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Why do people in India care about a 28-51 Kings team? Nobody in India cares that the Kings are owned by an Indian. Again I come back to my point, is ESPN showing every weekend the 16th placed Aston Villa team because they are owned by an America? Are you an Aston Villa fan because they are owned...

If you're referring to why they were popular in China, that had a little something to do with Yao Ming and now Jeremy Lin. The nationality of an owner is absolutely irrelevant to the popularity of their team in their home country.

That was because of Vlade and Peja were Serbian, of course people are going to like players from their home country. But Ranadive isn't going to be on the floor shooting threes. Of course the Kings would be popular in India if they had an Indian player. Show me some statistics or some articles...

I say you have to go to Europe, or South America, or even Asia and see for yourself how immensely popular soccer is. Nothing the NBA does can change that, its culturally ingrained in these countries and thats not changing. When you grow up impoverished in Brazil, you learn to love soccer because...

But the reason why the Lakers, Knicks and Heat are consistently broadcasted more is because they are either the best team or have a global brand. Again, human behavior is quite predictable, Michael Jordan was a global superstar because he was the best and people loved him. But when the Bulls...

I'm sorry but your idea that countries will pick and choose NBA teams and root for that one team is absolutely absurd, thats not the way human behavior works. People almost always pick teams to root for that win a lot because it makes people happy to choose a team that wins. If the NBA's plan is...

I have a hard time believing professional basketball gets anywhere close to touching the global popularity of Champions League soccer.

But if the NBA wants to expand its profile into India why don't they showcase Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, etc? It doesn't make sense to showcase the Kings unless they become a very very good NBA team. Soccer has growing interest in America, but its because people like rooting...

Vancouver's & Western Canada's economy is booming, its an immensely wealthy city that in the past supported the Grizzlies and could easily once again support basketball, its the most expensive city in North America even more expensive than New York. The interest for basketball in Canada is...

The Mariners have been a mismanaged mess going on a decade now, and the Mariners were well supported in the bad & mediocre years in the early to mid 2000s. They had record attendance the late 90s & early 2000s. In 2010 the Mariners fielded the worse offense in over 100 years of professional...

Bennett was approved of the Sonics because it was a carefully crafted plan to deceit the city, state, and media that the NBA "tried" to keep the team. Ellison just wanted to move the team, if an owner came into Seattle and openly said he was moving, there probably would have been a significant...

I'm not sure why Indians are going to root for one NBA team over another, perhaps if Sacramento drafts an Indian player then maybe India becomes Kings territory. There are other professional sports teams in America owned by foreign investors that aren't popular in that owners home nation. There...

I don't see how Vancouver couldn't raise $500 million for a team, there would be investors lining up out the door who are able to finance expansion in Vancouver. For one, a lot of these Canadian mining companies are based out of Vancouver. There are at least a dozen major film production...

A lot of people who pay attention to NBA in Kansas City root for the Thunder. I think its a rather weak market. Kansas is college basketball, not pro ball. Take a look at Indiana or North Carolina to see other heavyweight college basketball states who are weak on pro basketball. I think under...

Well if theoretically there is an expansion team placed in Seattle, and only Seattle, thats only an extra 12 players, which is hardly a talent dilution. Basketball is a funny sport, you see all the time guys who exceed expectations when given an opportunity to play who seemingly come out of...

And again, it would be incredibly stupid for the owners to turn down one of these offers, both cities deserve a team, I just hope this whole process was set up by Stern to leverage other league owners into approving expansion. Two $525 million offers with billionaires in each ownership group is...

He wasn't offended, he just didn't get what he wanted 6 years ago from the region, which was a modern NBA arena. He now has that with Hansen, Stern knows how hard Hansen worked to push that deal through the tough city council in Seattle. Stern wants the NBA in Seattle, its a great sports city...

Hello all, Seattle fan here. Just wanted to say good luck, I've been really impressed by the way Sacramento has handled the whole situation, despite your fantastic political support the arguments do favor your side rather than Seattle's. I wish Seattle had a mayor like KJ 5 years ago, and none...