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June 22nd was a big day for basketball. It was the day every NBA team drafted its next round of prospects to take their franchise into the future. Meanwhile in Vancouver, there’s a group that’s looking to recruit a team of its own to help get Vancouver back into the NBA game. A team of billionaires. Spearheaded by the Vancouver office of independent creative agency Zulu Alpha Kilo for sports apparel brand VANCITY ORIGINAL®, the initiative launched this week with a website featuring 15 VANBACK jerseys that are being offered exclusively to anyone who can pledge $200 million towards a future team. With 15 key players secured, pledges would add up to $3 billion, roughly the average valuation of an NBA team. Coinciding with NBA draft day, one of the VANBACK jerseys was delivered by security guards to the VANCITY ORIGINAL® store on Thursday night, encased in plexiglass. The price tag of $200 million raised many eyebrows. “We’re hoping this initiative will help get Vancouver back on the radar as the perfect city for a future team,” says VANCITY ORIGINAL® founder Jeff Martin. “We’ve got the fans. We just need some billionaires to help us out.”
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