How have teams like the Spurs and Warriors broken through as

The bay area is a big market

By being located on big markets.
Makes you think, doesn't it?

>Celtics
>large market

>>76659273
>An East coaster so far up his own ass hole he doesn't think San Antonio and the bay area aren't huge metroplexes
Color me surprised

>>76659273
revenue sharing makes it so most teams can afford players without trouble

Payroll really is only a factor in baseball

also you could also being in New York has hurt my knicks, never any incentive to be good because the team prints money by being in msg and free agents dont want to come here because of the media

>>76659289
>Spurs
>large market

>Warriors
>large market

>>76659273
San Antonio is like the 7th largest city in the US. That's a massive market. Then combine that with Austin, TX which is only a 45 minute drive up the freeway, it's one of the largest. Pretty sure you're unaware of the cities in texas. Not to mention, there are no other major sports teams in San Antonio, with the exception of a minor league hockey team and minor league baseball team, the whole city loves the spurs and that's all they really care about

>>76659358
bay area really isnt small market either though

>>76659369
By metro area, it's not even in the top 20

>>76659379
Post link then faggot

>>76659389
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_primary_statistical_areas_of_the_United_States

San Antonio: 30

>>76659379
True. There are like 30 nba teams, so it makes sense that a team in the top 30 population centers in the US would have a team. And to top it off, it's just been a successful team for a long time, so the fan base is set and die hard

>>76659372
San Francisco only has 800,000 people

>>76659379
What does metro area have to do with a team's market size when local markets extend well beyond city limits? Talk about reaching for an argument. The Spurs' market even encompasses Austin's population.

>>76659273

Smart management, smart staff, extremely talented scouts, draft players who are willing to adopt the organizations culture.

by having good players and coaches?

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>Warriors
>Small market

The Bay area is literally one of the richest metropolitan areas in the entire world.

As for the Spurs, they just happened to solidify themselves as THE premier Texas NBA team better the Mavs and Rockets could, and therefore really lay claim to a pretty huge market. The same thing happens with Dallas sports teams more often than not cucking Houston sports teams for the greater Texas market despite the fact that both cities are roughly equal in size and value.

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>>76659635

>the New York Jest

>>76659273
>Bay area
>Small market
Pick one

>>76659668
>>76659635

Being rich =/= big market

The Bay Area isn't NYC, LA, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Philly, etc.

Most people have it on the same tier as Seattle and Portland

>>76659635
so what happens to the Rams fans in the St Louis area? Do they just change team or keep supporting the Rams like good goy?

>>76659709
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/largest-cities-list.php

The Bay area has just 200k less people than the Boston metropolitan area.

>Being rich =/= big market

Lel, you're a tard. It matters a shitload how rich and area is, and it's basically why Boston is always mentioned in the same breath as markets like Dallas, NY, Chicago, and LA which are way bigger. It's punches above its weight in wealth. Notice how Bay area teams suddenly started winning shit after the Silicon Valley Tech boom.

>>76659404
This isn't right

No way the Bay Area has 8.7 million people. I don't care what the government says

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>>76659829
Norcal literally has a higher combined GDP than the entire Texas triangle minus Houston (DFW + Austin + San Antonio)

>>76659499
you only have 800,000 brain cells

>>76659903
Jesus. And people here think they're poor.

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>>76659635
>all those random cowcuck colonies

>>76659709
>Houston, Dallas, Philly
>Unionrically mentioned in the same sentence as the bay
Wew

>>76659499

The Warriors represent the SF Bay at large, too. So basically everyone within an hour drive of Oracle Arena will get broadcasted Warriors game on the local NBC channel. Anywhere further you'll get Kings games.

The spurs success is tied to RC Bufford

>>76659829
Probably closer 20million with all the illegals

>>76660078
I thought the Bay Area was mostly White?

