Whaddaya think the chances are of getting an NBA team in Canada?

[Telly Savalas]

A lot of people here really like basketball, and Steve Nash is revered as an athletic icon. So do you think we'll see an NBA team in Canada in the near future?

[realisticphish]

1. last i checked

toronto is in canada :evilgrin:
http://www.nba.com/raptors/

[Awsi Dooger]

2. And Vancouver used to be

Before that strange and largely unreported drift toward Memphis

[Telly Savalas]

4. I mean an NBA team.

Not just 12 guys wearing NBA uniforms.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. Yeah, I knew what you were getting at

But as a Heat fan the Raptors don't look so pathetic to me. Toronto was winless until knocking us off with a big 4th quarter last week.

[realisticphish]

6. well

if it's ok with you, canada can absorbe ohio; then you can have the cavs, and i can have socialized medicine :D

[democracyindanger]

3. Slim to none.

But if they did, they'd probably choose the mascot based on a fad started by a Steven Spielberg flick.

[Lefty48197]

7. NO WAY

because then Minnesota and Toronto will want professional basketball teams too.

[LSK]

8. 100%

You have the Toronto Raptures already.