If Montreal or Mexico City, more double national anthems before each game. When the U.S. owner of Vancouver Grizzlies was asked why he sold the team. He cited one of the reasons: was the exchange rate being unfavorable at the time. Revenue like ticket sales came in as CAD, but the players were paid in USD. The losing, rising salary cost, lack of a mega star (Raptors had Vince) and Steve Francis not wanting to go there... all kinda snowballed. With NBA's current revenue sharing system maybe some of this are mitigated. But a team in another country could always pose some extra logistics.
Is Sheppard protected for some reason? If not he would definitely need to be in the 8. Depending how the year goes you might protect FVV to use as trade bait.
