Bring back the Sonics!

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i'm not completely sure as how it works or how it would work here...it's really a pipe dream since the owners and players (union) wouldn't want it
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    81 wrote:
    sort of

    Lets say the Jazz are the worst NBA team. They get demoted to the D league.

    The D league champion is than promoted to the NBA.

    The Jazz get back to the NBA by being the best D league team.

    you could have one or two teams swap each season. So maybe it's the Jazz and Clippers going down.

    But if only one, two, or three teams subtracted at the end of a season, with teams coming in to replace them...what would be the point. You'd still have a big number of teams. Would it be to simply hope that all your teams are winning, and elite teams. So then it's just a league of all these kick ass basketball teams?
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Yeah, that would add some difficulty to the whole situation.

    maybe the NBA splits into two leagues. The A league and the B leauge. the A doesn't play the B. The A would get the top 24 and the B woudl get the bottom 12 (assume some expansion with seattle, chicago, KC, pittsburgh, buffalo, cincy, nashville and san jose)


    there would clearly be an incentive to win and get to the A leauge. Prestige, higher ticket prices, high concession prices, chance at a real championship.

    you could put some rules around transfers. maybe it's a minimum of 2 per year. If you finish in the bottom 5 for 3 years in a row, you get demoted as well. it'd be fun.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    81 wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Yeah, that would add some difficulty to the whole situation.

    maybe the NBA splits into two leagues. The A league and the B leauge. the A doesn't play the B. The A would get the top 24 and the B woudl get the bottom 12 (assume some expansion with seattle, chicago, KC, pittsburgh, buffalo, cincy, nashville and san jose)


    there would clearly be an incentive to win and get to the A leauge. Prestige, higher ticket prices, high concession prices, chance at a real championship.

    you could put some rules around transfers. maybe it's a minimum of 2 per year. If you finish in the bottom 5 for 3 or more years in a row, you get demoted as well. it'd be fun.

    Or, what if it was simply divided amongst the conferences, and thus being only conference titles?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relegation
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    dcfaithful wrote:
    81 wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Yeah, that would add some difficulty to the whole situation.

    maybe the NBA splits into two leagues. The A league and the B leauge. the A doesn't play the B. The A would get the top 24 and the B woudl get the bottom 12 (assume some expansion with seattle, chicago, KC, pittsburgh, buffalo, cincy, nashville and san jose)


    there would clearly be an incentive to win and get to the A leauge. Prestige, higher ticket prices, high concession prices, chance at a real championship.

    you could put some rules around transfers. maybe it's a minimum of 2 per year. If you finish in the bottom 5 for 3 or more years in a row, you get demoted as well. it'd be fun.

    Or, what if it was simply divided amongst the conferences, and thus being only conference titles?

    however you want to title them.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    81 wrote:
    however you want to title them.

    I don't know, personally i'm fine with the league the way it is. I look forwardt o beating the piss out of shitty teams, and being extremely upset by losing to them too.

    I think it's all apart of the sport. Shitty teams should have the right to contend and have the right to upset a favorite. Reference the Jazz's victory against the Heat back in November... Everyone expected Miami to win, myself included... turned out to be quite the upset and a great, great game.
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    dcfaithful wrote:
    81 wrote:
    however you want to title them.

    I don't know, personally i'm fine with the league the way it is. I look forwardt o beating the piss out of shitty teams, and being extremely upset by losing to them too.

    I think it's all apart of the sport. Shitty teams should have the right to contend and have the right to upset a favorite. Reference the Jazz's victory against the Heat back in November... Everyone expected Miami to win, myself included... turned out to be quite the upset and a great, great game.


    Jazz and Heat would have both been in the A league.

    Teams like the Nets, Washington, Philly, Detroit, MN and Sacremento would be in the B league.


    biggest issue would be attracting free agents to teams that know they will be stuck in the B league next season. you would really need to build the team thru the draft to get to the A league.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    nice article! hell, i had a sonics jersey growing up and i lived in chicago (dunno how/why that happened)

    i can't believe anaheim and st. louis are even in the same discussion

    BRING EM BACK!
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    nice article! hell, i had a sonics jersey growing up and i lived in chicago (dunno how/why that happened)


    !
    some would say that was fraudulent. :lol:
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    81 wrote:
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    nice article! hell, i had a sonics jersey growing up and i lived in chicago (dunno how/why that happened)


    !
    some would say that was fraudulent. :lol:
    i think i just liked shawn kemp cause he had the same name... even if he did spell it wrong
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    Shit, you get a couple hours of work done and this thread went crazy. I just think there are way too many teams with not nearly enough talent. A more competitive league with better teams will be better for everyone.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    norm wrote:
    what amazes me is with all the micro$oft millionaires they have in seattle, they can't get a decent arena?


    and david stern's nutsack should be used as a speedbag

    seattle deserves the sonics. i'm all for this.


    isn't the key arena only like 20 years old? what was so bad about it?
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,862
    the NHL needs to head to Seattle stat.

    The NBA doesnt deserve Seattle
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    81 wrote:
    contraction is good. the only reason lebron was crucified was because it would cost jobs and the players union doesn't wan that.

    i think they should do what the do in soccer over seas. the team or two each season gets demoted to the minors, and the best team in the minors gets promoted too the majors.

    none of the top 4 leagues should have more than 25 teams.

    the reason most people say the nba was better back in the 80's or early 90's wasn't entirely because that was the era they grew up in....it's because it was true. there's just not enough top talent to spread around to 30 teams.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,862
    I have been saying for years that MLB would be awesome if it somehow revamped and adopted a tiered relegation/promotion system. There are already a couple tiers, but the bottom teams never really play for anything. The season is so long, many more games would be meaningful. You could also include most AAA teams. I would be much more receptive to the "open market" of MLB if it was structured that way.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    "BRING BACK OUR SEATTLE SUPERSONICS!!!!!!!" - Gary Payton
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    aNiMaL wrote:
    "BRING BACK OUR SEATTLE SUPERSONICS!!!!!!!" - Gary Payton

    AGREED!!!
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    The Maloofs are finalizing an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to the Hansen-Ballmer led Seattle group, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 6055227393

    The deal will sell the Kings for approximately $500 million, with the Seattle group seeking relocation to Key Arena for the 2013-'14 season.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 3687746561

    The Seattle group's plans, with support of the NBA, is to play two seasons in Key Arena before moving into a new Seattle arena, sources say.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 8550758400
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    norm wrote:
    The Maloofs are finalizing an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to the Hansen-Ballmer led Seattle group, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 6055227393

    The deal will sell the Kings for approximately $500 million, with the Seattle group seeking relocation to Key Arena for the 2013-'14 season.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 3687746561

    The Seattle group's plans, with support of the NBA, is to play two seasons in Key Arena before moving into a new Seattle arena, sources say.
    https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/ ... 8550758400

    stupid maloofs.

    now can the new sonics trade for the old sonic players
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