Players acclimatized to playing with no air would dominate in any other city.
livelaughloaft
lmao everyone looks freaking done
keepon18
7350ft elevation, if anyone else was wondering, compared to Denver’s 5280ft (1 mile)
pedja13
UD would have died if he had to play tonight
aldrinjaysac
That altitude is no joke
jonishay8
Crazy how much taller than Denver it is there.
ofnei9
who’s home game is this? lol
jphee11
Can someone eli5 to me why its harder to play for the players here?
instantsea
They’re never get an expansion team
20Keys2theHead
Didn’t stop Jimmy G!
monkeyboy2311
I can’t believe they held the Olympics there
Headweirdoh
I was out there last month & I was getting my ass KICKED walking all over. I had an easier time in Denver lol
Slacker_75
Wtf is Silver talking about, no way they can have an expansion team in Mexico City, the players are gassed this is fucked
MelonElbows
So I was curious and checked:
Highest NBA city altitude: Denver at 5279ft
Mexico City altitude: 7349ft
RODjij
Sea level Miami
paranoideo
FUD
turfey
If they did make a team in Mexico City, wouldn’t a possible solution be “oxygen breaks” or additional timeouts so players can rest?
jcwkings
Mexico used to schedule their World Cup Qualifiers against USA in the middle of the day(on summer fixtures) and the U.S would have to deal with the heat and altitude. This changed in recent years as more of their players play abroad and can’t adapt themselves. The heat, altitude and atmosphere of over 100k Mexican fans made it a fortress.
lemonpepperlarry
Keep in mind the heat are known for constantly being one of THE BEST conditioned teams year in and year out. If they are suffering like this imagine what would happen if a team that doesn’t take the conditioning as seriously faces off against the home team that lives at that altitude.
AeroBlaze777
I doubt the NBPA has any influence on the future expansion cities, but sounds like most players would be against a Mexico City expansion. For one probably would be hard to convince players to play in Mexico, and then you also deal with the home team having a crazy advantage.
jae34
If Silver expanded to Mexico, any games scheduled here would need extra days. Denver altitude ain’t nothing compared to Mexico City, everyone be gassed af.
pahamack
I think people are overstating how much this concern would stop them from operating an NBA franchise there.
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Not saying it isn’t a real issue, or that the athletes don’t have a tough time dealing with the altitude, but Mexico city does have professional sports, and that includes teams from other cities in Mexico with lower altitudes playing there.
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Plus, they had the Olympics there. They’re gonna co-host the World Cup 4 years and for sure some of the games will be played in Mexico city. They’re not the first athletes to deal with this issue.
k112l
Jimmy needs Buckets of oxygen
NineFiveJetta
just got back from Mexico City and my coworker said he felt high when we got out the plane. had no idea it was that high up!
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Players acclimatized to playing with no air would dominate in any other city.
lmao everyone looks freaking done
7350ft elevation, if anyone else was wondering, compared to Denver’s 5280ft (1 mile)
UD would have died if he had to play tonight
That altitude is no joke
Crazy how much taller than Denver it is there.
who’s home game is this? lol
Can someone eli5 to me why its harder to play for the players here?
They’re never get an expansion team
Didn’t stop Jimmy G!
I can’t believe they held the Olympics there
I was out there last month & I was getting my ass KICKED walking all over. I had an easier time in Denver lol
Wtf is Silver talking about, no way they can have an expansion team in Mexico City, the players are gassed this is fucked
So I was curious and checked:
Highest NBA city altitude: Denver at 5279ft
Mexico City altitude: 7349ft
Sea level Miami
FUD
If they did make a team in Mexico City, wouldn’t a possible solution be “oxygen breaks” or additional timeouts so players can rest?
Mexico used to schedule their World Cup Qualifiers against USA in the middle of the day(on summer fixtures) and the U.S would have to deal with the heat and altitude. This changed in recent years as more of their players play abroad and can’t adapt themselves. The heat, altitude and atmosphere of over 100k Mexican fans made it a fortress.
Keep in mind the heat are known for constantly being one of THE BEST conditioned teams year in and year out. If they are suffering like this imagine what would happen if a team that doesn’t take the conditioning as seriously faces off against the home team that lives at that altitude.
I doubt the NBPA has any influence on the future expansion cities, but sounds like most players would be against a Mexico City expansion. For one probably would be hard to convince players to play in Mexico, and then you also deal with the home team having a crazy advantage.
If Silver expanded to Mexico, any games scheduled here would need extra days. Denver altitude ain’t nothing compared to Mexico City, everyone be gassed af.
I think people are overstating how much this concern would stop them from operating an NBA franchise there.
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Not saying it isn’t a real issue, or that the athletes don’t have a tough time dealing with the altitude, but Mexico city does have professional sports, and that includes teams from other cities in Mexico with lower altitudes playing there.
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Plus, they had the Olympics there. They’re gonna co-host the World Cup 4 years and for sure some of the games will be played in Mexico city. They’re not the first athletes to deal with this issue.
Jimmy needs Buckets of oxygen
just got back from Mexico City and my coworker said he felt high when we got out the plane. had no idea it was that high up!
Machu Picchu is next week.