Typical attitude of an Eastern Canadian.

Eat a big fat penis Mr. Stoeten. Your basketball team sucks.

Wait, what attitude?  

Explain where the author of this piece criticizes Vancouver in any way.  I must have missed it.  

Too much time dodging junkies in the rain Eddy?

In the last line where he says he couldn't possibly care less about Vancouver getting a team again.

the classic, "i couldn't possibly care less," from stoeten, yet he posts about it.  dick head

Your getting fucking punked Stoeten, how do you feel right now? HAHAHAHA

Yeah Stoeten, how stupid are you for getting punked by a dude who can't even read who is arguing a point that was never in the post to begin with.

On a serious note Stoeten, you should realize that everything that happens in Toronto matters to the rest of the country. It's thinly disguised jealousy. It's kinda sad, really. You should make more of an effort to pretend to give a crap about all the other places, just to throw them a bone.

Apparently the not-able-to-read dumb as shit commenters from DJF are starting to move over here too.

I definitely call bullshit on this rumour. I recently read an article on the Aquilini empire in some National Post magazine or something. A big chunk of their money comes from BC real estate; which, the entire market out there has gone into the tank (some of you may have heard about this, no?). Also, they have had to pour a lot more money into the Canucks then they thought they were going to have to, might need to build a new arena, blah blah.  

They are also not that comfortable in their role as public figures as owners of that franchise, so it just doesn't sound legit that they would go out and buy another one. Especially when the Grizzlies failed so spectacularly.

Stern called the Vancouver Grizzlies one of his biggest mistakes as a commissioner in a BS Report Podcast a while back.  I can't see him letting them go back there. They'd probably go back to Seattle first.

I explored this a little further on my site a couple of days ago. It's certainly mostly rumour at the moment, but Aquilini has shown interest in the NBA before. Also, GM Place is pretty much an NBA-ready arena in a desirable market, and those aren't that common these days. Vancouver's chances are also boosted by Seattle's departure; there's a large chunk of population in the Pacific Northwest with no reasonably close NBA team at the moment. Vancouver's attendance wasn't horrible in the first go-round despite a disastrous team, and the climate is much more basketball-friendly in B.C. at the moment thanks to the success of Steve Nash and his youth league. Even if this particular rumour doesn't pan out, I wouldn't be surprised to see Vancouver strongly considered for an NBA franchise down the road.

Oh, and A., Stern called letting a team leave Vancouver his biggest mistake in that Bill Simmons podcast, not putting a team there in the first place. A lot of people with the NBA weren't happy with how the Heisley situation went down, especially considering how soon after expansion it happened. Meanwhile, Seattle's having huge troubles getting any support for necessary arena renovations, and the league isn't too happy with the city over the lawsuits and such filed to try and keep Bennett from leaving town. Vancouver's the more promising and likely option of the two cities in my mind.