Speaking during his annual NBA Finals press conference on Thursday night, league commissioner Adam Silver weighed in on the topic of expansion and how he expects it to come up during the board of governors meeting in Las Vegas this July.

"I'd say the current sense is we should be exploring it," Silver said off a question regarding the current view on expansion. "I don't think it's automatic because it depends on your perspective on the future of the league. As I've said before, expansion, in a way, is selling equity in the league. And if you believe in the league, you don't necessarily want to add partners.

"On the other hand, we recognize there are underserved markets in the United States and elsewhere, and I think markets that deserve to have NBA teams. Even if we were to expand, more

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