NBA? It's a state asset, too.

I really hope the Dalai Lama told (okay, counseled) the trembling Greg Fischer to get his shit together.

An NBA team in Louisville WOULD be a regional asset precisely because it WOULD NOT be affiliated with the University of Louisville.

NBA not DOA: Kentucky econ-dev czar Larry Hayes says NBA team would be ‘a state asset’, by Terry Boyd (Insider Louisville)

 ... Translated: The market study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers found that there is insufficient corporate density to support NBA suites at KFC Yum! Center didn’t calculate regional interests from Lexington, Northern Kentucky and other areas.

Which is exactly the position of NBA2Louisville organizers.