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Re: NBA Expansion 

Post#121 » by Dick Tate » Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:40 am

“The fact is no new news to report today on domestic expansion, but it’s something we continue to look at," Silver added. "We did discuss it at the board meeting. I think that we’ve spent a fair amount of time on the economic models around expansion. We’ve gotten into more of, I’d say, a deeper dive than when I last addressed the media on it. Certainly, now that we know what our media contracts are. That helps in doing the math, at least over the next decade. Part of the difficulty in potentially assessing it is a sense of long-term value of the league, and a little bit, maybe it’s a high-class problem, but as with some of the recent jumps in franchise valuations, that sort of creates some confusion in the marketplace about how you might even price an expansion franchise. So I’ll only say it’s something that we continue to actively look at.”

"Some confusion" :roll:
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Re: NBA Expansion 

Post#122 » by DoItALL9 » Mon Sep 15, 2025 3:13 am

So, no expansion is likely for the next ten years / during this current TV deal.
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Re: NBA Expansion 

Post#123 » by Clav » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:01 pm

Another season begins and Silver has indicated there's still traction but no definitive answers as to when or where. I am reading this as whenever they do announce expansion, it will be a longer ways out than we really want. I don't see definitive action unless they surprise us some how lol
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Post#124 » by Dick Tate » Tue Nov 18, 2025 11:37 pm

Cactus Jack wrote:

The joke is funnier now.
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Post#125 » by Det the Threat » Fri Nov 21, 2025 3:59 pm

Dick Tate wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:

The joke is funnier now.


Not so sure.

Just seems like a stupid attempt at a joke by a guy who doesn't have to care about the voters anymre.

Unless the league changes their stance on relocation I doubt there'll be a return of the Sonics within the next ten years, if at all.

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