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LeBron James Tells Adam Silver He Wants The Las Vegas Expansion Team: “I Want The Team Here, Adam”

Last year, when NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was asked about a possible NBA expansion, he surprised everyone when he replied to the same question he’s been asked numerous times, by giving a different response than the usual ‘this is something the league isn’t really considering at this moment’:

“I think I’ve always said that it’s sort of the manifest destiny of the league that you expand at some point. I’d say it’s caused us to maybe dust off some of the analyses on the economic and competitive impacts of expansion. We’ve been putting a little bit more time into it than we were pre-pandemic.”

While Silver also stated that this wasn’t a top priority at this time, it does give hope to millions of people hoping their hometown might get an NBA franchise at some point in the next few years, most and foremost the people of Seattle and Las Vegas, who were always seen as the front-runners in a potential expansion.

While an expansion currently is years away, according to Adrian Wojnarowski,

The NBA plans to negotiate new television/media and Collective Bargaining deals before seriously examining the adding of new teams. The possibilities of Las Vegas and Seattle as expansion candidates are real, but likely years away. https://t.co/aF7ypjzGbd

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 6, 2022

LeBron James nonetheless doubled down on his wish of becoming an NBA team owner and let commissioner Adam Silver know, that he wants the expansion team in Las Vegas. .

“I’d love to bring a team here [to Las Vegas] at some point. That would be amazing… I want the team here, Adam. Thank you!”