SEATTLE — The irony was not lost as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stood in front of a podium in Oklahoma City to talk about a potential Sonics return.

It is, after all, the home of the former Seattle Supersonics.

“We recognize that there are underserved markets in the United States,” Silver said as he was prompted about league expansion. “I’d say the current sense is that we should be exploring it.”

The Seattle Supersonics left for Oklahoma City in July of 2008 and are now playing in the NBA Finals. There were multiple questions about how an expansion process would work to return a Sonics franchise to the Emerald City.

Silver moved the ball forward.

“We have an owner’s meeting in July in Las Vegas and it will be on the agenda to take the temperature of the room. We already have commit

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