March 2026

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NBA to explore expansion opportunities in Seattle and Las Vegas after Board of Governors votes in favor of move

The NBA took its first major step toward bringing back the Seattle Supersonics on Wednesday. The league’s Board of Governors reportedly voted in favor of the NBA exploring expansion opportunities in both Seattle and Las Vegas, the NBA confirmed Wednesday.

In a statement, NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the news, adding, “We look forward to taking this next step and engaging with interested parties.”

The vote was expected, as ESPN’s Shams Charania reported in mid-March that the league would put the issue up to a vote at its Board of Governors meeting later in the month.

The vote does not guarantee Seattle and Las Vegas will receive expansion teams in the near-future, but it allows the league to explore those opportunities. NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed as much Wednesday, when he spoke about the vote publicly.

Silver added that not every NBA owner was convinced the league needed to expand to 32 teams.

But given the amount of money at stake — Charania reported bids could be in the $7 billon to $10 billion range — it should not come as a major surprise that the Board of Governors allowed the league to move forward with the process.

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There are still a few more steps the league and Board of Governors must take before officially expanding to 32 teams. The league and Board of Governors will likely vote to finalize the motion later in the year, Charania reported in mid-March. He also stated that momentum was moving toward expansion being approved, as a “growing number of owners are believed to support” the idea. In order for the motion to pass, 23 of the league’s 30 owners need to vote in favor of it.

If the league is allowed to continue down this road, the NBA would likely look to add both teams to the league ahead of the 2028-29 season. If Seattle and Las Vegas both receive teams, they would be put in the Western Conference, which would lead to some team re-alignment around the league.

For Las Vegas, the news opens up the possibility for the first-ever NBA franchise in the city. Las Vegas has shown the ability to support professional sports teams in recent year, with the NHL’s Golden Knights, WNBA’s Aces and NFL’s Raiders already in the city and MLB’s Athletics on the way.

Seattle hasn’t had an NBA franchise since the Supersonics left to become the Oklahoma City Thunder after the 2007-08 NBA season.

The NBA last expanded in 2004, when the Charlotte Bobcats — now the Hornets — started play.

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After Hubert Davis’ firing, Celtics exec Brad Stevens reportedly says he’s not interested in UNC job

In the wake of Hubert Davis’ firing at North Carolina, Brad Stevens has no desire to leave the Boston Celtics.

According to CBS Sports, the former Butler coach and current Celtics president of basketball operations “has removed his name from consideration for the Tar Heels job.” Tuesday night, North Carolina made it official that it was moving on from Davis after days of speculation. 

Stevens last officially coached a basketball game in 2021 when he was on the sidelines for the Celtics and last coached a college basketball game in 2013. He took Butler to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2010 and 2011, and in the 2010 championship game, forward Gordon Hayward’s game-winning buzzer beater from mid-court bounced off the rim.

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The Bulldogs were 166-49 in his six seasons with the school. Stevens left Butler at the end of the 2012-13 season to become the Celtics’ head coach. Even though he hasn’t coached college basketball in over a decade, Stevens’ name has come up when coaching jobs at blue-blood programs have come open.

He’s been one of the first names mentioned in Indiana’s recent coaching searches because he’s a native of Zionsville, Indiana. It’s not a surprise that he could have been linked to the UNC job. And it’s even less of a surprise that he is staying in Boston.

In eight seasons on the Celtics’ sidelines, Stevens was 354-282. Boston missed the playoffs in his first season, but made the postseason every other year and had three conference finals appearances. 

Stevens moved up to the front office after longtime Celtics general manager Danny Ainge announced his retirement (though Ainge is now back in the Utah Jazz’s front office). With Stevens overseeing basketball ops, the Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals and are one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in 2025-26 even though Jayson Tatum had missed much of the season. 

The Celtics are 47-24 ahead of a Wednesday night game against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Tatum has played in just eight games after tearing his Achilles during the 2025 playoffs.