Commissioner Adam Silver dropped a hint that the league would consider having an NBA franchise in Mexico City, ESPN’s Eric Gomez writes.
“We see this as a gateway, essentially, to the rest of Latin America,” Silver said of the city. “We think, whether it be additional G League franchises in Mexico City and ultimately a larger footprint here in Latin America or ultimately the dream of an NBA franchise coming to Mexico City one day.”
Silver added that the league would definitely play another game or two in Mexico City next season. Orlando and Atlanta played there last week.
We have more from around the basketball world:
- In his latest notebook on Substack, Marc Stein confirms that free agent John Wall remains focused on trying to find another NBA opportunity, as he suggested last week. Wall practiced with the South East Melbourne Phoenix on a recent trip to Australia since he’s part of the franchise’s ownership group, but he’s not looking to play there. Wall appeared in 34 games with the Clippers last season.
- Former WNBA star Lindsey Harding — the only woman currently serving as a head coach of an American men’s professional basketball team — made history as the first female NBA or G League coach in the Stockton Kings’ opener on Friday, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon notes. Nancy Lieberman served as head coach for the Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ affiliate, from 2009-11 when the minor league was called the D League.
- Italy’s Happy Casa Brindisi has shown interest in former NBA guard Brandon Knight, according to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando. Knight, who appeared in 451 NBA regular season games, was most recently in the NBA during the 2021/22 season, when he played five games with Dallas.
- Another former NBA guard, Frank Jackson, is expected to part ways with France’s ASVEL Villeurbanne, according to Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews. Jackson, who has appeared in six EuroLeague games, missed the EuroLeague derby against AS Monaco last week and was absent in the French league game against Dijon over the weekend. Jackson played one game with Utah last season and saw action in 53 games with Detroit the previous season.
About time the league expands to Latin America…
San Juan would be a better option, but Mexico City is a nice choice as well!
From 40 million for doing nothing to getting nothing for doing nothing. The fall was fast.
Kinda hard to blame him for getting injured that badly and then having medical complications on top of the surgery he needed. Wall’s another guy like T-Mac and Grant Hill I wish could have stayed healthy long-term.
Wall to DC, They badly need a point guard
They badly need a coach who doesn’t suck. Wes Unseld Jr. is more of a nepotism hire than Thanasis Antetokounmpo. At least Thanasis is just a 15th man, not a main driving force of the franchise…
I think it would be cool to have the mid-season tournament in Mexico City. Then rotate it to London or somewhere else every couple of years.
The G League and the D League are the same exact league. This isn’t like the WHA in hockey where it went defunct. The G in G League stands for Gatorade. Nancy is the first G League coach a new sponsor doesn’t change things. Even on her Wikipedia page it is the G League.
“In November 2009, Lieberman became the coach of the Texas Legends in the NBA Development League (now NBA G League), an affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks, thus becoming the first woman to coach a professional men’s basketball team.”