The NBA is not ready to add an expansion team to the Seattle market.

"Seattle is a wonderful market. It would be very additive to the league to have a team there," Adam Silver said in an interview this week with ESPN. "But we're not planning on expanding right now, so it's not a function of price."

The Sacramento Kings nearly relocated to Seattle last year.

The Milwaukee Bucks are the next team in danger of facing relocation issues, with their lease expiring in 2017.

The NBA owners would receive a sizable expansion fee if Seattle was awarded a franchise, but they're likely to wait until new television deals are done before seriously considering the issue.

"Ultimately I'm responsible for the financial and competitive health of a 30-team league, and while we made tremendous strides in the last collective bargaining agreement, we're still not there yet. We don't have 30 profitable teams in the NBA, and while we've made progress, there are still teams that aren't competitive enough."