NBA takes major step in adding teams to Las Vegas, city where championship team originally played: report

The road to 32 NBA teams is officially on.

The association's Board of Governors approved a vote on Wednesday to explore bids and applicants for expansion teams in Las Vegas and Seattle, ESPN reported.

ESPN noted that the association is eyeing the 2028-29 season for the teams to begin playing, and it's a matter of "when, not if."

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A team in Seattle would mark a return to a city that had an NBA champion in the SuperSonics in 1979.