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BBT #11 Snippet | Las Vegas Is Getting an NBA Team
On March 25, 2026 — the same day the UN voted on reparations — the NBA Board of Governors voted unanimously to expand to Las Vegas and Seattle. The expansion is targeting the 2028-29 season, the ownership group needs to be locked in by July 2026, and right now Las Vegas residents are actively voting on six finalist names: Bighorns, Mustangs, Rattlers, Scorpions, Sharks, and Vipers. The public vote runs through April 15. The NBA makes the final call. And how that call gets made — who actually has power over the identity of a franchise worth $4 billion — is a more interesting conversation than…
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