NBA exec expects league to expand to Kansas City

May 18, 2018

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The National Basketball Association may be returning to the state of Missouri for the first time in over three decades.

An anonymous league executive spoke with Jarrett Sutton of SEC Network on Friday and discussed the possibility of the NBA expanding to Kansas City.

“Going to be real honest with you, Kansas City will get an NBA team at some point,” he was quoted as saying. “It’s a real thing I’ve heard from multiple sources. Just a matter of time. Seattle and KC to me are [the] most valuable markets for league expansion when it makes sense.”

Kansas City was home to the Kings for 13 years from 1972 to 1985 before their move to Sacramento. The league has not been back there since however.

The time may be ripe for expansion with the current NBA talent pool arguably as deep as it has ever been. As such, basketball returning to both Kansas City and Seattle (which has its own prominent backers) for a total of 32 teams in the league does not actually seem too far-fetched.

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