>>76660264
It is. The vast majority of the illegals are in Socal. The Bay area being a sanctuary city is just virtue signaling because housing prices are so insanely high in the area they can't afford to live there anyway. Oakland in fact is experiencing gentrification with all the white rich hipsters moving in, and pushing all the lower/middle class blacks and hispanics out of the city by making the cost of living unaffordable.

>>76660402
>>76660264
Which part of Cali has all the Asians?

>>76660264
It's not mostly anything. It's THE most multicultural region in America.

>>76660518
Both. Asians have a higher average income in the US than even whites.

>>76660660
Its not more multicultral than New York, LA, Chicago, Houston, etc.

Its mostly just effeminate white guys

>>76660660
A few decades ago maybe, but not anymore. Houston is probably the most multicultural city in the US now.

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>>76660264

>chinks
>flips everywhere
>all the poo in loos in silicon valley and SJ
>dindus in the east bay
>white

>>76660744
>California
>Asians

When will this meme end?

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>>76660795
Literally the most Asian state in the US

Great front office

>>76660824

actually hawaii is, but by population size, its CA

>>76660698
>>76660712
>Houston
>Mexicans and Anglo
>MULTI
dude lmao. And we are counting the whole bay right?
>Japs
>Chinese
>Lao
>Vietnamese
>Hmong
>All Easter euros
>Italians
>Spanish
>Portuguese
>Jew
>Blacks
>Philippines
>Irish
>Greeks
Im probably missing some. You have to remember the San Francisco Bay is one of 3 major ports on the whole west coast and was the first one of the three. Sure some ethnic groups have been pushed out of the city proper but the bay area extends all the way to Fairfield on the 80 corridor.

>>76661428
Houston has more Vietnamese than anywhere outside of Orange County

>>76660795
>t. has never been to LA or SF

>>76659499
Boston has less

>>76661468
This. Fun fact: the 3rd most commonly spoken language in Texas after English and Spanish is Vietnamese.

The Bay is also insanely segregated unlike cities like Houston and Atlanta. What amount of exaggerated multiculturalism they do have is extremely isolated from one another.

>le small market meme
I wish this term would die. Every sports team is based in a big city. Even the smallest are exposed to millions of people. It's just a buzzword the media uses to make some teams' success seem bigger when it's really completely expected (like the warriors).

>>76662994
Except the Bay Area is not by any standard a small market. It's both massive and rich.

If you were could pick any city to start your sports franchise in, you would easily go NY > LA > Chicago > Boston > Dallas > Bay Area > Philly > Houston and then everything after that is either a small or inconsistent market. The only reason the Bay area isn't Boston or Dallas level is because both those cities have a powerful sports media and a long established tradition of sports success, but it's arguably a more fertile market than either.

>>76663220
>Dallas
>Success

>>76659273
Are the Clippers more noteworthy in Cali than the Warriors?

>>76663260
They have the Cowboys which as a single franchise has a higher net worth than Lakers and NY Rangers put together.

It's basically just because of them that Dallas developed a really powerful sports media.

>>76663359
The Warriors were valued as the 3rd most valuable team in the NBA after the Lakers and Knicks by Forbes so lol no.

I can't believe people are actually fooled in to thinking the Bay area is a small market.

>>76663464
The Bay Area outside of California is GREATLY overshadowed by LA

>>76663220
I LITERALLY SAID IT'S NOT A SMALL MARKET. ARE YOU RETARDED? FUCK OFF YOU SWAMP MONKEY OGRE

>>76662745
Boston is small market

>>76663512
20 years Ago? Yes, because Hollywood, but in case you've been in a coma the last couple of decades, Tech companies have become the new media giants and half of them are headquartered in Silicon Valley.

It's not a coincidence that the Bay Area and Seattle have suddenly experienced so much success recently in sports and you see all these meme teams like the Warriors, Seahawks, SF Giants, and Sounders getting tons of buzz.

>>76663552
Except you implied there are no such thing as small markets which isn't true.

>>76659273
San Antonio is the 10th largest city in the entire country. The Bay Area is the 10th largest metropolitan area. In what universe are these "small markets"?

