Experts Agree! Seattle Deserves an NBA Team More than Any Other City

In a recent ranking, Seattle was ranked first place for cities that deserve an NBA team more than any other city beating out candidates like Las Vegas, St. Louis, and so many other top picks.

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It's something that many in Washington State have been saying for years.

It turns out Washington isn't alone in thinking this.

The experts at Dualbits Predict say Seattle is 1st place for cities that could not only use an NBA team, but deserve one more than any other city.

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Seattle Needs the NBA, and the NBA Needs Seattle

To quantify this, they looked at these deciding factors:

Seattle scored very well in all of these with 9.90 and perfect scores across 4 of these. Corporate Presence, Basketball Demand, Basketball Culture and PR Value.

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Other Cities that Need an NBA Team

The other cities that would be great to have an NBA team are Las Vegas in 2nd place, followed by Vancouver, Montreal, Austin, San Diego, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Raleigh to round out the top 10.

Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and several others were featured on this list as well.

So, will Seattle get an NBA team back in the near future. There are always rumblings year after year that Seattle will get the Sonics once again but only time will tell. Hopefully this rating will encourage others to make these decisions keep Washington State in mind.