Expansion is top of mind for the NBA these days. After years of putting off discussions, the league is now openly exploring the possibility of adding Western Conference teams in Seattle and Las Vegas. The belief is that the league would add new teams to these markets, but comments made by LeBron James during a YouTube golf show earlier this month put an existing team’s home in the spotlight, opening questions about whether the Grizzlies should leave Memphis.
James, appearing on “Bob Does Sports,” argued that he was speaking for many around the league when he said that he hates playing on the road in Memphis. “I’m not the first guy in the NBA to talk about this. We all like, ‘You guys have to move,’” he said. “Just go over to Nashville. You got Vanderbilt over there, you got f---ing NASCAR, you got a stadium. Don’t they got a hockey team too?”