>>76663640
Compared to giant markets like NY yes, but realistically none of them are small.

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>>76659273
>San Antonio
>Bay Area
>small markets

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE FAILED 5TH GRADE GEOGRAPHY

San Antonio is 37 on this list, but then again they're right next door to Austin (45), so try reading a book.

>>76663664
So you were just making a completely useless point then? No fucking shit Oklahoma City isnt small when you compare it to bum fucking nowhere, but you can stick 2 teams in NY that will both make way more money than a single team in OKC.

>>76663686
>>76663648
I definitely think anyone who considers San Antonio small market doesn't really understand just how many people live in SA, Austin, and the corridor between them.

>>76659635
Will Nevada get BLACKED?

>>76664072
Combined, the Austin-San Antonio corridor has 4.5 million people or roughly the size of Phoenix and Seattle

>>76664072
The problem with San Antonio is that DFW and Houston are much bigger and can invade their extended market. Thats why they're stuck with only having one professional team. It's also why OKC only has one team that's also in the NBA.

San Antonio to be viable really needs to have a good chuck of Austin and some of the mid-sized cities sprinkled throughout the Texas triangle, but good luck trying to wrestle them away from Dallas when even Houston has trouble getting outside of their immediate area in the NFL and MLB.

>>76664405
Difference between Pheonix and San Antonio is that Pheonix is the biggest city for hundreds and hundreds of miles of its location. San Antonio has to compete with much bigger cities not far from its immediate vicinity.

Also, Pheonix still generally a poor tier market in pretty much every sport. They have just a big enough market to be reliably profitable like Denver, but have a hard ceiling for growth since it's all rural area around it until you run in to California and Texas.

>the size of the city surrounding the arena in which basketball is played is responsible for the quality of basketball player in that arena

this fully activated my almonds

>>76659507
Metro area is the best gauge of market size. I don't get how he was "reaching". Using city size is a terrible gauge because it's arbitrary to how It's zoned and such. Columbus has like 700,000+ but it's metro is still a cow town. St Louis is only like 300,000 but a mid major metro area. No one that's been to both would say Columbus is more than twice the market size of St Louis.

Once you get outside your metro area, your pull becomes less so you can't count them the same. Technically Helena, Montana is Denver Broncos territory. I doubt the average resident follows the Broncos like someone from Denver does.

>>76664786
Plus it's pretty much the highest amount of transplants in the country so loyality to the local teams is probably about the lowest in the country.

>>76663686
San Antonio-Austin is similar to Bay Area-Sacramento

If thats the case, that general area has 10 million people.

>>76665059
True, and that's also the same reason why Florida markets always seem enticing but end up being shit.

>>76659903
why is toronto included in the infograph?

>>76659499
>suburbs and adjacent cities don't exist

>>76665302
Canada is more of a US state than Puerto Rico.

>>76659273
The Gay area is several times larger than Bombston.

>>76659379
Even metro area is irrelevant considering teams usually have a larger fanbase than just their metro area. Packers market isn't just the shitty hamlet of Green Bay and its immidiate sorroundings, it's the entire state of Wisconsin and even part of Michigan. Arizonan teams aren't just Phoenix, it's the entire 7 million people in Arizona. Meanwhile the Spurs have two other teams to compete with in Texas alone.

>>76665302
Becuase Toronto is more American than Canadian.

>>76665447
Toronto is more middle eastern than anything.

>>76665417
Yet the only reasons these teams are still around is that they can afford it.

Do you think the packers would do better with two teams or lose money? Also I think Texas and CA benefit from having more than one team because really the only fans that are known for being loyal outhere are Raider fans and yet people laugh at them more than Rams fans.

>>76665505
>afford it
Thanks to salary cap and revenue sharing there is no such thing as poor teams and rich teams.

>>76660518
Them niggas are everywhere. Theres poor asians, rich asians, middle class asians. Either they are cutting you off in a nice car or a riced one. Or they are selling you bagels and donuts in the morning.

