INDI
05-14-2016, 11:04 AM
Geographically speaking Grizzlies are an east coast team and gets the shortest end of the stick when it comes to scheduling. Since they are a west coast team they play the majority of their games on the total opposite side of the country (not cool).
I know it has something to do with the balance of east vs west coast teams and also when they were added to the league, (if I'm not mistaken I believe they started in Vancouver) nevertheless it's an inconvenience.
Add that to the fact that the east and west coast needs a few shake ups and changing coasts would be a good storyline in the league for several years, I say they should be switched with the Bucks due to them being the closest team to that country divider line we know as east coast and west coast.
Yes Milwaukee is close to Chicago but it also neighbors Minnesota (Timberwolves). Also if you look on a map you can see how Wisconsin lines up with Louisiana (Pelicans) and they would almost overlap if they were next to each other.
Bottom line the league needs some shaking up, the second best team in the east could possibly miss the playoffs if they were in the west, or would at most be a low seed. Anybody that brings up records knows that the raptors only won the amount of games they won because of the easier schedule being a east coast team. A case can truly be made by the Grizzlies owners to push for them switching coasts to start the shake up.
What other teams would you like to see switch coasts?? Imo OKC is a team that would truly shake up the league in the east (maybe adding the raptors to the west since they are a Canadian organization???)
I know it has something to do with the balance of east vs west coast teams and also when they were added to the league, (if I'm not mistaken I believe they started in Vancouver) nevertheless it's an inconvenience.
Add that to the fact that the east and west coast needs a few shake ups and changing coasts would be a good storyline in the league for several years, I say they should be switched with the Bucks due to them being the closest team to that country divider line we know as east coast and west coast.
Yes Milwaukee is close to Chicago but it also neighbors Minnesota (Timberwolves). Also if you look on a map you can see how Wisconsin lines up with Louisiana (Pelicans) and they would almost overlap if they were next to each other.
Bottom line the league needs some shaking up, the second best team in the east could possibly miss the playoffs if they were in the west, or would at most be a low seed. Anybody that brings up records knows that the raptors only won the amount of games they won because of the easier schedule being a east coast team. A case can truly be made by the Grizzlies owners to push for them switching coasts to start the shake up.
What other teams would you like to see switch coasts?? Imo OKC is a team that would truly shake up the league in the east (maybe adding the raptors to the west since they are a Canadian organization???)