Adam Silver – Las Vegas ‘positively’ an growth candidate

INDIANAPOLIS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated Wednesday that Las Vegas is “positively on our record” of cities into account for growth franchises.

Las Vegas has been talked about as an NBA vacation spot many occasions earlier than. The timetable for when the league will add new franchises to its current group of 30 golf equipment is unclear. The NBA has one other yr after this season on its $24 billion, nine-year media rights deal, and Silver has lengthy stated that critical growth talks will not occur till the brand new media deal is finalized.

“We wish to work out what our media relationships are going to appear like, however then we’ll flip to growth,” Silver stated once more Wednesday within the interview on “The Pat McAfee Present” on ESPN, one of many league’s media companions.

Las Vegas already hosts the NBA’s main summer season league, has a profitable WNBA franchise within the two-time defending champion Aces, has been the positioning of All-Star Weekend and was the place the semifinals and closing on this season’s inaugural in-season event came about. It has been an growth goal for years, and LeBron James has stated many occasions that he desires to personal the group that many imagine will inevitably come to Las Vegas.

Seattle has additionally been typically talked about as an growth candidate. Silver advised NBA.com for a narrative revealed earlier this week that Mexico Metropolis is “on our radar,” however the league bringing a group there may be “in all probability not going to occur within the subsequent wave of growth.”

Nashville, Vancouver and Montreal are among the many locations which have additionally been talked about lately as cities that will have curiosity in an growth franchise.

Silver is scheduled to carry his annual All-Star Weekend information convention with a number of information shops Saturday night time.

Data from The Related Press was used on this report.