NBA News: Expansion is probably closer

The last expansion of the NBA is now almost 20 years ago, but in the coming years there could be movement again. Seattle and Las Vegas are still considered hot candidates. The Portland Trail Blazers could be sold.

As the journalist John Canzano, which is well networked in Oregon, at 93.3 KJR, it should already be clear that the NBA will expand to Seattle and Las Vegas in the coming years. This should happen at the earliest in 2024 when the NBA will complete a new TV deal.

This could play 32 teams in the NBA in two years, at the same time that means that probably no team will move so quickly. According to Canzano, there were recently rumors that the Portland Trail Blazers would think about moving to Seattle, but this would be no longer possible due to the possible expansion.

According to Canzano, however, the blazers will soon be sold. According to this, the former owner Paul, who died in 2018, is said to have given all instructions before his death, how his family has to deal with his estate-everything should be sold.

The luxury yachts and some real estate have already been removed, the Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks from the NFL are supposed to follow, whereby Allen's sister Jody wants to keep at least part of the Seahawks. There are up to $ 3 billion in the room for the Blazers, there are apparently enough prospective customers.

Canzano already unsuccessfully brings Larry Ellison (co-founder of Oracle)-The the Warriors, Grizzlies and Pelicans-Mackenzie Scott (ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos) and Laurene Powell-Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, into conversation.

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Seattle has been without NBA team since 2008, at that time the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City. According to Tampa Bay, it is the largest market in the United States where there is no NBA franchise at home.