After finishing the greatest NFL career of all time, Tom Brady became a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders moved from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020, and Brady’s bid to purchase a minority stake was approved by league owners in October 2024.
LeBron James is currently still authoring one of the greatest NBA careers of all time. (This is not the space for the LeBron vs. Michael Jordan debate.) This season is the last year of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. The jury is still out on whether he will return for an NBA-record 24th season or retire. Either way, he has breathing room to follow Brady’s pattern. Retire as a GOAT, and then become a minority owner in Vegas.
On Monday morning, ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the news that the NBA will hold a vote at next week’s board of governors meetings on whether to move forward with exploring the addition of two expansion teams. One in Seattle — long live the SuperSonics — and one in Las Vegas. If approved, those teams would join the league in 2028-29.
By Monday afternoon, this was a topic of discussion on FS1’s First Things First. Nick Wright pushed James as the most sensible owner in Vegas.