The NBA is clearly messing with the Grizzlies here...

The NBA is clearly messing with the Memphis Grizzlies here now This has nothing really to do with any kind of in-game action But we did hear some reports over the weekend about the new expansion teams coming in the 2028-29 season now This involves Seattle this involves Las Vegas Seattle yes coming back for all you 80s and 90s even older basketball fans For the expansion teams coming in 2028 and then even for Minnesota and possibly Memphis How is Memphis already getting screwed out of it? And why does this not make sense for them? so Thanks for tuning in everybody Jerral tour for another episode of Grizzlies digest bring you the latest news and updates not really anything basketball related per se like not in-game not necessarily talking about Kareem Lopez or camp boozer or Zach Edie or a camp Spencer or Cedric Howard or anything like that, but we are talking about some interesting developments that had Grizzlies fans talking over the weekend Now this had to do with the fact This is from poly market hoops on X. So they said They reported that the Timberwolves are expected to join the Eastern Conference in the 2028-29 season due to NBA expansion with Las Vegas and Seattle With both teams expected to join it in the West Minnesota will likely move to the east to create to 16 team conferences so Nothing exactly yet on the Grizzlies, but it's pretty clear That if there is going to be a two Western Conference teams, which should obviously be Las Vegas and Seattle Moving to that Western Conference. It should be pretty obvious that if Minnesota is gonna move to the east Well, you think that Memphis should absolutely do the same exact thing In fact, and you look at our a little map here You can clearly see this was posted by someone on X who got a lot of engagements with it over Thousand likes on it and you can clearly see which Pat is more East here Memphis, Tennessee, I Mean that up north is, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio Michigan You got the bordering North Carolina, Virginia South Carolina, Georgia You know, I mean we're talking a little SEC a little Atlantic a little Midwest action, but either way you're looking at this and you're going well, this is obviously a thing for Memphis to absolutely participate in if there haven't been talks about them to do it already and It kind of gives them a new chance to experiment of what competition is like anywhere else Of course a little bit about the history of the Memphis Grizzlies they were founded as the Vancouver Grizzlies back in 1995 moved to Memphis in the 2001 2002 season and they've been in Memphis ever since so You think okay? they just they have the tradition and the history of being a Western Conference team as well as Minnesota for All these years they've been here but This really just doesn't make a whole lot of sense at all. And it's like well, okay Well, we're just kind of waiting for the NBA to kind of say the same thing but except they really haven't been and is that because of some kind of Relocation Mary there say that our word Possibly but you never really know about what's going on at this point, but this is from Parker Fleming We've gone over some of his content before but he said Our case for why the Memphis Grizzlies could be in a good spot with expansion of why they should Move to the Eastern Conference So this is what he had to say here should the Grizzlies move to the east. He says Absolutely. Yes, they should for years now Everyone has said the Grizzlies should be in the east it makes sense for sure after all because they're east of the Mississippi River While it would have meant a decade of LeBron James on the road to the finals there's an idea the Grizzlies would be better positioned for success in the Eastern Conference and Sham Sharani reported that the Grizzlies and Timberwolves are the candidates to move east under the assumption that Seattle and Las Vegas to West Bay cities receive teams The point could be moot if an Eastern based city wins a bid such as Louisville Virginia Beach Tampa etc. So right now already off the bat. I Mean, it's it's almost like one of two things. So either look you're for some reason keeping Memphis to east a secret for now or You're just waiting Adam silver and the executives are just waiting for the right time to drop a nuke on all of the city of Memphis and say well We're actually planning on moving to Tampa Florida, you know weather's better there You know, they got the Buccaneers and they got the lightning and why not give them an NBA team? Oh, and they got the Tampa Bay Rays Why not give them the team for the big four? So that would be the most I think the most screwed route for Grizzlies fans if that were to actually happen But interesting though how we got some news I mean some you know, we gotta be something from You know this source saying, okay. Well the Minnesota Devils are expected to Join the Eastern Conference and in the next few years, I'm like, okay. Well It seems like the Grizzlies wouldn't that wouldn't be that far off of the list here But this is what Fleming had to add geographically Memphis is more vertically aligned with Eastern Conference cities like Milwaukee Chicago and Indiana Memphis is also has easier to access to Charlotte, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami However, Minnesota is closer grouped with the clutter in the central division cities aforementioned plus Cleveland and Detroit Both teams have justified reasons to go to the east who should go though The most efficient way to look at this is travel. I think this is about the best way that you could probably describe a move like this But I mean, it's it's math, but it's pretty simple Once we break it down the NBA at Seattle in Las Vegas the Western Conference. I'll actually go fullscreen here to the Western Conference Here's how the cities would compare and travel by air miles to each West City total together Memphis 18,316 Minneapolis 18,647 here's how the city's compare and air miles told together for Eastern Conference teams Memphis 10,557 Minneapolis 12,689 when comparing Memphis and Minneapolis air miles to each team of the Eastern Conference Memphis has the edge in 9 of the 15 cities with significant advantages to getting the teams Getting to the teams, excuse me in the southwest division Atlanta Charlotte, Orlando, Washington, Miami. So yeah, there you go. I mean, it's just a different Southwest division You're looking at it from the east. I mean, it's basically a southeast division. I would say That would be the only correction there. I would have on Fleming's article But yeah, I mean you're right there like Atlanta Charlotte Orlando, Washington, Miami My personal idea for what I think the NBA could do every year is get a some kind of alternate MLK game with Memphis versus Atlanta every year make them switch Home arenas every year. I think that would be an amazing tradition. I think it makes sense and you know, you have kind of a holiday tradition to look forward to every year Little Eastern Conference battle, maybe make that a little stir that up and do a little rivalry And then of course, I mean Miami, you know, there could be a lot going on with that if you honest and BAM are still there You look at Charlotte. They got something clearly going with Conkin nipple You know, they just got Nas read from Minnesota so speaking of Minnesota a lot going on there and Yeah, you also have what else do we have here Yeah, I mean Orlando, Washington, I mean, yeah clearly you have an edge there in terms of the proximity We're comparing Minnesota and Memphis and we'll go. Okay. Well, it's fine If you want to put Minnesota in the Eastern Conference, nobody's we're not complaining about that. We're saying okay Well, if you're gonna do that Memphis is way more of a East Southeast team in Retrospect so again, I just feel like we're kind of waiting on some announcement at some point We don't know when that's gonna be could be some point this season could be in the next Two to three months. I had no idea But you think with the next two years 2028 29 season dropping in About a couple of years from now. You think that that's gonna be something that Memphis fans are gonna look forward to or That they're gonna pay attention to if they do indeed move conferences But I think that is something that is in the works, but it's just the NBA. I mean, what are we doing here? I mean we you know We want to be able to get ready for Getting the expansion ready because I think that Memphis is going to have They're gonna have a say and be involved in this expansion whether they want to or not And that should be them moving from the West to the East At least some different competition and I honestly prefer it. I mean, I love it. Love the idea Love an idea of Las Vegas, especially love the idea of a Seattle basketball team coming back I hope it's called the Seattle Supersonics and then you bring back the the green and yellow ish logos or even the The 90s logo is really fun. But anyway That's gonna do it for us. Thank you so much for watching the video can like this video comments We have shared this video leave a comment below. Hey, where do you want to see Memphis? do you still want to see him in the West want to see him competing in the East and Hopefully one of you think the NBA is gonna drop some kind of bombshell Because I mean we're about two years away from that But I mean you feel like we got to know at some point soon So let us know in the comments down below what you think and thanks so much for watching the video. See you the next one