luckydog71 said:
Does it seem like you are picking over the ruins of a devistated city looking to take something away from them while they are struggling to put their lives back together?
Can you imagine if some American had said that about a hockey team from a Canadian city that had just suffered a major disaster?
But I guess if you preface your statement with "i don't like to profit from someone elses missfortune " then it makes it OK.
Of all people smakyo.....you would be ranting the loudest
for one thing luckydog they obviously have to play somewhere other then new orleans, cause i'm pretty sure people in new orleans aren't going to go to many games in the mean time. the attendance pre-katrina was low can you imagine it now?????? fact is luckydog they have to play somewhere and seeing as how i am a basketball fan i say why not vancouver? they play here for a season while new orleans re-builds then go back for the next year.
it has nothing to do with picking through rubble trying to steal something away from that city. if it had happend to vancouver the same deal. i'm pretty sure not too many people would be worrying about the canucks. so if they re-located to seattle or something for a year then fine as long as they came back when the city was ready for them.
also as for all you old fuckers on the board
saying "fuck the nba, we don't need them." i have this to say. seeing as how must of you are white and old(i am white but not old)you no longer speak for the majority of vancouver and growing up in the time you did yes having just hockey is fine and dandy for you. us young bucks on the other hand and people of other colour and races tend to identify with basketball as well. don't get me wrong i am a canadian and i love hockey but i gotta tell ya most of us grew up watching and being influenced more so by micheal jordan then any other hockey player that i can think of.
there came a point in the late 80's early 90's where i heard jordans name on tv and in the media much more then i ever heard gretzky. that being said old white men your time is over.(lol)time to let the young bucks have their basketball
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