In a widely expected move, NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged that the league is taking steps toward expansion with teams potentially coming to Seattle and Las Vegas. Assuming everything happens, this will lead to an imbalance of teams in the Western Conference. But Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green believes he has the answer.
During a recent episode of 'The Draymond Green Show,' Green argued that not only should the Memphis Grizzlies be moved to the Eastern Conference, but they should be completely uprooted and moved to Nashville as a home city.
"Obviously the first consideration is what happens with the conference, the conferences. You have two Western Conference teams coming in, Vegas has to be in the Western Conference, Seattle has to be in the Western Conference," Green said. "Minnesota should be an Eastern Conference team. No losses, no fouls. Memphis, which should probably be in Nashville, should be an Eastern Conference team.
"Adam, let them just do us all a favor, and move the team to Nashville. No losses, no fouls, transfer fees, it's a swap. Give up that area, you don't have to pay a transfer fee. ... I think it's actually a lot easier to rearrange the conferences. But you ask yourself, or do you get rid of the conferences."
While the Grizzlies moving to Memphis is an entirely different story, only one team would need to move to the Eastern Conference, given that Seattle and Las Vegas are both in the West. After this, there will be a total of 16 teams in each conference. Memphis is slightly further east than the Minnesota Timberwolves, and a potential move to Nashville would make them even further east than some of the teams already in the Eastern Conference.
The New Orleans Pelicans could also be a candidate to move to the Eastern Conference following NBA expansion.
