r/nba • u/BigButter7 Lakers • 6d ago

[Clark] "The Pelicans made a push for Dejounte Murray before the trade deadline. They land him now. Lead guard with size who can take some of the creation load off of Zion. New Orleans liked his contract a lot. Owed $25 M, $27 M, $29 M next 3 years."

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u/preddevils6 Grizzlies 6d ago

The most eastern team in the most eastern state will. Which is us.

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u/Winnes0ta :sp8-1: Super 8 6d ago edited 6d ago

The team that would reduce travel the most by going east will move. That’s the Timberwolves. There are six east teams closer to Minnesota than the next closest west team. Three of the teams in the wolves’ division aren’t even in the same time zone and one is two time zones over.

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u/CMYGQZ Grizzlies 6d ago

Why is that the mindset? The East should be the 16 most East teams, not the 15 most East teams and a West team that’s closest to the 15. If that’s the case you might as well rename the 2 conference to conference 1 and conference 2 if it’s distance to other teams that’s the difference maker not East vs West.

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u/Egg_Yolkeo55 Thunder 6d ago

Memphis is culturally and logistically tied to the western teams moreso than Minnesota is to Eastern teams. Minnesota rivalries are all eastern teams such as Chicago, and Detroit. It has very little to do with geography, otherwise Portland and OKC wouldn't be in the same division.

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u/CMYGQZ Grizzlies 6d ago

I disagree. It’s the Eastern Conference and Western Conference, not Closer Tied to the Rest of the Eastern Conference and Closer Tied to the Rest of the Western Conference. Again, what makes you East or West, is, surprise surprise, whether you’re East or West.

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u/Egg_Yolkeo55 Thunder 6d ago

Sports have never been about geography dude. The Indianapolis colts are in the AFC South and the Dallas Cowboys are in the NFC East. The Edmonton Oilers and LA Kings are in the same division in hockey. OKC, Minnesota and Portland are all in the same division. It literally does not matter. It is about rivalries and ratings. And Minnesota rivalries are older than Memphis having professional sports.

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u/CMYGQZ Grizzlies 6d ago

Yeah I disagree. Idk why you brought up NFL, they have the 2 teams in the same fucking city in difference conferences lol. And I don’t know why you keeping on bring division. It literally doesn’t matter in NBA. Before they still had division winner automatic top 4 seed, now they abandoned that as well. We’re talking about conferences, East and West. And luckily for us there is a clear metric that exists to measure it. Currently the 15 most East team is in the Eastern Conference, and the 15 most West team is in the Western Conference, and I guarantee you that it’s not a coincidence.

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u/Egg_Yolkeo55 Thunder 6d ago

Divisions do matter. You play them more times than other teams. Which is why Minnesota travels more miles than Memphis by far. Ntm Memphis is close to New Orleans, Dallas, OKC, and San Antonio. Minnesota is close to Detroit, Milwaukee, and Chicago.