Officials in Seattle and Las Vegas are pushing for NBA expansion teams, though the league isn’t working on deals just yet.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver hinted, once again, at expanding the country’s second-biggest pro league Sunday night, marking one of Silver’s most direct confirmations the league is looking to branch out beyond its current 30 teams, as speculation builds around two new teams in Seattle and Las Vegas.officials have been keen on bringing in an NBA team.
Once negotiations are completed, Silver said the league will “turn to expansion,” adding that the NBA “doesn’t have anything specific in mind right now,” but that it “makes sense over time.” Silver has been back-and-forth on the idea of expansion over his nine years at the helm of the league, andwhen asked ahead of last year’s NBA Finals, telling reporters there are no discussions in place, though he re-emphasized the league “will invariably expand, just not at this moment.”
Silver has previously speculated on expanding to Las Vegas—a burgeoning sports city that in the past five years added the NHL’s Golden Knights and brought in the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, and could lure the MLB’s Oakland Athletics to the city after the dismally performing team
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