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Can you have the all-star game in a city without a professional team?
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Can you have the all-star game in a city without a professional team?
Originally Posted by Beetdigger
I don't think OKC was ever in the NBA's long term interest in terms of the Hornets. George Shinn would probably tell you as much.
Just imagine there's a really obnoxious graphical sig here
well my cubs hosted the baseball version in 91, so i guess that would be a yes.
there was a pro team in Chicago..on the other side of townwell my cubs hosted the baseball version in 91, so i guess that would be a yes.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
Vegas in 2007
DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDI EDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIED IEDIEDIEthere was a pro team in Chicago..on the other side of town
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
I honestly think you are mistaken on this. This is virtually a bone. I have pretty fair knowledge of events here through MidFirst execs that there is a better than 60/40 chance of them staying here.
Know thy self,
know thy enemy.
A thousand battles,
a thousand victories. - Sun Tzu (500 B.C.)
Stern's now leaving wiggle room compared to before too....
By Darnell Mayberry
The Oklahoman
In an interview with KOCO-5 on Sunday night, NBA commissioner David Stern reiterated the league's intention to return to New Orleans for the 2007-08 season.
"Right now, we are scheduled to return to New Orleans unless there are events that I can envision to tell us that we won't," Stern said. "That's up to New Orleans. There's a lease that George Shinn and the Hornets signed, I didn't sign it, that places that team in New Orleans until 2012. And it is our position that we are returning there."
Asked how much input Hornets owner George Shinn has in determining where the Hornets play after the 2006-07 season, Stern responded: "He will have a fair opportunity to present to the board, his partners, what it is that he thinks should happen. But the ultimate decision in these matters is always with the NBA Board of Governors."
Know thy self,
know thy enemy.
A thousand battles,
a thousand victories. - Sun Tzu (500 B.C.)
maybe it will be a consolation prize
To be fair, David Stern is also hinting to the Knicks owner to fire Isaiah Thomas and hire Kiki Vandeweigh among other thinks to turn the Knicks into a viable entity to make the league money again.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
Good for him!
It's time Stern quit wasting time with that penny-ante "racist dress code" nonsense and went back to being Machiavellian.
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
Compared to his "The Hornets are going bach, no matter what" comments during last season. There is a huge difference.
Know thy self,
know thy enemy.
A thousand battles,
a thousand victories. - Sun Tzu (500 B.C.)
well to be fair, he also kinda had to have that stance last year. Otherwise he'd have had a Tom Benson situation on his hands all season.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
Which tells you???
Know thy self,
know thy enemy.
A thousand battles,
a thousand victories. - Sun Tzu (500 B.C.)
Stern is more concerned with running an autocracy than Tagliabue ever was?
I think it's more likely that the Sonics end up in OKC than the Hornets.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
I hate to get all Stat Boy on you, but the Cubs hosted it in '90. Ancient Julio Franco, then with the Rangers, got the MVP for driving in both runs in a 2-0 AL victory.well my cubs hosted the baseball version in 91, so i guess that would be a yes.
Another great trivia question from that game: Who was the National League's starting pitcher?
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