Yeah. I never thought about the expansion fee aspect. If you add one, you’ll add 2 most likely. Be awesome if Canada got a second team again, but probably not happening. TBH, Pelicans need to be sold and moved. Kings probably too. But the new arena complicates things. I was just thinking about how perfect LeBron owning “Kings” would be if able to move to Vegas.
Move Pelicans to Seattle, add Vegas. Move Memphis to East. And hope in 2-3 years you can set up a Euro franchise in England or something to make it 32.
League operated with odd number teams many times. But the 3 divisional format may need to change if uneven.
The downside of Suns are screwed no matter how it breaks down because they’ll either be Pacific with LAs and Vegas and Warriors or Southwest with Texas teams and OKC. Northwest is definitely the ideal pod with Minnesota, Utah, Seattle, Portland, Denver and probably Sacramento. Maybe Vegas goes there and Sacramento stays Pacific.