Memphis Grizzlies MOVE to Nashville Rumors…?

Memphis Grizzlies MOVE to Nashville Rumors…?

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Brody Russell, Nashville, Tennessee. Can you dive into this narrative that the Memphis Grizzlies are going to not only leave town but leave for Nashville specifically?
The Grizzlies can’t leave before the end of the 2930 season and just got approved for $550 million in renovations to the FedEx Forum. 80 million of which coming from the city of Memphis taxpayers. Nashville’s already rumored for MLB and other leagues. I’m a native Memphian living in Nashville for the last decade and I don’t want to see this happen. Please help put this rumor to bed. Thanks. and I enjoy your content, Russell. I appreciate the call. I actually wasn’t aware of that narrative, of that rumor, of that speculation, and maybe that just kind of proves your point that there’s no real substance to it. I’m not saying I’m the default expert, but things that are real seem to surface a little bit more. This one hasn’t kind of gotten to that surface level conversation yet. the Nashville Grizzlies. I mean, I’m still on the Vancouver Grizzlies, and no offense to you, but I don’t think they ever should have left Vancouver. I think that would be a great NBA market still. Memphis is fine. Nothing against Memphis. It’s just that Vancouver lost a pretty good opportunity for a team. But now they’re property of Memphis. And what about this Nashville rumor? For people that don’t know, obviously both cities in the state of Tennessee, 212 miles apart, Nashville is always going to be that threat. If you were in Memphis, it’s going to be that, and I didn’t have room to put it here, that sexy threat. Well, if we’re going to not get what we want here, we’ll up and leave to Nashville. They give us what they want or give us what we want in Nashville. Even though the mayor of Nashville recently came out to say that even in terms of public support for a baseball stadium, there would be zero dollars. What they’re doing in helping the Titans build that brand new football stadium, a $2 billion subsidized project, like publicly, there is no more room. They’re tapped out. In fact, I think that was the mayor’s exact term used, tapped out in terms of public financing for stadiums. So, I don’t I don’t know that that threat is accurate anymore. Like you can always take a team to Nashville. The White Socks name dropped Nashville. Was that last summer or two summers ago? Nashville’s always going to be used as kind of that other Vegas, that sexy place to go. In this case, a threat if you’re from Memphis, but I don’t know if there’s any accuracy to that because of a lot of point a lot of the points that you made. I do understand that the Grizzlies have had their training camp twice over the years and once I think in 2013 and then once last year to kick off the season while they were doing some work on FedEx Forum. So maybe that’s some of the ideas and speculation that they were testing things out over in Nashville while their home is in Memphis. But I also realize that this is Memphis having a big four pro sports team that Nashville doesn’t. And to your point, Nashville is trying to be that city that has every single one of the big four. They’ve already got football. They’ve already got the NHL. They’re to some degree with the Nashville stars and other groups over time. They’re working on Major League Baseball. And so the NBA is already in their state. It’s just not in their city yet. And because of that, I get it. There’s always going to be some commentary, some thought, and some threat about this Memphis team moving. Now, you mentioned the $550 million that’s already allocated to FedEx Forum. I did do a little bit of research and background on that. I’ve heard that number is the target amount that they think they need to fix up FedEx Forum over the years, but from what I’ve understood, the city has allocated only $230 million. And to your point, they just approved the first $80 million back in March of 2025. Now, should that money secure the team in Memphis for a lot longer than 2029? Yes, absolutely it should. I don’t know what they’re doing. I don’t know the details of these approvals, but let’s hope that the city of Memphis, while they’re funneling more money to the home of the Memphis Grizzlies, that they’re also going to extend the contractual obligation of that basketball team to actually stay in Memphis. I’m going to keep my eye on this story. I’m not saying that it’s completely impossible, but I am saying right now that it’s highly unlikely. I don’t know the sources of this. I get the idea that it’s always going to be an option. It’s always going to be a tease out there. It’s always going to get people’s ears and attention that, hey, the Grizzlies might go to Nashville. I just don’t think at this point because of some of the money invested, because of maybe some of the ties already to Memphis, it just does not seem likely to move 212 miles apart. I will say I can never see how the NBA would allow two teams to coexist in this day and age. You can already tell me about the teams in the New York in the New York metropolitan area or two teams in the Los uh Los Angeles metroplex area or even Sacramento and Golden State being only about 90 miles apart. Those teams and those cities and those basically dual markets have existed for a long time. Not Sacramento and the Bay, but the other two. But the point is here, I just don’t see another team going into Nashville in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies still existing. Again, I’m not going to claim to be the expert on this very topic, but haven’t heard anything about it. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to your point. I will keep an eye on it, though, and if the situation warrants it, you know, I’ll definitely be covering it here on this YouTube channel. That’s the end of this one. Thumbs up down below. Greatly helps me, the video, and the channel. Don’t forget to subscribe. I’d love to see you back here next time.

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Most conversations about NBA expansion center on Las Vegas or Seattle.

But Cavs star Darius Garland has a different idea. Asked by The Athletic where the NBA should expand, Garland had a different idea.

“Nashville, because I live there. How about we move Memphis to Nashville, put a team in Vegas, a team in Paris, a team in Dubai and a team in Saint-Tropez?” Garland said.

That’s not going to endear him to Grizzlies fans.

The idea of moving the Grizzlies to Nashville has been floated before. In 2023, J.J. Redick said the idea “makes sense” after former NBA player Evan Turner floated it on a podcast. Redick, now the coach of the Lakers, later apologized.

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