Speaking in Paris, Silver said he thought some of the NBA's injury problems were caused by "repetition," and kids should play more sports.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league still has serious interest in a separate European basketball league.

It's been more than two decades since the last NBA expansion. In 2004, the league added the Charlotte Bobcats, a team that rebranded as the Charlotte Hornets.

Before the first game between the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers on Thursday at the Accor Arena, the league scheduled its annual commissioner's news conference, a tradition that allows for questions raised by both American and international media members to NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

In August, during the Paris Olympics, Silver said in an interview with The Associated Press that the league had started ramping up talks with FIBA, the sport’s global governing body, on adding either an annual competition in Europe or even having an NBA-operated league.

Wemby’s first NBA game in France was a smashing success, as he went off for 30 points in the Spurs’ 140-110 win over the Pacers.

Wemby finished the night with 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocked shots as the Spurs won 140-110, San Antonio’s second-largest victory margin of the season and Indiana’s second-largest defeat margin.

Welcome home, Wemby. Wembanyama played in his homeland on Thursday — the star attraction in this two-game set of games between San Antonio and Indiana, a series that concludes on Saturday night.