Published 7/3/2009
by John Howell
at Bleacher Report - NFL
It all started with an article by an LA Clipper (formerly Buffalo Braves) writer at B/R who stated the Clippers are not loved in LA and cannot win there. He suggested the problem is location. He then suggested the team move out of the Staples Center, where they share accommodations with the Lakers and play in Anaheim.
That got some die-hard Braves fans thinking. Perhaps location means more than the other side of Greater LA. Perhaps it means retracing their tracks back to Buffalo.
If they never bonded with their new home, why not bring them back where they were loved and where they were winners—among the NBA elite for a few years at least?
With that, the movement was officially launched. Or so says the mystery man in a trench coat, big shades, and a Braves cap, who refused to identify himself. I had received a mysterious text message an hour earlier to meet him at what was left of the Aud in 60 minutes sharp. Alone.
"Yes, we realize it will be hard enough to keep the Bills from leaving ...
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