Possible Nba Expansion Teams

Plus the fan base would extend beyond omaha to include lincoln neb and western iowa.

Possible nba expansion teams. It s always been the assumption that if and when the nba decided on expansion it would evolve to 32 teams. Basketball still looks more or less the same but the nba will have expanded from 30 north american clubs to 32 re adding the seattle supersonics and finally cashing in on their flirtation with mexico city. Rumors have been circulating about a potential.

San diego photo by harry how getty images. It already has two arenas where a team could play centurylink center and baxter arena at the university of nebraska omaha. It might seem like a stretch but omaha can probably support an nba expansion team.

Looking long term though nba commissioner adam silver said league expansion could be a possibility. The bobcats were announced roughly 18 months before beginning play. 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.

Courtesy of seattle sportsnet on monday we delved into what it would take for the nba to consider expanding the league from 30 teams to 32. It s sort of the manifest destiny of the league that you expand at some point silver said. There s been no indication from the league itself that.

And more importantly will have expand to 48 total teams across 13 countries. Were the nba to seriously entertain expansion the earliest possible timeline would have new teams playing by the 2022 23 season. If the nba is ever serious about expansion these eight cities should be at the top of the list.

However with the nfl s expansion to 32 teams in 2001 it proved that 32 can be just as balanced as 30. 8 nba teams that could relocate and 8 possible destinations of course fans will never accept losing the team that they love but it has been happening for decades.