Indiana San Antonio Portland OKC 4 of the top 5 teams in the nba are small markets. New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, Lakers all suck.
Out of all the big market teams I think Boston is the one that will bounce back the fastest. They have some valuable draft picks in this sick draft and the East is pathetic. If they get a guy like Omer and pick well, I could see them being in the top 3 easily next season.
The CBA is biting the big markets. Spending big does not equal to success anymore. Sure, injuries had a big part to do with it, as well as overpaying for players past their prime, but if you're a small market you'll be extra careful with those moves unlike the big market teams.
love it! howevah, i consider the south beach divas as an entire different entity. they're their own big market. womp womp
Big market teams don't have the pressure from ownership to do well. They will sell tickets regardless of their wins. The Knicks can be a playoff team or a bottom feeder and MSG will always be full.
San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the US population wise. It's only big sports team is the Spurs. They are far from. Maybe clarify what you mean by small market as I could be confused? Those teams were all assembled via draft. Impressive management.
Normally when the terms "big market" or "small market" are being discussed, it's less about population and more about the media market. San Antonio is definitely a big city population-wise, but I believe they're 37th in media market, which is why most consider them to be a "small market" team.
Since some cities are annexation happy regarding their suburbs and end up with much larger land area than less annexation happy cities, a much better gauge of a size of, the importance, and market size of a city are the MSA population figures. In terms of MSA San Antonio is 25th in the nation.
Boston is 4th in the East. Philly is rebuilding and the Lakers, well, it's about time. Kobe will still sell tickets as long as he is on their payroll. Indiana - Bunch of rich white people who will pay for good seats and are bandwagon fans to the fullest. Competition: Colts, Indy 500 San Antonio - no competition, large city, not a major sports town. The only team they have is the Spurs and if they're not winning then nobody cares. Portland - see San Antonio. They are the 28th largest city, but they do have more of a cult following. There is nothing to do in Portland, so they will sell tickets as long as they're mediocre in some years and good in others. OKC - See Portland, but replace cult following with bandwagon fans. They're 29th in the US.
An overarching statement, but accurate. The Pacers are also nailing it. These teams learned to function under the new CBA years before it went into effect. They suffered no ramifications from the horrible pre-CBA contracts, except maybe Perkins on OKC, but they could have amnestied his ass years ago. Smart owners, smart GMs. Some teams seem to have not done so well though. Minnesota is still suffering from a Kahn hangover. Dallas was on board early, but has not been able to leverage their understanding into a superior team. The Clips are benefiting from an asininely frugal owner who was in the right place at the right time. Ferry is still righting the ship in Atlanta. Anyway nice post.
Technically correct. But SA is only the 25th largest metro area by population. And that is what matters. Right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
