When examining municipal city-proper populations within the National Basketball Association, cities like Salt Lake City, home of the Utah Jazz, or Milwaukee, home of the Milwaukee Bucks, represent some of the smaller core urban municipalities hosting major professional sports franchises. However, when evaluating the broader media market and metropolitan statistical areas, teams like the Memphis Grizzlies operate within the smallest designated television markets in the league, relying heavily on loyal regional fan bases that span entire states rather than dense urban center populations.