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10-07-2010, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by sp00n  anybody see the three fights that happened in the lower bowl? | so that's why I saw a couple of cops walking by the floor seats
It's cool to see a lot of the Canucks there. Kes, Burrows, Edler, Samuelson, Hamuis, Malhorta.....
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10-07-2010, 06:50 AM
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#52 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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10-07-2010, 08:10 AM
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#53 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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From today's Globe and Mail: Quote:
Grizzlies country once more?
HAYLEY MICK
VANCOUVER— From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Oct. 06, 2010 9:24PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010 10:23AM EDT
On Wednesday night, nine years after the Grizzlies skipped town, Vancouverites sold out Rogers Arena for a rare, live glimpse of NBA preseason action.
They roared for local hero Steve Nash and his Pheonix Suns, cheered the opposing Toronto Raptors, and generally looked ecstatic for the chance to see basketball up close.
It sure looked like an NBA city. But could the love affair last long enough for a team to permanently set up shop?
“I hope so,” Nash told a crowd of reporters before tipoff. “I don’t know how politically that would go down … but I think it’d be a great opportunity to correct maybe a misstep.”
Business analysts say Vancouver has come a long way since a terrible exchange rate, poor attendance numbers, and a towering disappointment known as Big Country all conspired to rob basketball fans of their NBA franchise.
“Vancouver has changed a lot in the decade since the Grizzlies left town, and in the 15 since they were established here,” said Tom Mayenknecht, a sports business expert and radio host who was an NBA executive from 1994 to 1996, serving two years with the Grizzlies as vice-president of communications.
“It’s a much bigger market, has more media infrastructure than it did 15 years ago, and it has the Vancouver 2010 [Olympics] experience behind it.”
He says the key would be making it part of a centralized franchise group – so, having Canucks Sports and Entertainment own the team or at least be in partnership with the new owner, thus giving the NBA team instant access to infrastructure that supports things such as ticket sales, marketing, merchandising.
CSE is currently in an expansionist mode. They brought mixed martial arts fighting to town, took a run becoming owner of the city’s new Major League Soccer franchise, and are expected to bid for the B.C. Lions should the CFL club go up for sale. They monitor NBA franchises when they hit the market, and Vancouver Canucks chairman Francesco Aquilini was rumoured to have spoken to the Indiana Pacers owner about his team last year – although head office has declined to comment on the subject publicly.
(“Our primary focus at this point is to continue to deliver on our core business objectives around the hockey team and event business,” Canucks chief operating officer Victor de Bonis said in a statement on Wednesday.)
Arthur Griffiths, whose family at one time owned the Grizzlies and Canucks, says he believes Vancouver is “as solid as it gets” when it comes to NBA potential.
The currency problem that plagued the Grizzlies is now fixed, with the loonie often neck-and-neck with the American dollar. (It had sunk to $0.65 U.S. by the time the Grizzlies left in 2001, relocating to Memphis.)
Vancouver has also been relatively immune to the recent economic woes that have plagued other North American cities, Griffiths says. Statistics Canada has Vancouver ranked fourth in the number of corporate head offices behind Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal – although Vancouver’s on the rise. A recent report showed a 23-per-cent growth rate in head offices between 2000 and 2009 – from 68 to 84.
Still, financial factors don’t address the reality of playing basketball here, says Raptors assistant coach Scott Roth, who was with the Grizzlies during their final season in Vancouver.
The city was beautiful, but sometimes they felt banished to the edge of the Earth. Besides Seattle and Portland, every NBA opponent was at least 2 1/2 hours away – meaning constant jet lag, long flights, and the delays with customs when they finally got home.
“It was a hike to get almost anywhere. It was hard on the players. It was a grind,” he said.
The league, for its part, says it won’t be expanding to Vancouver – or anywhere else – any time soon.
“There are no plans to expand or relocate a team so we don’t discuss any market in those terms,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said.
If and when a team is up for grabs, Vancouver will face competition from cities such as Las Vegas and Seattle. But at least one person is willing to help bring a team back home.
“To be a part of that movement? For sure,” Nash said. “This city loves NBA basketball. So I would be completely supportive of that.”
With a report from Matthew Sekeres
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...article1746585
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10-07-2010, 09:19 AM
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^ I'd be stoked to see a team even just in Seattle
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10-07-2010, 10:57 AM
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#55 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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Originally Posted by mike313 it was alright, but the incident with grant hill was funny tho | as i told my friend when it happened: the refs had a homophobic moment
after that the game went downhill. it became really boring i dozed off in the 3rd
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10-07-2010, 12:17 PM
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Did they BOO Hedo , the Turkish michael jordan?
