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NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:33 pm
by DowntownBryan
lets settle it here, once and for all

try and keep it clean and not start talking about how we need a downtown baseball stadium, post that garbage in its own thread...

let the voting begin!!

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:37 pm
by AllThingsKC
I voted YES.  Twice.     

Oops, wrong vote.....I voted NBA all the way!!!   NBA will handle the border problem, lower gas prices, and cut taxes!!!

VOTE NBA TODAY!

(Oh, but I would be overjoyed with NHL too!)

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Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:30 am
by KcSportsFanatic
This is the third time i've seen this poll come up...

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:44 am
by DiggityDawg
I voted NHL. I'm not a big hockey fan, but could see myself becoming one.

Can't stand the NBA at all. Love college hoops, hate the NBA.

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:58 pm
by AF
NHL.

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:51 pm
by mean
Can you put an option for Sweet Monster Truck Rallys?

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:42 pm
by DowntownBryan
ill keep a written tallie on that one mean

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:44 pm
by KCMax
The NBA playoffs have been FAN-tastic! I don't see how anyone can think the game is boring after watching this post-season. Bring the Orlando Magic here! Dwight Howard, Steve Franchise, Jameer Nelson, maybe even a healthy Grant Hill...that could be a winner very soon!

I also like the NHL. I'd just rather see the NBA (and maybe an AHL team)

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:52 pm
by DowntownBryan
KCMax, im not arguing with you one bit, but i am still confused. are you saying that you would rather want an ahl team rather than an nhl team if both were avaliable???

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:55 pm
by KCMax
I'd rather have the NHL over the AHL for selfish reasons, but I think KC could much better support an AHL team long-term than an NHL team.

I also have my doubts about our ability to support an NBA team. But I'd love to see us try.

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:25 pm
by Highlander
KCMax wrote: I also have my doubts about our ability to support an NBA team. But I'd love to see us try.
I voted the NBA.  One reason I think the NBA would be OK is the enormous popularity of college basketball in the area.  An NBA would do especially well here if the local schools keep creating talent that a KC team could gobble up (I think KC Fans would love to watch a Paul Pierce type player play locally after attending school in Lawrence)

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:30 pm
by KcSportsFanatic
Highlander wrote: I voted the NBA.  One reason I think the NBA would be OK is the enormous popularity of college basketball in the area.  An NBA would do especially well here if the local schools keep creating talent that a KC team could gobble up (I think KC Fans would love to watch a Paul Pierce type player play locally after attending school in Lawrence)
The NBA isn't doing so well in North Carolina... But hey, maybe it could work. None-the-less I voted NHL, it has a better economic module for smaller markets.

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 6:52 pm
by JJack_44
There is no profesional basketball around here but I really think hockey can get boring. I VOTEED FOR NBA, JUST LIKE YOU SHOULD!

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:53 pm
by KCPowercat
watch the Cavs game tonight and can you honestly say NHL? 

I'm a bball fan....NBA

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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:17 pm
by ComandanteCero
i voted for NBA, having been a fan of both NHL and NBA at different points of my life (and basically losing touch with both at present), i think NBA would be a much more tasty grab for the region, than NHL.

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:42 am
by 49r
While I don't have a strong opinion one way or another, I would think that NHL would be exciting simply because it would create another (hopefully more competitive) rivalry with St. Louis.  In the NBA, the closest "rival" cities would be Denver, Minneapolis, and Chicago.  (and possibly OKC)

Either way, I really hope KC gets franchises in one if not both leagues.

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:45 am
by AllThingsKC
^That's a good point.  But, as a bias Missourian, I want this state to have at least one of every sport major sport.  If got had an NBA team over an NHL, Missouri would have that.

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:05 am
by aknowledgeableperson
ROLLER DERBY.

But if we were to have a choice between NBA and NHL it would have to be the NHL.  Neither will be a huge success financially in KC but with its current business model the NHL would have a better chance to succeed.

Re: NHL OR NBA, let the message board decide!!

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:30 am
by JJack_44
Yeah I would vote for both if I could, it be fun to see KC and ST.LOU play in another rivalry

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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:24 am
by KcSportsFanatic
I forgot to add, the penguins would be a better team than the... orlando magic?