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Sources: NBA votes to explore Vegas, Seattle expansion bids
Shams Charania gives the details of the NBA's upcoming vote to explore adding teams in Las Vegas and Seattle. (1:39)
The NBA's board of governors has approved a vote for the league to explore bids and applicants for expansion teams exclusively in Las Vegas and Seattle, sources told ESPN.
A bidding process is expected to generate offers in the $7-10 billion range for each team, according to sources.
Sources told ESPN last week that the league is targeting the 2028-29 season for the two expansion franchises to start playing.
The vote starts the NBA's process of expanding to 32 teams. Multiple high-ranking officials have termed expansion as "when, not if."
Potential Sonics return would heal longstanding open wound for Seattle
The NBA Board of Governors, made up of the league’s owners, is scheduled to meet at a New York hotel on Wednesday to discuss league business. On the agenda is the possibility of expansion.
It is widely expected that the board will advance a formal expansion process focused on Seattle and Las Vegas, potentially growing the league from 30 to 32 teams, possibly leading to the return of the Sonics.
KOMO News will have live coverage of the noon meeting on air, on KOMOnews.com, on our YouTube channel, and on the KOMO News App.
Look no further than the way the Storm carried the torch in the absence of the Sonics.
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The good and bad NBA expansion to Seattle, Vegas creates
Kevin Durant of the Rockets dunks against LeBron James of the Lakers in a 2026 NBA game. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
It appears the decades-long wait for NBA expansion to bring about the return of a Seattle Sonics franchise will finally end this year, with the league’s Board of Governors expected to pass a vote during a meeting this week on exploring the addition of expansion teams specifically in Seattle and Las Vegas.
What the NBA vote this week on Seattle expansion means if approved
“I think it’s going to pass with overwhelming support,” said Sports Illustrated senior writer and NBA on NBC contributor Chris Mannix on Tuesday to Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy. “(NBA commissioner) Adam Silver and the top league officials have been working on the small number of holdouts that have had some questions about (expansion) over the last probably six months to a year, getting everybody on the same page with the direction the league wants to go. And I think they’re there.
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