NBA Announces Mass Expansion (1987)
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Unable to decide between two Florida locales, the NBA came away from a 1987 meeting having stumbled into the largest two-year expansion since the league's inception. Four teams were scheduled to be added by the start of the 1989-90 season-in Charlotte, Orlando, Miami, and Minnesota-swelling the total number of NBA franchises from 23 to 27.
The Charlotte franchise, originally branded as the Spirit, later changed its name to the Hornets, referencing a quote attributed to British commander Lord Cornwallis, who once described the resistance faced in a portion of North Carolina as, "a veritable hornet’s nest of rebellion."
This expansion quartet was also largely responsible for an NBA jersey revolution, dipping into formerly underused color schemes (say, teal & purple) while also introducing pinstripes for the first time in league history.
For Pistons fans, this four-team expansion may have cost Detroit an All-Star Weekend. The Palace of Auburn Hills opened to much acclaim in 1988, a sparkling jewel among NBA arenas. However, in hopes of highlighting their newest additions, the NBA offered each expansion franchise the opportunity to host their own All-Star Weekend right out of the gate, eating away at the Palace's most formative and noteworthy years, where the newness of the Palace may have outweighed the fact it was located 45 minutes north of Detroit.
As a final aside, the Dallas Mavericks paid $12 million to join the NBA in 1980. The four expansion teams in 1987 each coughed up $32.5 million for entry. As of 2021, expansion is estimated to cost upwards of $2.5 billion per team.
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One of these teams went onto build a respectively illustrious franchise, garnering three NBA titles. Impressive.
Absolutely. They're not the Lakers or Celtics, but they already have a greater history/resume than a lot of franchises older than thenm.
@@lucashenderson2775 totally agree.
I remember in the mid to late 1980's and all of the 1990's, Tampa Bay was sort of a new NFL team having a little bit of success in 1979-1980. Other than that, they stunk. They then broke through in 2002-2003 with a championship, and another this year. They are a lot younger than, say, the Detroit Lions, who in the Super Bowl Era, only managed one playoff win and one berth in a conference championship game. Heck, for that matter, TB has more Super Bowl championships than the Bears, Vikings, and Lions COMBINED! That's crazy!!!!
@@lousanto1054 And the Browns too.
@@lucashenderson2775 I did think about them before posting, but I was not sure due to the fact Modell moved the original Browns franchise to Baltimore, where the Ravens won two titles, and the reincarnation of the Browns came a few years later. That one was tough. With Cardinals, who were in Chicago, St Louis, and now Arizona, they have been around quite a while without a Super Bowl title.
@@lousanto1054 The NFL does consider the team Modell moved and this one to be the same team. That's why when Bud Adams moved the Oilers out of Houston and to Tennessee, they played as the Tennessee Oilers for 2 years so that he could retain the franchise records.
I'm glad they changed the Spirit to Hornets Lol 😂!
That's right is Charlotte Hornets 1988-89 Season.
They started as the Charlotte Hornets then moved to New Orleans in 2002. Charlotte would get another NBA team, the Bobcats, in 2004. Charlotte eventually regained the Hornets name after New Orleans changed the name of their team to the Pelicans. So in actuality the first Hornets franchise are the New Orleans Pelicans. Whew.
@@seanvogt221until 2014 when the league returned the old Charlotte Hornets history from 1988-2002 to the old Charlotte Hornets franchise. Beginning in 2014 the Pelicans (formerly New Orleans Hornets) were considered a new franchise that entered the league in 2002. The Bobcats/new Hornets were then considered a reactivated franchise that re-entered the league in 2004.
I’ve never known that the Hornets were going to be the Spirit.
Charlotte Spirit would have worked better when the WNBA came to town 10 years later, tbh.
Lol 👎🏽. No disrespect, but the "Charlotte Sting" was the perfect name since they were associated with the Hornets; their brother team.
Charlotte SPIRIT?? They dodged a bullet there.
A Native American team name, no doubt the Democrats in Charlotte would have raised 10 kinds of hell. 🙄
The name had nothing to do with Native Americans @@davidaulds7031
@@davidaulds7031 Without even bothering to consult Native American groups for a survey, no less.
Realizing that either the Magic or the HEAT wouldn't exist if the NBA didn't change its plans is mind-blowing. I'm relieved to see that neither market, both of which were major ones by then, was denied.
Miami was the obvious choice if we go by major Market as most modern sports do. Thankfully we had some commonsense Ownership back then who still understood that Orlando was a growing/booming market that was going to be just as profit driven as Miami was. Miami also got the NHL in 1993 as well. I'm still waiting on the NHL or the AHL to give Orlando a look in the bigger Hockey world.
@@davidaulds7031 I think the AHL would be more likely and I wonder if the Lightning would seek an affiliation with an Orlando-based AHL club.
@@marcus813they already have an echl team
Would've been cool to see another expansion announcement in 4 more major cities like....Seattle, Las Vegas, Vancouver and maybe Mexico City like the NBA planned a few years back.
These days an NBA Expansion Team cost around $1 Billion.
The Charlotte Spirit?! Never thought that was the name chosen before becoming the Hornets...
