City of Pittsburgh exploring supporting professional basketball team
February 10, 2024
City of Pittsburgh exploring supporting professional basketball team
30 comments
Don’t see them getting one before Seattle and Vegas tbh
90,000 dollars to hear “No chance”.
Pittsburgh already has NFL, MLB, and NHL. I can’t imagine they have the corporate support to host more teams. I’m in STL which has only MLB and NHL (and MLS and UFL if you count those, which I don’t) and we don’t have the population or corporate support for NFL or NBA to return. And we have more people and corporations than Pittsburgh.
Tho I give Pittsburgh credit for trying to better than city. STL just accepts it’s basically a dead city (culturally speaking, obviously people still exist here lol. But it’s like boxing or baseball or rock music in that it’s 100% irrelevant outside of its niche).
The Pittsburgh 76ers
NBA don’t care about population size now, they care about gambling
Return of the Pittsburgh Pipers
I’d much rather Pittsburgh get a team than Vegas tbh.
Pittsburgh can get a team when the NBA expands to 40 teams, which according to my calculations should be happening by the year 2095.
Even Louisville would get a team before Pittsburgh
Nobody cares about basketball in Western PA
It’s definitely a sports city that would show up for a team, but the league wants places players are going to want to sign up for. Pittsburgh is a tough FA sell over Vegas, Seattle, Nashville, etc.
I want another Candian team. And a team in Mexico City. I want the NBA to expand more globally.
The Pittsburgh Nets sounds good 👍🏼
Bring back the Pipers!
The Pittsburgh ~~pirates~~ ~~Steelers~~ ~~penguins~~ Phantoms
Pittsburgh fans are crazy about their sports. Steelers, penguins, pirates just mold into people’s identity there and their wardrobe defaults to black and yellow. I’m sure they’d support an NBA team just fine
I’m from Pittsburgh, an NBA team there will never happen. Not having an NBA team and not caring about the league/saying it sucks has become a weird point of local pride and identity. Take a look at the metro area demographics and you’ll get an idea as to why that might be.
Why would they do that
The league always likes to have cities and or franchises that are a threat to either get an expansion team or court a franchise to go there. Seattle and LV have been those cities for a while and it seems like they will both get franchises.
That then leaves no Leverage City to use as a negotiating tool or excuse for further expansion and maybe we’ve found the next one.
YES BABY
As an NBA fan in Pittsburgh I’ve been saying this for years. One of the best sports towns in the country, awesome potential rivalries with Philly and Cleveland…there’s a lot of potential.
Get in line
– Seattle
Pittsburgh and Nashville in the East. Seattle and Vegas in the west.
Seems like that could work just fine
Considering how much Pittsburgh love their sports teams, this would be amazing as a Steeler fan.
I will be there 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️ love that city
A lot of people in this thread who know nothing about Pittsburgh how cool of a city it is and how much the people here support and love their sports teams. It’d be a great spot for an NBA team
Don’t tease me like this. This would be so incredible
PLEASE
Take the clippers. LA has enough teams.
People are saying “no chance” but considering how many of the other proposed expansions are very far west (and would *have* to be in the Western Conference) it gives cities in the East a tiny bit more leverage.
30 comments
Don’t see them getting one before Seattle and Vegas tbh
90,000 dollars to hear “No chance”.
Pittsburgh already has NFL, MLB, and NHL. I can’t imagine they have the corporate support to host more teams. I’m in STL which has only MLB and NHL (and MLS and UFL if you count those, which I don’t) and we don’t have the population or corporate support for NFL or NBA to return. And we have more people and corporations than Pittsburgh.
Tho I give Pittsburgh credit for trying to better than city. STL just accepts it’s basically a dead city (culturally speaking, obviously people still exist here lol. But it’s like boxing or baseball or rock music in that it’s 100% irrelevant outside of its niche).
The Pittsburgh 76ers
NBA don’t care about population size now, they care about gambling
Return of the Pittsburgh Pipers
I’d much rather Pittsburgh get a team than Vegas tbh.
Pittsburgh can get a team when the NBA expands to 40 teams, which according to my calculations should be happening by the year 2095.
Even Louisville would get a team before Pittsburgh
Nobody cares about basketball in Western PA
It’s definitely a sports city that would show up for a team, but the league wants places players are going to want to sign up for. Pittsburgh is a tough FA sell over Vegas, Seattle, Nashville, etc.
I want another Candian team. And a team in Mexico City. I want the NBA to expand more globally.
The Pittsburgh Nets sounds good 👍🏼
Bring back the Pipers!
The Pittsburgh ~~pirates~~ ~~Steelers~~ ~~penguins~~ Phantoms
Pittsburgh fans are crazy about their sports. Steelers, penguins, pirates just mold into people’s identity there and their wardrobe defaults to black and yellow. I’m sure they’d support an NBA team just fine
I’m from Pittsburgh, an NBA team there will never happen. Not having an NBA team and not caring about the league/saying it sucks has become a weird point of local pride and identity. Take a look at the metro area demographics and you’ll get an idea as to why that might be.
Why would they do that
The league always likes to have cities and or franchises that are a threat to either get an expansion team or court a franchise to go there. Seattle and LV have been those cities for a while and it seems like they will both get franchises.
That then leaves no Leverage City to use as a negotiating tool or excuse for further expansion and maybe we’ve found the next one.
YES BABY
As an NBA fan in Pittsburgh I’ve been saying this for years. One of the best sports towns in the country, awesome potential rivalries with Philly and Cleveland…there’s a lot of potential.
Get in line
– Seattle
Pittsburgh and Nashville in the East. Seattle and Vegas in the west.
Seems like that could work just fine
Considering how much Pittsburgh love their sports teams, this would be amazing as a Steeler fan.
I will be there 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️ love that city
A lot of people in this thread who know nothing about Pittsburgh how cool of a city it is and how much the people here support and love their sports teams. It’d be a great spot for an NBA team
Don’t tease me like this. This would be so incredible
PLEASE
Take the clippers. LA has enough teams.
People are saying “no chance” but considering how many of the other proposed expansions are very far west (and would *have* to be in the Western Conference) it gives cities in the East a tiny bit more leverage.
BRING A TEAM BACK TO NEW JERSEY!!!