Adam Silver’s one time reticence over league expansion seems to be dissipating, based on his comments to Blazers guard and aspiring media member C.J. McCollum. You can watch the full statement below, but suffice it to say, Silver’s comments made it sound more like a matter of when than if regarding league expansion at this point.
With expansion comes the inevitable expansion draft, a practice that SB Nation is participating in today with a mock expansion draft from among all the NBA teams in the league. That process involves each team protecting 8 players from their current roster that the newbies can’t pluck for their own, and we underwent that exercise with the current Bucks roster.