In a fun exercise, SB Nation decided to conduct a mock expansion draft this offseason that’s publishing across all the sister sites today. We were asked to select eight players that should be protected on the New Orleans Pelicans roster.
Back in July, C.J. McCollum interviewed Adam Silver prior to the 2017 Draft and asked him a slew of good questions. League expansion was one of the topics and here is what the NBA Commissioner had to say.
“I don’t want to put a precise timeline on it, but it’s inevitable at some point we’ll start looking at growth of franchises.