Adam Silver names three cities for NBA expansion
Published on June 11, 2024 at 12:12 a.m.
The Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks are the two of thirty franchises to have survived the season and the playoffs to reach the 2024 NBA Finals. This number could also increase in the very near future. According to Adam Silver, boss of the Great League, the NBA is working hard on the subject. Before Game 2 on Sunday evening, he named three potential cities that could accommodate a new team.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver joined NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics pregame Sunday at TD Garden ahead of Game 2 of the NBA Finals and confirmed the league will look into expanding its 30 teams current affairs after finalizing new media rights agreements. “We need to understand what our long-term media relationships are before considering expansion. We’re in the process of making these deals now,” Silver told co-hosts Tom Giles, Eddie House and Brian Scalabrine.
It going !
“These will be long-term contracts. I hope, because we’re not done yet, that they will be successful in generating money for the league and the teams, and that we will then be able to consider expansion. » The NBA’s current media rights agreement expires after the 2024-25 season, and Silver said last Thursday that the league hopes to finalize new long-term agreements in “a relatively short term.” According to the Wall Street Journal, the NBA is “getting closer” to deals with NBC, ESPN and Amazon totaling about $76 billion over the next 11 years.
Mexico for a 33rd franchise?
In addition, there is no shortage of applications to create an NBA franchise, even outside American soil: “I’ve said it before, we have to take into account the potential dilution of talent, but there is so much good basketball being played in the world. I don’t think there’s any doubt that over time this league can support two more teams. And there is interest in the market, so once we complete our media deals, we will devote our attention to that. There have been discussions about a potential return to Seattle. Las Vegas, without a doubt, is very interested in a team. Mexico one day. But frankly, many other American and Canadian cities have contacted us to say they would be interested. » concluded Silver.
2024-06-10 22:12:00
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