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Old 03-10-2006, 02:12 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Re: Vancouver BC trying for the NBA?
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Originally Posted by Hap
1. Canada is in America

2. A canadian invented the game

3. there's NHL and MLB teams in Canada.

4. I don't know why anyone could actually say that the NBA should "only be" in the US.
Yeh better get used to to it...One of Sterns goals is to have a NBA team in Mexico by 2010 I believe. Then possibly Europe...

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PHILADELPHIA — The NBA is looking anew at international expansion and could have more than one franchise based overseas by the end of the decade, commissioner David Stern said Saturday. "It wouldn't surprise me that at the end of the decade there would be a very strong NBA international presence on the ground," Stern said at his annual All-Star weekend news conference. "I've changed my thinking." Stern said the league was examining a number of overseas scenarios, from operating a league in a different continent to placing at least two teams outside of the United States and Canada. He said arena construction plans in European cities have made the idea more viable.

Stern also ruled out domestic expansion in much the same language that he used in past years to deflect speculation on international expansion.

The NBA expanded internationally in 1995 by placing franchises in Toronto and Vancouver, and the general consensus back then was that a move into Mexico City would be the next step.

But with the failure of the Grizzlies in Vancouver and the changing economic conditions in Mexico, Stern in recent years had been consistent in stating that expansion into other countries would probably not work for a variety of reasons.

Now, he has changed his outlook.

"Realistically, the places we could place NBA teams would be Mexico and Europe from a travel perspective. The places where we would consider NBA-sponsored leagues would be anyplace, including Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe," Stern said. "The timetable is give us 3-4 years to come up with the right plan."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/0...nsion.htm#more
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