So, let’s envision a world where Seattle and Las Vegas are given expansion teams, bringing the NBA to 32 total teams. That would add two to the western conference, needing some conference realignment.

The NBA's last wave of expansion came more than 20 years ago when the Charlotte Bobcats entered the league for the 2004-05 season. One challenge with adding teams is that it dilutes the existing ...

In a historic agreement, the Buss family have agreed to sell a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to minority owner Mark Walter.

Adam Silver once called NBA expansion manifest destiny. It was Dec. 21, 2020, at the start of the 2020-21 season and shortly after the conclusion of the 2019-20 season in the Orlando bubble amid ...

NBA Expansion Coming Soon? Silver Touches Topic, Potential Portland Sale Published Jul. 16, 2025 1:38 a.m. ET ...

This expanded the NBA to 22 teams. The TV Boom of the 1980s and Canadian Expansion of the 1990s The 1980s and '90s saw the addition of seven new teams.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Saying owners have a “curiosity" about the notion, Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Saying owners have a "curiosity" about the notion, Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league will ...

NBA media rights deal Last summer, the NBA signed an 11-year, $76 billion agreement on a media rights deal that will start in the 2025-26 season and run through the 2035-36 season.

LAS VEGAS — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Saying owners have a “curiosity" about the notion, Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league will ...