The NBA’s announcement of an expansion analysis was met with a muted response from potential expansion applicants and tepid optimism among fans in Seattle.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver remains committed to exploring potential expansion for the league. After the board of governors met in Las Vegas earlier this week, Silver told reporters that it will take some additional research before any expansion plans are finalized.

As the NBA’s board of governors meets Tuesday afternoon at Las Vegas summer league, the subject of expansion is front and center for fan bases in Seattle, Las Vegas and other cities hoping to join the league. But the appetite for adding new teams might not be as strong as previously believed.

At the Board of Governors meeting Tuesday in Las Vegas, Silver told reporters that league owners instructed the NBA to conduct an in-depth analysis of its options. It is a small yet important box to check on the extensive to-do list that comes with league expansion and could get the ball rolling for a 31st team to enter the picture.

On what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called “day one" of a “very complex" in-depth analysis of expansion, he refused to provide either a timetable or definitive answer as to whether the league will even add teams at all.

The so-called NBA Board of Governors has discussed in Las Vegas the possible future expansion of the best basketball league in the world. There is still much to analyze and nothing

The idea of NBA expansion sounds promising on paper, but the league may lack the necessary momentum to expand beyond its current.

NBA Could Face $76 Billion Roadblock Against League Expansion originally appeared on Athlon Sports. For the past five years or so, NBA fans have urged the league's officials to add at least one more team to the competition, with the Seattle SuperSonics drawing the most attention.