Mock NBA expansion draft: Seattle and Las Vegas rosters headlined by Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, and others
Explaining the rules of NBA expansion drafts and what two new rosters could look like in Seattle and Las Vegas.
Mock NBA expansion draft: Seattle and Las Vegas rosters headlined by Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, and others originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The league is getting closer to expansion .
The NBA Board of Governors approved a vote to explore bids for teams in Las Vegas and Seattle, with offers expected to be in the $7 to $10 billion range per ESPN's Shams Charania. Those teams are expected to debut for the 2028-29 season. That's a long ways away, but it's not too early to guess what each team's roster might look like.
Based on how the NBA has run previous expansion teams, the rosters for Las Vegas and Seattle should be full of decent veteran role players along with an overpriced star or two. Here's what the new teams could look like after a full 15-round mock expansion draft. MORE: SN's latest NBA Mock Draft for loaded 2026 class How does the NBA expansion draft work?
The exact rules for the upcoming expansion draft haven't been established by the league yet. We can guess what they might look like though based on how the NBA has run these drafts before. The league will generally allow every team to protect a certain number of players on their roster.
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