"That's something that can happen," Stern said in a conference call Thursday to discuss the NBA's preseason tour in October. "We need the buildings. We need the increase in affinity in terms of television. And we need an economic model that works."He also mentions the possibility of expanding to China, the political difficulties of such an arrangement notwithstanding.
It's hard to imagine exactly how overseas expansion teams would work--especially since it would be difficult to incorporate international road games into the schedule. I suppose they would have their own "European Conference". But it would be pretty rad.
I'd also like to see something similar in baseball, starting with a team from Mexico (although the Neo-Know-Nothings would plotz for sure--"Oh, America's past-time--shipped to Mexico!").
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