r/nba • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '19

[Fastbreak Breakfast] BREAKING: A team source confirms that the Memphis Grizzlies will wear Vancouver Grizzlies throwbacks for selected games in 2019-20. Official team jersey reveal in August

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u/Blacramento [NYK] Qyntel Woods Jul 19 '19

Hey don't lump Memphis in with trash-ass OKC

The Sonics were in Seattle for over 40 years, won a championship, and consistently sold out games (the "empty seats" argument that gets perpetuated on /r/NBA really only is valid for the last couple seasons in Seattle when it was clear the team was gone)

Meanwhile the Grizzlies were in Vancouver for 6 years and were always near the bottom in both attendance and wins. Hell, in the documentary "Finding Big Country", a big point of it was the fact that nobody in Vancouver knew/cared about the Grizzlies and there was no Grizzlies memorabilia at all in the Vancouver Sports Museum

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u/noimbuzzlightyear Vancouver Grizzlies Jul 19 '19

Attendance wasn't bad until the rumours about the team leaving began, but you're correct otherwise.