The Boston Celtics will likely have two new teams to play against in the medium-term future with NBA expansion rumbles starting to heat up. During the pandemic, it looked as if there might be new teams joining the league even sooner, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and media rights deal would need to be secured ahead of adding teams to the Association.
But now the league has a new CBA in hand and will soon tackle the media rights deal, meaning a pair of teams — or maybe more — could be added to the NBA in the next half-decade or so.
