My favorite sports team is the Vancouver Grizzlies. They play professional basketball.
Uhh actually they arent in Vancouver anymore...
Yeah! They relocated to Memphis...I wonder why.
Bigger market. NBA is all about money.
continued to lose games despite high draft picks. After they selected Steve Francis as second pick in 1999, he refused to play in Vancouver and was traded away. After the 1998–99 lockout, lower attendance and a weak Canadian dollar caused the owner Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment to start losing money on the franchise. After a failed attempt to sell the team to Bill Laurie, it was instead sold to Michael Heisley and subsequently moved to Memphis, Tennessee for the 2001–02 season.
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The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee.
1995–2001: Vancouver Grizzlies.
The Vancouver Grizzlies were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were part of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1995, along with the Toronto Raptors, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. Following the 2000–01 season, the team relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, United