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10-07-2010, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by wasabisashimi Did they BOO Hedo , the Turkish michael jordan? | I thought they were Luuuuuuuuuu-ing.
Got last minute tix from my boss... Sec 118 row 7, best seats I've ever gotten at a sporting event.
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Originally Posted by mike313 it was alright, but the incident with grant hill was funny tho | lol yea.
Anybody catch that kid mimicing a BJ when he was on the Jumbotron?
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10-07-2010, 12:24 PM
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^ yeah i saw that. that kid was an idiot. soo many people got kicked out around my area. but anyways, the game was pretty boring. the crowd was confused.
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10-07-2010, 12:25 PM
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10-07-2010, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Sucka, from last year: | whoop di doo
you can see hotter ladies on granville during the weekend
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10-07-2010, 12:29 PM
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they all left thru far tunnel as soon as game ended this yr....
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10-07-2010, 12:35 PM
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the 3rd quarter was long
refs kept calling everything
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10-07-2010, 12:37 PM
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I loved how they tried to shove the Phoenix Suns down our throats as the home-team but almost everyone cheered for the Raptors.
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10-07-2010, 12:41 PM
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Boring game, almost fell asleep in the 3rd quarter. I'd never been to an NBA game before so I was pretty excited about it. The refs should have called more  Nice of the Suns to play Nash for no more than about 7 mins of the whole game as well.
Like baseball it's just too slow a sport to capture my attention.... outside the playoffs.
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10-07-2010, 12:49 PM
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#66 | | I don't get it
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I heard an interview between with Stern and he said they're never coming back here because of the way they left.
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10-07-2010, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by sonick I thought they were Luuuuuuuuuu-ing.
Got last minute tix from my boss... Sec 118 row 7, best seats I've ever gotten at a sporting event. | I was sitting in Section 118, Row 7 too. 
Guys, here are my photos if you would like to see? I set them so anybody can see.... let me know what you think. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3870640&ref=nf
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10-07-2010, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunfighter | lol wtf! Which seats?
Edit: You were 3 seats from the stairs right? Saw your comments and recognized your Camera. I was 3 seats from you with the DLSR.
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10-07-2010, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wasabisashimi Did they BOO Hedo , the Turkish michael jordan? | they boo'd him every time he touched the ball, but cheered shortly after if the ball went in when he scored. the crowd was indeed confused.
not me though, i kept on boo'ing 
i enjoyed watching grant hill play and reggie evans trying to make free throws 
too bad refs had to ruin it and boot them for patting each other on the ass 
and i hate david stern almost as much as stu jackson
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10-07-2010, 04:06 PM
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Did you enjoy the homoerotic butt slapping between Hill and Evans Quote:
Originally Posted by GLOW they boo'd him every time he touched the ball, but cheered shortly after if the ball went in when he scored. the crowd was indeed confused.
not me though, i kept on boo'ing
i enjoyed watching grant hill play and reggie evans trying to make free throws
too bad refs had to ruin it and boot them for patting each other on the ass
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Originally Posted by sonick lol wtf! Which seats?
Edit: You were 3 seats from the stairs right? Saw your comments and recognized your Camera. I was 3 seats from you with the DLSR. | Yeah, we were seats 103 and 104. lol.....
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10-08-2010, 12:27 AM
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The game sucked yet again. Raptors raped which was kinda shooing for me.
Anybody know wtf happened with that fight and the group of Asian's below? One white guy was yellin at looked like he was trying to throw punches he got booted. Then near the end a guy in red I think saw security so tryed yo run and got jumped by like 5 guards lol Posted via RS Mobile | |
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10-08-2010, 01:26 AM
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^i would be dozing off then all of a sudden i would hear screaming. I look down and some chubby guy with a raptors jersey is pushed down to the ground by 5 guards and hauled off to the back. Repeat this two more times with two other dudes
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10-08-2010, 02:06 AM
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From what I saw, It was just a bunch of retard fans misbehaving, and I guess another person sent one of those "report a fan" text, thus having them escorted out.
Fun Fact: Mike Bibby is the only remaining Vancouver Grizzly playing in the NBA.
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10-08-2010, 12:27 PM
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