nashville is fine too, but both cities are still major cities.
They should move to ST Louis but Nashville makes more sense then Memphis NBA fck up too Much moving NBA teams to smaller markets and smaller cities Las Vegas is small market sort of I think 40-50 DM really not that small
Nashville is 2 million and Memphis is 1.3 million. Not much difference in the TV markets.