Nba New Expansion Teams

Before then you have to go back to 1995 when the toronto raptors and vancouver now memphis grizzlies entered the league.

Nba new expansion teams. If the nba is ever serious about expansion these eight cities should be at the top of the list. When new teams are born the nba fills them with something called an expansion draft. In this exercise every team in the nba is allowed to protect a certain number of its players in 2004 it was.

Click to share on facebook opens in new window. On monday we delved into what it would take for the nba to consider expanding the league from 30 teams to 32 there s been no indication from the league itself that expansion is coming in. There are plenty of cities that deserve nba teams.

The nba g league welcomes a 28th team for the 2019 20 season in the college park skyhawks affiliate of the atlanta hawks. The new orleans pelicans announced an expansion team in birmingham ala. Nba commissioner adam silver said the league has started to consider expansion the first time in more than a decade that has been on the table.

Nba commissioner adam silver revealed monday that the league has examined previous analysis into expansion but adding new teams is still not on the front burner the charlotte bobcats now. The most recent examples of the expansion of the nba are the charlotte hornets and miami heat in 1988 minnesota timberwolves and orlando magic in 1989 toronto raptors and vancouver grizzlies in 1995 who relocated to. Nba commissioner adam silver has flagged the potential for expansion in the first time in his tenure.

Covid 19 crisis has prompted increased speculation about nba expansion and relocation. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally. The 30 team league hasn t added a new franchise since 2004 when the charlotte bobcats now hornets were introduced.

An expansion team is a new team in a sports league usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area.