Charlotte Spirit, LOL! Leave the Spirits in St Louis thats a good idea, Thank got that changed to Hornets more catchy
Interesting how the heat became underrated to overrated through the years. Even with ticket sales rising up to home games.
In 98 mjs last season 5 teams failed to win 20 games it was some horrible teams in the 90s
The league also had 4 teams with 60+ wins and 6 more with 50+ wins that year.
Horrible teams exist in every season you loon
@@nonamewillbegiven1217 shut up stan
If the teams at the bottom are really bad, that means the teams at the top are really good, and they were! The 90s had very talented teams and stars.
@@prlysis Wow, talk about a top heavy, bottom heavy season. 😲
All are poverty franchises exempt Miami the geography helped them immensely
No Pat Riley resurrected that franchise. Having good ownership like the Arison family has been for nearly 3 decades also helps. Location had nothing to do with it. Look at the other sports teams in Miami... Trash.
these are the teams jordan faced when he finally started winning. after the 80s legends retired. he got a watered down league. FACTS
1989 and 90 literally falls in line when Detroit won, funny that no one brings this up, funny they only say it benefits Jordan.
They love to cherry pick
There were a total of 5 expansion teams in da 80s Mavericks, Heat, Hornets, Timberwolves and Magic . These teams were added during Bird and Magic era but nobody wanna talk about this either lol.
@@g24deez your math is wrong. You said five teams and listed 4. Yeah technically 1989 is the 80s still. But the era for bird ended in 87.
Jordan was drafted in 1984 so if his era didn't start for 6 years then sure.
If birds era didn't start for 6 years it would begin in 1985. But it was near its end. Lol.
What else are you wrong about. I'm not done. There were 6 teams. Total. Dallas, Minnesota, Miami, Charlotte. Then in 96. Toronto and Vancouver joined as well. The expansion era. 6 teams added. 4 in the east. Wow you were wrong about a lot. But fortunately you don't have to make those mistakes anymore
@j022082p lil fella b4 u comment actually read what I wrote instead of skimming through tryna find some ah ha gotcha moment lil fella lol
Lil fella I specifically said a total of 5 expansion teams in da 80s lil fella? 80s lil fella . Once again in 80s lil fella and yes 80-89 is what we call da 80s lil fella 😂
Also i actually did list 5 teams lil fella u may wanna actually re read instead of skimming through because u missed lil fella lol.
Da Mavs were added in 81 and the other teams were added in the late 80s which I clearly said in da 80s but again lil fella u skimming through lol.
Like I said lil fella there were 5 expansion teams added in da 80s during Bird and Magic era but u cherry pick 2 expansion teams in da 90s but u omit the expansion era was in full effect during the Bird and Magic era lol
They also expanded the playoffs format from 12 teams to 16 teams in da 80s lil fella lol.
Stop embarrassing ur self lil fella and actually read lil.
Nice try though lil fella. Go study up fella because when u REACH I TEACH lil fella lol
@j022082p also lil fella the Magic went to the Finals and were in the playoffs, The Heat were in the playoffs and the Hornets were in the playoffs lil fella.
The expansion teams were just as competitive lil fella lol.
Do ur self a favor and stop regurgitating ur Master Teacherz Shannon Sharpe and Nick Wright (WRONG) talking points because they got u sounding Delusional and Goofy AF.
The Miamuh Heat
Heaters! .. what they called them up the state
Charlotte Spirit?
Originally, the team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, but a name-the-team contest yielded "Hornets" as the winning choice.
That’s why the 90s wasn’t competitive
What do you mean
@@user-namuhmodnar the 90s got 6 expansion teams . toronto and vancouver joined too. those teams got the drafts. shaq, penny, alonzo, larry johnson, tim hardaway, garnett, tmac, vince carter. all the draft greats went to expansion teams. so established teams couldnt build. weakest era ever
If the NBA didn’t add expansion teams to water down the NBA, Jordan doesn’t win 6 titles.
Or 6 anyway
That has nothing to do with it. Teams protect their best players while expansion teams select just 1 unprotected player from each. The expansion teams are bottom-feeders and are not competing in the playoffs until they have some time to build a winner. Jordan played in a league of 23-29 teams; it's arguably more "watered down" today since the talent is spread across 30 teams.
Maybe not as many as 6 times
Maybe would of lost a finals or 2
Bulls Might of needed a 3rd Super Star to compete
Maybe Barkley, Stockton, Malone, Ewing wins rings with more talented expansion teammates
Maybe the Bulls gets more talented and nothing changes
Hmmmm 🤔
Imagine the early Stars of the expansion teams like Shaq, Penny, Mourning, Larry Johnson etc going to Knicks, Pistons, Lakers, Jazz etc? Maybe the Bulls themselves gets some of that talent also if no expansion teams
Also the untimely deaths of Len Bias & Reggie Lewis on the Celtics helped MJ & the Bulls also. MJ & Pippen would of had problems with Bias & Lewis... Something like Tatum & Brown on steroids...
Yawn
@@marcusreed5862 troll
The exact reason the league was watered down during the Jordan era. Fake goat
Sports Media never I mean never mention this event
The Spirit? That doesn't fit with Charlotte......Minneapolis was supposed to join Dallas as expansion teams in 1980, but backed out at the last minute.