NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference Tuesday following a meeting of the NBA’s board of governors. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP)
LAS VEGAS — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league’s Board of Governors green-lit during its annual summer meetings an “in-depth analysis of all the issues around expansion.”
The NBA, which most recently expanded to 30 teams in 2004, has long contemplated the possibility of adding a new team or teams, with Seattle and Las Vegas mentioned frequently as possible destination markets. Seattle was home to the SuperSonics from 1967 until a 2008 relocation to Oklahoma City, and Las Vegas hosts the NBA Cup and NBA Summer League tournaments.