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I don't know what the fix is. But I do know that arena financing is the biggest issue facing the NBA, and if I were commissioner for a day, I'd spend my time working on it. And because of past failures on this tip, I'd expand the league to 31 (with owners' approval) and add an expansion franchise in Seattle, to begin playing in 2016-17.

What the league did in Sacramento was something I think the league should replicate. David Stern was fully engaged here over multiple years, and we are extremely lucky for it. The 2012 deal the Maloofs tore up even included money straight from Stern's coffers, which was apparently unprecedented. Every proper NBA city needs that sort of dedication and level of commitment. I imagine the Sonics would still exist if Stern had been as involved in Seattle as he was in Sacramento. (Of course, Seattle and Stern had all sorts of additional issues — let's not rehash all of that.)

The point is that arenas get public funding in all but the largest cities due to relocation threats, plain and simple. It's an awful, adversarial relationship that pops up time and again. I get the sense that the current status quo creates wedges between communities and teams: we all saw how hard it was to enjoy the Kings from 2010-13 given the state of things? That happens far too frequently in the NBA.

Here are the specifics of what I would do.

I'm not even sure these suggestions would 'fix' things. But they'd be a start. Sacramento came so, so close to losing the Kings, and I don't want to see any other cities deal with that.

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