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.

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.

There are cities like Seattle that would love to have a team back in their city, after already having the SuperSonics there, almost two decades ago. Seattle and the state of Washington have produced many notable NBA players over the past couple of decades, including Jamal Crawford, Isaiah Thomas, Paolo Banchero, Dejounte Murray and several others.

Silver previously said he believed the Board of Governors would urge his office to continue exploring expansion and had often mentioned Seattle and Las Vegas.

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.