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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver supports the Memphis Grizzlies remaining in Memphis but is open to them playing a few games in Nashville. He believes Nashville is a growing city with potential for the team.
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Adam Silver isnāt on LeBron Jamesā side when it comes to Memphis.
While the NBA commissioner is all for the Grizzlies remaining in Memphis, and said the team has no plans to relocate anytime soon, he isnāt opposed to the Grizzlies playing in the stateās capital city.
āObviously, Nashville is a city on the rise. Thereās incredible things happening there,ā Silver said on āPardon My Takeā on Wednesday. āIf it were up to me, I would love for them to play a few games a year in Nashville and sort of be Tennesseeās team, to the extent that they can.ā
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Silverās comments came a few weeks after James absolutely ripped Memphis. Clearly, the 41-year-old star doesnāt like playing on the road there.
āYou think I want to do that s**t, being in Memphis on a random-ass Thursday?ā James said on the āBob Does Sportsā YouTube show while golfing.
LeBron James on playing the Grizzlies:
āIām f***ing 41 years of age. You think I want to do sh** in Memphis on a random Thursday? Iām not the first guy in the NBA to talk about this. You guys got to move the team⦠go over to Nashville already.ā
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Adam Silver expressed support for the Grizzlies staying in Memphis while suggesting they could play a few games in Nashville.
LeBron James made disparaging comments about the Grizzlies, implying he would have preferred not to be drafted by them.
No, Adam Silver confirmed that the Grizzlies have no plans to relocate from Memphis anytime soon.

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He then insisted that the Grizzlies need to relocate to Memphis, and claimed that he wasnāt the only one in the league with those feelings.
āWeāre all like, āYou guys have to move,āā he continued. āJust go over to Nashville. You got Vanderbilt over there. You got the f***ing NASCAR. You got a stadium, donāt they got a hockey team too? ⦠They got everything.ā
The Grizzlies first entered the league in 1995, though they started out in Vancouver and entered the NBA at the same time as the Toronto Raptors. The franchise then relocated to Memphis from Canada ahead of the 2001-02 campaign, and has been there ever since.
While James has a point that Nashville is a larger city with sports infrastructure and other professional teams already in place ā the NFLās Tennessee Titans, NHLās Nashville Predators and MLSās Nashville SC already call that city home ā Silver isnāt pushing for the Grizzlies to make the move to the center of the state.
And Jamesā opinion, Silver said, isnāt the dominant one throughout the league.
āPlayers I talk to all the time like playing in Memphis,ā Silver said. āIāve never heard that issue of players not wanting to be in Memphis ⦠Memphis has been a great market historically for the NBA. Thereās amazing history in that city, amazing culture. Itās a big country. As I look out at our 30 teams, we want teams to be able to do well everywhere ⦠From my standpoint, thereās no reason why the Memphis Grizzlies canāt be successful.ā