Unexpectedly, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today that he would be stepping down from his position on February 1st of 2014. Amid questions probing at how “the league” will look different both in 15 months and 15 years, the commissioner was not let go without addressing the growing issue of relocation and expansion rumors. The conversation began by discussing [...]
On October 2nd, basketball coach John Calipari sat down Lexington, KY’s WLKY to explain why he supports Louisville Mayor Greg Fisher in looking for an NBA team to help support the Yum! Center.
On August 30th, Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson was in Louisville to meet with Louisville Mayor at the annual Leadership Louisville Luncheon. Louisville’s hopes to lure away his Sacramento Kings became the topic of the day. Mayor Johnson gave Mayor Fisher and the rest of Louisville advice on the importance of the potential economic impact [...]
During the Metro Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer provided some hope that maybe one day the city of Louisville will land an NBA franchise. Fischer appears to be 100-percent on board with brining an NBA team to Louisville and says that the city needs to be ready when the opportunity arises. In [...]
Earlier this week Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) interviewed Oklahoma state senator David Holt who is also an expert on the journey Oklahoma City took in luring the Thunder away from Seattle. David Holt gave us insight into what it takes to make believers out of non-believers and the positive impact the NBA has made on Oklahoma City’s economy [...]
The podcast is up on ESPNLouisville.com and I advise everyone that is interested in bringing the NBA to Louisville to listen to it. Miller and Valvano discuss the validity of the news of the Sacramento Kings possibly moving to Virginia Beach and what that could mean for the NBA to Louisville movement. The guys also discuss [...]
This was posted to the ‘Bring the NBA to Louisville’ Timeline from J. Bruce Miller yesterday… “To all “Bring the NBA’ers to Louisville”: Let’s not get our proverbial ‘underwear in a knot’ about this rumor. Having learned about this late this afternoon, I have been ‘running the traps’ since then. I will continue a little [...]
Louisville’s ongoing pursuit for the NBA is beginning to rival the city’s longtime effort to build another Ohio River bridge. Among native Louisvillians, the bridge debate has been a source of frustration, embarrassment, and self-ridicule for as long as I can remember. The NBA debate is now approaching thirteen years in age since the Houston [...]
Today, Forbes.com Contributor Darren Heitner published his opinion on the viability of Louisville as a professional basketball market. Heitner says that Louisville should top the NBA’s list of viable relocation cities, a list that includes Seattle, Virginia Beach, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. He explains, while a NBA team’s impact on local college programs and the current Yum! Area [...]
On Sunday, November 4th, the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Mark Story published a piece recognizing our team’s efforts to bring professional basketball back to the bluegrass state. Mark’s article looks into the human resources that go into building our movement. We have been blessed to represent the growing number of people who see professional sports as an [...]
Below is an review of a recent piece at Insider Louisville titled, “Albrecht Stahmer: An NBA win for Louisville doesn’t have to be a loss for U of L”. Albrecht Stahmer is an nba2lou team member and Insider Louisville contributor. In a recent piece he refutes the notion that there would not be enough corporate support for [...]
Saturday, January 6 was a blast. The Cleveland Cavaliers played the Houston Rockets. It wasn’t a particularly interesting game. It was exciting to see two of the best young guards in the world (James Harden and Kyrie Irving) make a few spectacular plays, but otherwise it was a game made ugly by a young Cavaliers [...]
We have collected some questions from nba2lou followers and sent them to J. Bruce Miller. Posted below are his answers. If you have any questions for him, send them to us on our Contact Us page. What do you think the possibility is of Louisville landing a team by next season? If not next season, [...]
Below is the second of a 2 part question and answer session we did with Brent Lepping (@BrentLepping) and Ethan Moore (@_EthanMoore) of Louisville Sports Live. You can read the first part of the Question and Answer session here. 5) What do you think the benefits would be for UofL, and what would a potential deal [...]
Below is an review of a recent piece at Insider Louisville titled, “Albrecht Stahmer: An NBA win for Louisville doesn’t have to be a loss for U of L”. Albrecht Stahmer is an nba2lou team member and Insider Louisville contributor. In a recent piece he refutes the notion that there would not be enough corporate support for [...]
