You couldn't give me a ticket to an NBA game. As for the sport succeeding here in Edmonton, thats a nope.
You couldn't give me a ticket to an NBA game. As for the sport succeeding here in Edmonton, thats a nope.
BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA...OMG your naivete on Oilers fans is very, very cute. Thank you for providing me an excuse to post in a long time. Stick with Philly stuff. They will continue to be among the top in the league for revenue for a long, long time...rain or shine, win or lose. This city likes to bleed Oiler colours, and the dedication is real.
Seriously...most Edmontonians don't give two craps about the NBA - why would we?
Katz could announce tomorrow that he's doubling the price of tickets and concessions while adding a $200 burger to honor Kevin Lowe and we would still sell out every game next season.
Your answer is right here:What if there were NBA players the caliber of KD, The Black Mamba, D-Wade, and LBJ?
Remember Steve Francis pulling a Lindros on the Grizzlies? And he wasn't even that good.Can you imagine the record amount of trade requests?
Yeah and it’s starting to include the Eskimos too.I don't think it would stand a chance. The narrative that Edmonton is a sports town is not reality.
Edmonton is an Oilers town yes but pretty much everything else has ended in abject failure.
It’s taken the Raptors twenty plus years to find good players that want to play in Toronto. How long would it take for that to happen here? We’re always worried our good hockey players won’t want to stay here and most of those guys are Canadian and this team, once upon a time had a great history.Your answer is right here:
Remember Steve Francis pulling a Lindros on the Grizzlies? And he wasn't even that good.
I don't think the OP is either aware or accepting of the fact that culture is king in the NBA and Edmonton couldn't be located on a map by 90% of the players.
We would absolutely be the running joke of the league (though I guess not much is different with our current pro franchise).
What if there were NBA players the caliber of KD, The Black Mamba, D-Wade, and LBJ?
How Popular and hip would an NBA team be in Edmonton? Assuming they had good players and a decent team.
To be honest, I wasn't listening to 1260 at all. But, you don't think they'd be successful if they had players like Kyrie, K.D, and Steph?
I disagree. Vancouver tends to be a fairly fair weather city in terms of it's support of a team. Edmonton tends to get behind a lot of teams (depending on the situation) and I could see an NBA team doing well here.team would last about as long as the team did in Vancouver.
I disagree. Vancouver tends to be a fairly fair weather city in terms of it's support of a team. Edmonton tends to get behind a lot of teams (depending on the situation) and I could see an NBA team doing well here.
That's still the main issue. I think it would be well supported, even with the cost, plus many would welcome a change from the Oilers (even if the Oilers owned them which I assume they would)it would be very hard to get them to come to some cold, white, northern city.
Why is this a thread here?
What a random OP
for a year or two maybe. I don't think the city has the money to support two expensive winter sports teams. I like basketball, I played it for years, but I honestly feel it wouldn't have long term success in this city.
for those who could afford it, the shine would wear off pretty quickly.
and I have to laugh at the OP's "What if there were NBA players the caliber of KD, The Black Mamba, D-Wade, and LBJ?" dream of a team, fine. but building a superteam of the biggest stars here would have NO chance of happening.
the team wouldn't have players of that caliber. and it would be very hard to get them to come to some cold, white, northern city.
What if there were NBA players the caliber of KD, The Black Mamba, D-Wade, and LBJ?