Jacksonville
Court-side sightings of Gardner Minshew aside, Jacksonville wouldn’t be the wildest stretch to land an NBA franchise. It has a population in the top 12 of UC cities, with a metro area of around 1.5 million, and the demographic is younger than the US median. It’s located about five hours from Atlanta—and just far enough away from Orlando—that basketball fans don’t have a valid local option, either. Enter Wayne Weaver?
Most likely, no. The attendance to Jaguars games hasn’t been excellent—ranked toward the bottom of the NFL—with talks of relocating to London. The market doesn’t fit the city’s size, ranked outside the top 40. And while Florida is always an attractive possibility—for both the owners and the players they will try to lure there—Jacksonville expects most sporting events where shorts are part of the accepted uniform to also come with a set of clubs.
Odds: 2 out of 10
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