Quietly (not so) the NBA is approaching an upcoming expansion that will welcome two new teams to the league this decade. Almost certainly. The candidate cities in the United States are well known. However, a third, more exotic destination is often added to Seattle and Las Vegas: Mexico City.
The capital of the North American country is the main NBA city outside of Canada and the United States itself. In addition to hosting the G League Captains, since 1993 the league has not failed to host its annual Global Games. This same Saturday the Miami Heat and the Washington Wizards played their regular championship game on Mexican soil. In this regard, as always, Adam Silver intervened, who once again addressed the issue of expansion with less optimism than in previous years. “Realistically, it is very unlikely that Mexico City will beat the American candidates you all know,” pronounced the commissioner.
Of course, this doesn’t undermine the league’s desire to have a franchise the DFbut calms down expectations a bit. “In any case, I think that when we really start to officially evaluate the options, we will be able to discern the extent to which the Mexican project is feasible,” he continues. «In a certain sense Mexico City could be the best solution, a city of 22 million inhabitants in a country of 130 million. Not just in terms of business, but in terms of generating more interest and enthusiasm for the game. Who knows. “I don’t think anyone expected a move to Oklahoma City when it happened.”
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