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I love it that we beat the hot, sexy southern cities. Michigan and Ohio, in particular, we always struggle to have these kinds of wins when we're competing against these hot, sexy cities. And I love it today that we stuck it to them and we won.

-- Pistons Vice Chair Arn Tellem, on the likes of Detroit and Cleveland getting WNBA expansion teams over southern cities that are often referred to as new centers of business growth.

“CNBC Sport,” CNBC.com, 7/3