Expansion

[Dick Tate]

Well, lookie here. Silver actually used the "R" word.

One interesting thing about what Silver said Tuesday is that he did not rule out relocation. Expansion or relocation might not be a binary choice, but they would possibly be competing for the same markets and cities to move into.

“We live in a big country, so I think if we were to relocate teams, I don’t think the right way to do it would be to rank the teams 1 to 30 in terms of market size or economic opportunity in those markets and then just take the two teams at the bottom and say let’s take them to markets where they could be more prosperous,” Silver said. “At least, again, I look at the potential to relocate teams as sort of independent as to whether it makes sense to expand to markets we’re not currently in.”

He also made the point that the NBA doesn’t get to decide whether to move a team; an owner does. But allowing a team to relocate could be a more palatable option in some ways than expansion. For instance, it would solve the dilution problem.

[Cactus Jack]

Silver & the owners need to **** or get off the pot.

[DoItALL9]

What's the guess for the percentage chance that the NBA will approve expansion in Seattle this year?

[Clav]

Feels like we're at expansion next summer, and 27 28 as first expansion season. Fingers crossed