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Originally Posted by valo403
How? The Sonics left Seattle because they didn't have an NBA caliber arena to play in. That team wasn't allowed to walk, it was forced to walk. If that changes, and a new arena is built, it's a whole new landscape. I don't think Portland would be the most logical team to move, but it's not an issue of picking team A and moving them where you feel like it, you have to have owners who are willing to own a team in Seattle as opposed to another market.
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The NBA are in a whole heap of trouble wiith small market teams already, the image of a billionaire owner moviing his team out of a perfectly good arena into a new city a bit closer to his house would not play well.
It would also be a huge message to any city thinking about building an arena, don't bother as they only want another one in 15 years.