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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: Adam Silver attends the 2017 NBA Awards at Basketball City – Pier 36 – South Street on June 26, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: Adam Silver attends the 2017 NBA Awards at Basketball City – Pier 36 – South Street on June 26, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
The NBA expansion is something the fans have been craving for years. Every city and town in America would love to have an NBA team in their vicinity. But for years, there has been no news about this. But one rumor that has been circulating has sent the NBA fans into a frenzy.
The NBA has not added a new team in almost 20 years, but the league has grown in popularity exponentially. A lot of people had expected the league to get new teams in. And now with the news of the record-breaking media deal which is expected to happen in 2024, the league is planning some major changes.
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According to John Canzano, some of those changes might include getting two teams to the NBA. And the cities where this might be happening are Las Vegas and Seattle.
Sin City has been long craving for an NBA team and it is one of the biggest markets left to target. There has been a lot of hope that the NBA would get a team here, but until now, there was nothing solid. Seattle, on the other hand, had an NBA team, but then Sonics moved to Oklahoma.
RUMOR: The NBA is expected to announce two new expansion teams, in Seattle and Las Vegas, after their media rights deal expires in 2024.
(via @johncanzanobft) pic.twitter.com/nP1CVT9khQ
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) May 24, 2022
Fans have been begging the NBA to get a team back to Seattle and now it seems like their wishes might come true.
NBA Fans go crazy about news about new expansion teams
The NBA fans went nuts when they heard the news about the expansion. For a long time, fans have been craving for this and when they heard this might actually happen, they couldn’t believe it. But there were also some fans who were mad about the news. Here are the best reactions:
Memphis joins eastern conference?
— Matej🇭🇷🇺🇲💛💙🇺🇦 (@IcemanMAT_E_J) May 24, 2022
Vegas is cool…Seattle had its shot… I'd give that second team to Tampa
— DaOne (@DaOne305) May 24, 2022
New arena, just recently got the Golden Knights and Raiders. It was a lazy but easy pick. St. Louis deserves a team next. Unfortunately it will probably be like 2038 before that happens
— Trey Johnson (@CardioFreak95) May 24, 2022
Seattle is a top 15 market. The mariners don’t sell out because they have sucked for 21 years. The Seahawks pumping in crowd noise is just false and Seattle should have never lost their team to begin with.
— zane dodge (@DodgeZane) May 24, 2022
So Las Vegas with a metro population of 2.2 million will have 3 pro sports teams and Austin with a metro population of 2.3 million and is the fastest growing large metro in the country will still have 0 pro sports teams?
— Concrete Charlie (@ThisFnGameIsOvr) May 24, 2022
There needs to be more teams in the West to help with the travel distances. Seattle deserves a team to return and LV can definitely support an NBA franchise. I hope it’s true.
— The Tao of Babbel (@WilliamBabbel) May 24, 2022
If this isn’t the logo I don’t want it pic.twitter.com/pNT1tZIsWK
— 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 ☆≈ (@Staffords_House) May 24, 2022
Yeah I have no idea how expansion drafts work. I think each team will have a certain amount of players that are “untouchables” and everyone else can get drafted to the expansion team. Just not sure how many untouchables each team gets.
— Logan 🥋🇺🇸 (@ldodd81) May 24, 2022
Vegas!!! Let’s Go!!!
— Deanna Wilson (@Deannae_mwilson) May 24, 2022
I think we all knew Seattle was getting the Sonics back (God I hope the NBA does the right thing and lets them have that name/logo back) but I really wanted Vancouver to be the other team. Those fans got flat out cheated when their bad owner stole their team to Memphis.
— Bulwyf (@BulwyfTimothy) May 24, 2022
The Rockets in the Eastern Conference: pic.twitter.com/6ILK5VhCPn
— Ultralight Beam Clean (@GervinTwittiot) May 24, 2022
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There has been news about the expansion for some time
The NBA commissioner Adam Silver has talked about the possibility of expansion for some time now, but he hadn’t confirmed anything yet. He had said that Seattle and Las Vegas were both great markets and they had state-of-the-art arenas. But he also said that this was not at the forefront for the league.
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One of the reasons was to keep the league competitive. He said that if the league expands, the talent will be diluted more than it is now. And another issue would be convincing the team’s governors from a 30-way split to a 32-way split. It will be very interesting to see what Silver and the league do in the next few years.
