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.

The NBA's board of governors is set to meet in Las Vegas on Tuesday to discuss potential expansion, but there reportedly isn't much optimism that a new franchise in Seattle, Las Vegas or another city will be announced soon.

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.

A reserved Silver gave a considered answer when asked about the league adding more teams, characterizing expansion as a “curiosity,” rather than a concrete plan. Silver challenged himself and the NBA Board of Governors to “do the work” in exploring whether or not the association should expand beyond its current roster of 30 teams,

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.