Philipinos, Koreans, Japs, Chinese. Take your fucking pick we got them all.

>>76664473
>San Antonio to be viable really needs to have a good chuck of Austin and some of the mid-sized cities sprinkled throughout the Texas triangle

I think it just needs to look south. American sports are fairly popular in Northern Mexico.

>>76665417
Packers survive as a major team by just continually being good all the time. A decade of irrelevance would probably hit them hard. The Redskins, which are in a much better market than GB, used to be a pretty big team but sucking for a long time has severely hurt their bandwagon.

>>76665700
Even if Packers get bad it won't force people in Milwaukee or Madison to abandon them.

>Redskins
The Redskins are a special case because most of their fanbase aren't even in the same place as the team itself. It's in Virginia which is bandwagon central, and in Maryland where they directly compete with the Ravens.

>>76665673
Might as well just cut out the middle man and put a team in Mexico City if you want to go that route.

>>76659273
>The only cities in America are Los Angeles, Boston and New York: the post.

>>76663359
The Clippers aren't even as noteworthy as the Warriors in LA

>>76659635
Pretty sure that map is radically different, now.

Chargers have joined the Jets as a no-county plurality team, for one.
Rams no longer have a hold in Missouri, they may actually carry a county in California.
Raiders may have raided the county encompassing Las Vegas.

>>76660264
It's a majority minority area. More non-whites than whites

>>76659635
>New Orleans
>Not either the Braves or Astros

JUST

>>76665747
>Milwaukee and Madison

Might as well cite Columbus and Cleveland as a reason why the Browns should be a huge team when they're both much bigger than Madison and Milwaukee.

Packers have a national bandwagon which is what keeps them big, but no media presence or major centralized market to shield them from years of being shit like the Cowboys do.

Stop fucking walking people

>>76659273
>warriors aren't big market

>>76665879
Columbus is actually closer to Cincinnati than to Cleveland.

>>76665918
Literately no one cares about Ohio cities and their proximity to each other.

>>76665972
Then don't bring it up brainlet. By your logic the Bengals should be the #1 team in Columbus since they're closer, but Browns remain #1 despite being garbage.

>>76665918
Yet it's still Browns country because they're historically the more prolific team and Cincinnati has done fuck all to wrestle it away from them.

Madison and Milwaukee ensure that the Packers will always be a viable market, but they would quickly grind down their big name appeal the moment they experience an extended time of being shit. Even the Steelers as big as they are have experienced degradation of their brand over the last decade while not even outright being shit.

>>76666172
>Yet it's still Browns country
That was my point. They could've jumped ship to the Bengals but they didn't. Even if Packers have several shitty seasons in a row, that won't magically make Milwaukee and Madison root for Chicago or Detroit or whatever.

>Even the Steelers as big as they are have experienced degradation of their brand over the last decade while not even outright being shit.
Pittsburgh not only isn't shit, it's been one of the most successful teams over the last 10 years. Numerous playoff appearances, two trips to the Owl and one ring. That's pretty damn great.

>>76659273
Smart drafting, good development of talent, cap space management, good trades and free agent signings.
I.e. have a great front office

>>76659273
Success has nothing to do with the size of the market when salary cap exists.

>>76666203
>That was my point. They could've jumped ship to the Bengals but they didn't. Even if Packers have several shitty seasons in a row, that won't magically make Milwaukee and Madison root for Chicago or Detroit or whatever.

And my point is that it isn't Madison and Milwaukee that makes the Packers a big team. It's having bandwagoners all over the country because they've been good for so long, and the fact that fans of teams like the Seahawks and Cowboys are interested in watching their games because of a momentary rivalry.

>>76666172
>>76666312
The Cowboys haven't won anything in over 20 years yet half the country still bandwagons them like crazy.

