Bill Simmons is dropping some major NBA news this week.
The Ringer founder was discussing the NBA on the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast when he dropped a bit of “intel” about league expansion and how LeBron James may play a role in it.
“I have some intel,” Bill Simmons said. “I think the league is going to expand to Vegas and to Seattle. And I think the leading contender to get that Vegas team is going to be the Fenway Sports Group. They have Liverpool, they bought the [Pittsburgh] Penguins. They’ve been circling different NBA teams for a while. I think they looked at Minnesota. And I think they’re the leading contender for Vegas. I heard, combined, we’re talking $6.5-7 billion for the two teams.”
“If I had to bet on a LeBron scenario, it would be for him to be involved with whatever happens with that, where he is the point man of that Vegas team. I haven’t heard that mentioned, I don’t care if that gets aggregated, because I think I’m right. I think that is scenario A for LeBron.”
An NBA spokesperson has since stated “there is no truth” to the report.
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James told reporters last March that his “goal is to own an NBA franchise,” and that “it’ll be sooner than later.”
