Adam Silver has told Seattle mayor Ed Murray not to expect an NBA team to move to the city within the next few years.

An agreement for the funding of a Sodo arena between Seattle, King County and Chris Hansen expires in November of 2017.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between them states an NBA team must be acquired for Hansen to receive up to $200 million in city and county bond funding for the proposed venue.

“Their official line, and I think they’re being straightforward with me, is a city grabbing a team or a new (expansion) franchise at this point is not, in their mind, something they see happening,’’ Murray said Thursday of his Monday meeting with Silver and other league officials at NBA headquarters in New York City. “They actually expressed to me that they felt expectations in Seattle had been raised that weren’t consistent with what they had been sharing about a path to get there within the next few years.’’

Murray had believed the Milwaukee Bucks might be a relocation candidate if the franchise can’t get a new arena deal worked out this year.

Silver was clear in that he expects the Bucks to remain in Milwaukee.