>>76666203
And just in case you don't understand this point, national bandwagons are very flimsy without a inherent media presence which the Packers don't have. Kids that are born outside of Wisconsin are more likely to root for their local team if it's better than the Packers even if their parents are Packers fans.

>>76666382
Cowboys are the exception because Tex Schramm and Jerry Jones were both marketing genius owners who managed to make the Cowboys brand bigger than the NFL itself and thus negotiated exclusive favorable privileges that no other team has.

>>76659273
Warriors are the 3rd biggest franchise after lakers & celtics now

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>>76659273
>How did they become successful?
The Warriors have Jerry West in the front office.

>>76659787
Go back to being a nig infested shit hole.

>>76660518
Daly City

>>76671235
>have Jerry West

You mean HAD Jerry West

the Warriors aren't a small market

they are one of the biggest in the country, at least top 5

>>76659709
the bay area IS a bigger market than dallas, houston, boston and philly you retarded american

>>76676276
>>76676294
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

>top 5
>not even top 10

Boppity Boopy, faggot.

Don't talk about my country and I won't talk about yours. in the US, the Bay Area is behind even Atlanta and Houston

>>76659273
Big Markets attract cancer, on a sport like basketball when even one player can make a difference, that's not exactly what you want.

>>76659273
Does anyone outside of the USA even know where Oakland or San Francisco are?

I suspect that they think its an LA suburb

>>76676802
I do.

>>76676842
You're a Spic. You know everything about California because its bascially part of Mexico, unlike places like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, DC, Boston, etc.

>>76676802
>San Francisco
>Literally one of the most famous cities in the world
>Not knowing where it is
Thankfully not many people abroad are as shit at geography as the average American.

>>76676856
I haven't been to LA or SF. But I don't know, if you're familiar with american sports you'd know where they're located.

>>76677055
Cool

Mt. Rushmore is famous too

Doesn't mean that its a major area

Its not as big as Houston, Dallas or Atlanta especially in sports

>>76677110
>Houstin, Dallas, Atlanta sports
>combined 10 championships

>Niners, A's, and Giants alone have 13

>>76676513
He said market not population. The problem with Atlanta and Houston is they are all disloyal or broke niggers. Meanwhile the bay area sells out AT&T park regularly, Oracle always, the coliseum almost always for As and raidnigs (maybe not now cuz of the move). Their franchises all have top Jersey sellers etc. And massive t.v. contracts that go all the way from southern Oregon to Bakersfield. By any fiscal measure our franchises markets are leaps and bounds ahead of those pathetic championshipless cities of Atlanta and Houston.

>>76677110

>>76677153
>>76677163
Hahahaha BTFO

Why is this poor bannerless faggot even trying to argue?

Gay Area: Population 7.65 Million
Apple Total Assets: $321 Billion
Google Total Assets: $167 Billion

Boston Area: Population: 7.5 million
Massachusetts GDP: $330 Billion

>>76677163
I have no idea about this, but don't want to exit with more doubts.

Are prices the same? Is selling out a game in Oracle is the same as selling out in MSG?
Do networks and advertisers are worth the same in California than in Texas or New York?
What exactly makes a city a big market?

>>76677235
A combination of all those things. Now the money from the t.v. contracts is shared but the exposure is priceless and is what drives all the merchandise and advertising sales. Mostly what makes a big market is a combination of fan loyalty, amount of disposable income, and breadth of regional influence. Strictly speaking pure population alone is only an indicator of market potential, but if nobody is interested in spending money on your franchise or has a lot of disposable income it doesn't matter. This was the NFLs case in L.A. forever. Im not convinced both franchises will stick this time around either.

>>76677163
Yeah, what Bay Area franchise is equivalent to the Dallas Cowboys, LA Lakers or NY Yankees again?

