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Adam Silver spun it as a step forward toward NBA expansion. It felt like the NBA’s existing owners pumping the brakes.
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NBA owners ask for new study on expansion, no timeline for cities to be chosen or anything else
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Published July 16, 2025 12:06 AM
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LAS VEGAS — Adam Silver spun it as a step forward, the next step toward NBA expansion. It felt like the NBA’s existing owners pumping the brakes on that idea.
What the league will be doing now is a more in-depth study, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said at the completion of the NBA Board of Governors’ meeting. There is no timeline for this study to be completed, let alone a timeframe for cities to be chosen — Seattle and Las Vegas remain the clear frontrunners — or for new owners to buy in at whatever the price point becomes, or for teams to start play.
“It’s really day one of that analysis, and so in terms of price, potential timing, it’s too early to say,” Silver said.
While the momentum building toward NBA expansion is still there, Silver said, “nothing’s been predetermined one way or another, and without any specific timeline.” This new study, a next step in the process, feels like a setback to a fan base in Seattle that has been waiting for the league to return. It also feels like some owners want to slow everything down, although Silver would spin it as them being deliberate.
“Ultimately, the league office was tasked by our board with doing an in-depth analysis of all the issues around expansion, both economic and non-economic,” Silver said after the Board of Governors meeting. “Of course, the non-economic issues include dilution of talent, how it could potentially affect competition throughout the league…
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