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The NBA has been talking about expansion for about five years. Finally, the wheels appear to be in motion toward adding a pair of teams to the current 30-team configuration. According to ESPN NBA reporter Shams Charania , the NBA Board of Governors plans to vote next week about dealing exclusively with Las Vegas and Seattle to host new franchises.

MORE: Top 15 NBA teams right now “There is momentum within the board of governors and league office to approve moving forward with taking bids for franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions,” Charania reported in a story teased on his X account . Just in: The NBA will hold a vote at the Board of Governors meetings March 24-25 to explore adding expansion teams exclusively in Las Vegas and Seattle, with the two franchises targeted for the 2028-29 season, sources tell ESPN. There is momentum for stakeholders to approve… pic.

twitter. com/H6AYVdhh7S — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 16, 2026 The board of governors meet March 24-25. The first vote, if approved by 23 of the 30 governors, would permit the league to take bids from potential ownership groups in the two cities.

Industry executives estimated the price tag for a new franchise at between $7 billion to $10 billion, Charania wrote. A vote later this year would finalize the move to 32 teams, according to Charania, with Seattle and Las Vegas beginning play in the 2028-29 season. Seattle lost its NBA team, the SuperSonics, in 2008.