>>76677392
The $)ers

>>76677410
Not nearly as well known or as popular as the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have 16 home games. The 49ers barely have 6

>>76677392
>>76677410
This. The Giants and recently the warriors and the raiders are easily as much of a global brand as the boys, Steelers, and packers. Im a niners fan but im sad to see them leave desu. Like I said the regional breadth of these teams are huge too going from southern Oregon to Bakersfield

>>76677777

>>76677458
The cowboys are one of four anomalies in the NFL that are like this. The others Steelers, packers, and raiders all hail from smaller metro areas. Their popularity is from the fact that they were the best when the league's popularity exploded and they had those great NFL films propaganda. Nothing to do with the population of Dallas. The cowboys are also the only team from Texas with a steady national following.

>>76677163

houston has two titles

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>>76677458
Are you fucking serious?

>>76677410
>>76677490
>>76677578
The bay area still doesn't have a team like the Lakers, Cowboys, or Yankees (legacy franchises) type franchise

>>76677730
The As have 4. The niners have 5. The Giants have 3. The warriors have 3. The raiders have 3. Every single one of our franchises has more titles than your whole city. You are bannerless in our eyes. Our only worthy competition is NY and Boston/new England.

>>76677795
>He claims underneath a sea of red at cowboys stadium
HAHAHAHA ITS POTTERY

>>76677803
Lakers 16
Bay Area 17

Yawn

>>76677826
Well let's see if you guys can hold on to an NFL franchise this time around huh kid?

>>76677898
Better than losing the same team twice to the same general area

>>76677918
>Implying Las Vegas
Baby Davis is an ass and Vegas can only be considered """general area""" if you mean the entire Southwest is the same general area.

>>76677972
Point is you said

>Our only worthy competition is NY and Boston/new England.

Disrespecting LA, Chicago, Pittsburgh, etc.

>>76678067
Yeah because those cities are dependent on one sport whereas we three have multiple sport dynasties.

>>76678125
Chicago had the 90s Bulls and the 10s Blackhawks
LA had the 80s and 00s Lakers, Dodgers, and 10s Kings
Pittsburgh has the 70s Steelers, 00 Steelers and 10s Penguins

Giants aren't a dynasty
49ers suck now
Warriors aren't a dynasty (got 3-1'd last year)
Sharks choke
Raiders are leaving
A's currently suck

>>76678147
>Hockey is a major sport
>3 in 5 isn't a dynasty.
>We all know the warriors are in for more
>Counting current events in a discussion of legacy
The Lakers are ass too then, but still legacy

>>76659635
>MEST
>JEST

>>76678249
And NONE of those teams have an impact of the Lakers, Yankees or Cowboys

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>>76678454
What are you even talking about?

>>76678691
>comparing most popular NBA franchise to the 10th most popular NFL franchise.

k

>>76680861
>Priding yourself on your niggerball franchise
K

>>76681632
Better having ONE marquee franchise instead of ZERO

>>76681710
>Worth less than the Knicks
LOL DUDE GIVE UP LAKERS ONLY MAKE MONEY WHEN THEY WIN BECAUSE SOCAL IS THE LOWEST TIER CALIBER OF FICKLE FAIRWEATHER FANS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE ALMOST THE SAME SIZE OF NY YET TOTALLY BTFO BY THEM IN RELEVANCY? AND TO BE BTFO BY THE SMALLER POPULATED BAY??? LA sports is the single most disappointing fanbase in America.

>>76681776
>implying the Knicks are a marquee franchise like the Lakers

Uh huh.

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>>76659273
in what way are the Warriors a small market team? They are the only team in the Bay Area, a metro area of 7.68 million people.

>>76681776
>New York
Nets, Knicks

Okay.

>>76681844
They make more money than you... While competing with the Yankees, Giants, and Jets. Meanwhile L A can barely keep one basketball franchise relevant.

>>76681860
on what planet is 7.6 million people a lot of people?

LA County in comparison has 10 million people.

>>76681905
Who can barely follow sports...

>>76659499
the warriors don't even play in San Francisco fuck face

>>76680861
>>76681710

>He thinks being a basketball town makes you a sports town
Lmao they could bring home a title for the next 10 years (they won't the warriors are) and you'd still be JUST a basketball town

>>76681905
how does LA being bigger make 7.6 million people not a lot?

