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- 1David Stern once dismissed Las Vegas NBA expansion hopes▼Twenty years ago, David Stern told Steve Kerr ‘there’s no way’ NBA would expand to Las Vegas
A New York Times piece recalls that two decades ago, then-NBA commissioner David Stern told Steve Kerr there was no way the league would expand to Las Vegas. The anecdote has resurfaced as the NBA weighs expansion, with Las Vegas now widely viewed as a leading candidate for a new franchise, a reversal of the league's long-standing position on gambling-friendly markets.
- 2David Stern's Las Vegas NBA skepticism resurfaces as expansion talk grows▼Twenty years ago, David Stern told Steve Kerr 'there's no way' NBA would expand to Las Vegas https://www. nytimes.com/at
Twenty years ago, then-NBA commissioner David Stern told Steve Kerr there was 'no way' the league would expand to Las Vegas. The remark has resurfaced amid renewed NBA expansion discussions, with Lakers coach JJ Redick saying he expects any potential Vegas team to play in front of packed, energetic crowds.