NBA This process has not been carried out since 2004
E.l Commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver, attended the media in the Media Mondaand before the 2020-21 season started. Silver hinted that in connection with the coronavirus crisis, you wouldn’t frown on increasing the number of franchises.
“I think I’ve always said that the point of the competition is for us to expand at some point. I would say it has made us dust some of the analysis of the economic and competitive effects of expansion.n. We spent a little more time on it than before the pandemic. But not to the point where the decision emerges, ”said the commissioner.
“One of our goals is how we can improve competition. That’s one of the things we keep thinking about when we think about expansion.”Silver said. “It’s an economic and competitive issue for us. We will continue to study it, but we are spending a little more time on it than before the pandemic.”
If the expansion is confirmed, Seattle and Las Vegas will be the two cities to be chosen alongside Mexico City. Increasing the number of teams would thus lead to a redistribution of conferences, which has been necessary for years. The last time it was expanded was the addition of Charlotte.