| Tim Budong | 04-19-2012 09:03 PM |
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Originally Posted by d87c
(Post 7893258)
Never say never.
LA Laker was crappy team before they got Paul/Odom. They even thought about trading Kobe haha.
Boston is another example, before Ray Allen, KG, they were on terrible, lost tons of games.
Vancouver Grizzlies was a :failed: team at that time due to not enough fan base. All I can say is the timing wasn't right at that time
Look at it now after they moved, with hiring the right GM and Coaches, they were able to change everything around with more fan base in Memphis. They beat San Antonio and almost beat OKC in last year's playoff
Another example would be the Seattle Sonic, now the OKC Thunder. Smart GM, lands 2 big superstars through draft.
Memphis/OKC even tho they can't compare to City like LA, to attract free agents. But with the Right Hiring of GM any team can be successful.
Btw, wouldn't you agree the Vancouver City > Memphis , Vancouver > OKC?
If Basketball would come here again, and more and more mainlander from China, HK, Taiwan immigrates here, I would like to see how many seats Canucks and XXX Basketball sells. Maybe Canucks will in the beginning, but I highly doubt it will stay that way
:fullofwin:
| AGAIN.. the asian population would make a small chunk of what would support the team. Selling tickets is only HALF the issue here. Corporate support is whats going to drive the team to success. Ownership is also going to play an important factor. No owner is stupid enough to try to bring a team to vancouver and even try to take a chunk of revenue from the Canucks. Unless Canucks Sports and Entertainment are the ones making the NBA possible in town, the NBA isn't going to come here. At the same time, the speculation around the NBA is that unless IT IS Aquilini owning a team, there is no chance in hell that Vancouver is going to get a team.
The Grizzlies failed because of the dollar, bad management and the owners just ddint support the team. Understand that during that time, the Canucks were NOT in the best shape either, and was slowly slowly on the rebuild. Quote:
Originally Posted by pure.life
(Post 7893269)
Vancouver would undoubtedly be known as "China's" team with all the investors here coming from the Mainland. Just think of Mariners and Ichiro. Everyone in Japan knows the Mariners because of Ichiro and half of their ads have some sort of Japanese in them. Likewise, if a NBA team do land themselves in Vancouver again and given that we have some decent Asian players, the team will be backed by not only fans in Vancouver but their origin - China.
Monetary support will not be an issue
But all these may just be wishful thinking :okay:
| The Mariners work because Nintendo owns them. Unless theres a big name COMING from China to play on this team, you can kiss chinese sponsorship goodbye. Quote:
Originally Posted by d87c
(Post 7893285)
Not all owner have their main goal is to win Championship, mostly they just want to make profit. Right not, Kings in Sac is not making any profit. However, moving to Vancouver, would definitely be a good investment. Moreover, if they were to get JLin, to play for them, I dont know if everyone will be talking about Canucks, or the Basketball team. Even if JLin turns out to be not as big as a star like that week of amazing performance, it would still be best advertising tool to make a lot of money like how Huston use Yao Ming, but Yao was a great player. All in all, as long as owners can make money, whether is through ticket sales or advertisement, owners will tend to move to that area.
Furthermore, look how JLin created a hugh buzz. He plays for New York, not even here in Vancouver. He affected a lot of countries.
Since when Canucks, were able to create that kind of buzz like how Lin, 1 person, did.
Also, have you seen Floyd Mayweather making fun of Canucks or ESPN =)
:nyan:
| J-Lin created BUZZ...and he plays in NYC...ever heard of the "east coast biased media"? Your also comparing the NHL to the NBA... yea good luck with that.
Vancouver needs a player in which the NBA needs to HELP market from the ground up in order for it to work. Yao Ming's camp along with the Rockets and the NBA had a buncha deals and such in place to make it happen. Its why you see Chinese advertising at Rockets games.
At the same time, the NBA left this city with a really big sour note. its why you see so many haters about the subject.
Lastly, this is my own personal opinion, the building is gonna be a key factor. CSE owns the building, meaning another ownership group brinigng in a team will need to work out a lease with them. Have fun competing with a GIANT in this city for the same dollars |
