Expansion

Det the Threat · Post #101 » by **Det the Threat** » Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:37 pm

Kraken owner Samantha Holloway speaks about the retunr of the Sonics

Adam Silver talks about expansion
Seems like they might open the formal process for expansion this summer.
https://bsky.app/profile/mikevorkunov.bsky.social/post/3lmzn5evnxs2f

Ugly0598 · Post #102 » by **Ugly0598** » Mon Jun 2, 2025 5:03 am

kanyon wrote:They're definitely going to add 2 teams to keep the conferences even, even if they have to realign some teams, I reckon, yessir.

Why does Las Vegas need a full time team? There is already the Vegas Golden Knights, Las Vegas Raiders, Las Vegas Athletics, NASCAR/NHRA, UFC, NBA Summer League, WNBA, AAA baseball, AAA hockey, AAA soccer there, essentially.

Has Mexico City, or Vancouver BC done anything to warrant a team?

That’s why I say, expand to 31 teams. Ditch the NBA Cup, and make all 31 teams have 40 home games, with the 41st home game being an NBA International Series, or NBA America Series (Las Vegas mainly, but teams like San Antonio in Austin, Memphis in St. Louis, etc).

I’m all for going to home games, but the NBA is missing the boat by not having some more international games like the NFL is trying to do. The league does the Paris Games, and that’s basically it.

Det the Threat · Post #103 » by **Det the Threat** » Mon Jun 9, 2025 1:31 pm

Adam Silver expects NBA owners to urge "formal" expansion talks.

Let's see what happens...

DoItALL9 · Post #104 » by **DoItALL9** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:19 am

James Dolan is leading/building a contingent of owners against expansion.

Post #105 » by **Cactus Jack** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:47 am

Dolan is contrarian by nature. He seems to raise a stink whenever something is being proposed by the league. But I don't see that being a real roadblock.

DoItALL9 · Post #106 » by **DoItALL9** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:19 am

It's decision time!

Dick Tate · Post #107 » by **Dick Tate** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:45 pm

DoItALL9 wrote:It's decision time!

NBA expansion losing momentum among owners.

There's your headline. Shocker. :roll:

Post #108 » by **Cactus Jack** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:18 pm

Dick Tate wrote:
DoItALL9 wrote:It's decision time!

NBA expansion losing momentum among owners.

There's your headline. Shocker.

Read on Twitter

Post #109 » by **Cactus Jack** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:33 am

Read on Twitter

Post #110 » by **Cactus Jack** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:14 am

Read on Twitter

DoItALL9 · Post #111 » by **DoItALL9** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:41 am

It looks like J. Dolan may be more persuasive than expected.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/07/numerous-nba-owners-dont-want-expansion-in-near-future.html

DoItALL9 · Post #112 » by **DoItALL9** » Sun Jul 20, 2025 4:38 am

I imagine there are multiple groups of owners against it:
expansion outright
expansion this media deal
domestic expansion

One_and_Done · Post #113 » by **One_and_Done** » Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:19 am

I've been skeptical all along that the owners are going to give up a permanent share of their revenue.

DoItALL9 · Post #114 » by **DoItALL9** » Sat Aug 30, 2025 6:08 pm

Tim Leiweke said anything notable lately?

Dick Tate · Post #115 » 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:

DoItALL9 · Post #116 » by **DoItALL9** » Mon Sep 15, 2025 3:13 am

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

Post #117 » 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

Dick Tate · Post #118 » by **Dick Tate** » Tue Nov 18, 2025 11:37 pm

Cactus Jack wrote:

Watch on YouTube

The joke is funnier now.

Det the Threat · Post #119 » by **Det the Threat** » Fri Nov 21, 2025 3:59 pm

Dick Tate wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:

Watch on YouTube

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.

One_and_Done · Post #120 » by **One_and_Done** » Wed Dec 17, 2025 7:11 am

Silver just promised a decision by next year. Assumedly it'll be a no, based on the non-committal way Silver is playing it. It's just hard to see the owners agreeing to give up permanent revenue share.