Kill yourself

Lakers Suck, Dodgers Suck, Rams suck, Chargers suck, you suck

>>76682021
>>76682351
Shhh. It's okay bros it's all he has to cling to since Kobe retired.

>>76682351
>Dodgers suck

Yeah 5 straight NL West titles and look like the best team this year

Ok

>Lakers suck

They're making moves and with PG will make the playoffs

And they're still the NBA's marquee franchise

>>76681860
New York metro has 22 million people
LA area has 18 million
Chicago has around 10 million

Bay Area has between 7-9 depending on who you believe

There's a difference. Bay Area is Dallas/Houston tier

>>76682481
im confused. Are you saying it is small or not the largest?

>he combined statistical area of the region is the second-largest in California (after the Greater Los Angeles area), the fifth-largest in the United States, and the 43rd-largest urban area in the world with 8.80 million people.

>>76682594
SO how many people does it have?

I've seen it go from 4 million to 8.8 million

Either way it's not large. San Francisco Oakland combined had 1.2 million people

Dallas has 2 million
Houston has 2.5 million
New York has 8 million.

>>76681776
LA sports: gain two NFL teams
Gay Area: lose an NFL team

>>76682458
>They're still the NBA Marquee franchise
What kinda cringey excuse is that? You make less money than the Knicks. The Knicks is more Marquee than you. And the warriors are hot on your heels. By the end of the decade you'll be as influential as the clippers.

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>>76682655
>Still no stadiums
Hahahaha we'll see how long they last. The chargers for sure is just a leverage game for another city.

>>76682664
Being a marquee franchise isn't about making money only - its also about history and winning, both which the Lakers have

Look at shit teams historically like the Warriors and Grizzlies - they could miss the playoffs for years in a row and no one would care. Lakers miss the playoffs and everyone is STILL talking about them.

>>76682819
>I-i-its about our history guise.
Lol. How sad and pathetic you sound. First it's about money then you get BTFO, then it's about city size, then you get BTFO. Well prepare yourself for another btfo. The 49ers are one one the winningest franchises in the NFL, they are one of 4 franchises to EVER win 5 owls, they have one of the few ever owners in the Hof. They were the team of the player widely considered to be the Goat football player of all time. L A SUX

>>76683007
enjoy the Warriors and Giants being a meme team like the Seahawks then

LA has 2 noteworthy franchises: the Lakers are THE TOP NBA FRANCHISE and the Dodgers are a top 4 MLB franchise (along with the Yankees, Red Sox, and Cardinals)

The Raiders should've come home but Vegas is pretty much Greater LA so its good enough

>>76682625
>not counting san jose

>>76683215
>Implying Seattle ever got multiple chips
>Implying the dodgers won't choke in the post season
>Implying the Lakers are even as popular as the Knicks.

>>76683308
Lakers; 21 million facebook likes
Knicks: 6 million facebook likes

Sure showed me

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>>76683438
>Le normiebook likes
Buddy, it's just getting sad now.

>>76683479
In the real world - do people talk about the Lakers or Knicks more?

Stop pretending that the Lakers aren't the mystique brand in the NBA - much like the Yankees in the MLB or the Cowboys in the NFL

>>76683615
Maybe people in L A. you've got a serious information silo problem my dude.

>>76682697
Even though they just both signed a lease in Inglewood and have already broke ground.

And the Bay Area DEFINITELY lost the Raiders. AGAIN. Big markets like LA and NYC gain teams, small markets like Oakland (Bay Area), St Louis and San Diego lose teams

>>76682664
>warriors
>on heel of Lakers

Wow, success has really gotten to your guys' heads. You're basically the Clippers with 2 championships. STFU.

>>76683615
The only reason people are talking about the Lakers is because of lonzo Ball.
>>76683661
Can't wait to see that big, beautiful, empty stadium on national t.v. it's gonna be real embarrassing when the upper decks are all tarped off.

