Could the NBA be returning to St. Louis? In what is becoming an almost annual event, a current NBA owner visited St. Louis yesterday to talk with Blues owner Bill Laurie. Charlotte Hornets co-owner Ray Wooldridge met with Laurie yesterday although there was no discussion about selling the franchise or moving it to St. Louis according to the story in today’s St. Louis Post Dispatch. Laurie has tried, unsuccessfully, three times to buy an NBA franchise.