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It’s a fairly open secret that the NBA is going to expand sometime in the relatively near future. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said the league will look into expansion after they complete their new media rights deal in the next year or so.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is adding some additional reporting that the NBA will focus on adding two teams after the media rights deal is done.

“Certainly, Las Vegas is going to be at or among the primary cities, along with Seattle,” Wojnarowski said. “The league has been migrating towards Las Vegas for years.”

Wojnarowski added that expansion is “not far off” and will include two cities.

ESPN has laid off Mark Jackson, joining Jeff Van Gundy in exiting their lead NBA broadcast team.

ESPN is closing in on promoting Doris Burke and also hiring Doc Rivers to join Mike Breen.

ESPN considering shifting Jackson to their “B” team with Mark Jones, but that plan fell apart as they want to get more reps for JJ Redick and Richard Jefferson.

Burke and Rivers are believed to be popular in the NBA’s league office. There is no evidence that the NBA delivered an edict to ESPN to make a change.