>>76683717
>The only reason people are talking about the Lakers is because of lonzo Ball.

Yeah, and Magic and Pelinka, and Paul George wanting to come here (a player who's traditionally OWNED the Warriors), and the possibility of LeBron, and being THE franchise in the NBA as confirmed by Max Kellerman and Colin Cowherd

>Can't wait to see that big, beautiful, empty stadium on national t.v. it's gonna be real embarrassing when the upper decks are all tarped off

Just like O.Co has been for the past 20 years? No wonder the Raiders are moving to Vegas.

>>76683694
>>76683773
>Owned by a woman
>Managed by a literal nigger with aids
>Optimistic
The legendary Laker fag delusion on display again.

gay area has china and silicone bucks

the richest market most def

>>76683773
LAKERSED THE FUCK OUT

WE RELLY OUCHEEEAAAAAAAAA

>>76684105
what state, i flyover, is it exactly that you exist in

kek

>>76684105
Don't you have some pills to overdose on?

>>76677826
>16 championships
> We won't be counting the ones in Minneapolis towards LA
>So that's 11
>Add in the 5 from the L.A. dodgers
>That's 16
Nice try on the stat pad tho little brother but we still got you beat by two titles ;)

>>76684682
>Giants
3
>Niners
5

Where'd you get 16?

>>76663359
No.

As an outsider from Cali

Since Clippers are in LA, they are more known than the Warriors, even as a failing franchise

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>>76684753
>Warriors 3
>Raiders 3
>As 4
We have 18 lil bro.

>>76659273

Winning

/thread

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Salary Cap

/thread

>>76659809
>The Bay area has just 200k less people than the Boston metropolitan area.

I don't think so. I just typed "Bay Area population" in Google and it says 7.15 million. Wiki says the Bay Area is a 9 county region.

>>76659961
Houston is the 4th largest city in the United States and has an area population of over 5 million.

>>76659499
ok but the entire rest of the world are bandwagon cucks, therefore popular team

reminder: redditors are warrior fans

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>>76663607
>SF Giants
>meme team

>>76685081
One of the Raiders is LA's idiot

And the Raiders are a Vegas/LA team

>>76682021

yet

>>76685218
Reminder that nobody north of Bakersfield roots for socal teams

>>76685391
>Claiming an out of state city is yours
Kek

Nah the team was just on loan to l.a. like a museum exhibit

>>76682625
why would you only mention those two cities? You don't know shit about the bay area so shut the fuck up. Look at a map, look at how many people live in the cities surrounding the city of Oakland. And that's only the East Bay. Plus there's the entire south bay (no, not just the city of San Jose) and also north of the Golden Gate which is smaller but still significant.

Once you have done all of that I invite you to suck my dick.

>>76676263
Yeah, I knew it was coming but I was hoping it wouldn't.

The guy is The Logo for a reason.

>>76659273
Lol the Warriors are Seahawks tier

>>76659369
idk if this helps, but the spurs are the most loved team en south america

>>76659273
>Spurs
Globalization Jews
>Golden State
Race Mixing Jews

I mean, the only other option would be they made good draft picks or their management improved. Sounds pretty ridiculous.

>>76693175
Are they?

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>>76685218
It's pretty well known that even during their shitty years, the warriors could still fill seats. If anything, the bandwagoners should make you feel sorry for the actual fans.

http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors-conclude-2015-16-regular-season-175-consecutive-sellouts/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/701026-golden-state-warriors-the-nbas-most-loyal-fan-base

>>76665575
>Them niggas are everywhere.
Spics have been kicking them out personally

>>76696531
What are you talking about?

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asians-remain-fastest-growing-us-group-pacific-islanders-mixed-race-n597711

Asians have been outgrowing Hispanics in California by even raw number.

>>76696612
Just wait 30 years from now when Mexicans become the huge majority in the US.