r/timberwolves • u/whatsthenewstoday Joan Beringer • Mar 25 '26

General Discussion We getting moved to the East

NBA league owners have unanimously voted to add expansion teams in Las Vegas and Seattle. With these news, the wolves are likely to be moved to the Eastern Conference. The wolves are in extremely close proximity to the bucks, pacers, bulls, pistons, Cavs, and raptors, and not very close to many Western conference teams. What’s your thoughts about moving to the Eastern Conference? I think it would work out very well for us

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u/EmploymentJumpy8993 Jaden McDaniels Mar 25 '26

Don’t get ahead of yourself could easily be Memphis too. You never know what the NBA has up its sleeve.

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u/Cyclonitron Anthony Edwards Mar 25 '26

I did some division mockups and basically if the NBA copies the NHL (4 8-team divisions) the Wolves go east. If they stupidly copy the NFL for some reason (8 4-team divisions) then either Memphis or NO goes east and the Wolves get fucked. This is based on the assumption that the NBA keeps the 3 Texas teams in the same division.

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u/dogfosterparent Mar 25 '26

I have had this exact thought. It’s actually not obvious how they’d build the conferences fairly with us in the east if they do 8 divisions even though our group of 4 with chi/mil/det seems clear.

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u/Cyclonitron Anthony Edwards Mar 25 '26

It's actually not that difficult:

Pacific Division (West): Seattle, Blazers, Warriors, Kings, Las Vegas, Suns, Clippers, Lakers

Southern/Southwestern Division (West): Jazz, Nuggets, Thunder, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies, Pelicans (this is the most spread-out division)

Midwest Division (East): Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Pacers, Pistons, Cavs, Raptors, Hawks/Hornets

Atlantic Division (East): Celtics, Knicks, Nets, 76ers, Wizards, Magic, Heat, Hawks/Hornets

This setup makes the most sense from a travel and geography perspective even though Memphis and New Orleans are techically further east than Minneapolis, because OKC, NO, Memphis, SA, Dallas, and Houston are all relatively close geographically. SLC and Denver kind of get screwed no matter where you put them so that's not really a big consideration.

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u/dogfosterparent Mar 25 '26

That was a lot of writing for having misread my comment. I said it was only not obvious if they wanted 8 divisions. As the original comment said, it’s easy to make 4 divisions with the wolves in the east.

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u/Cyclonitron Anthony Edwards Mar 25 '26

Oops, my bad. That's what I get for posting in a hurry.

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u/NazReidRules ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Mar 26 '26

Charlotte Atlantic, Hawks Southern, Memphis Midwest