With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion -- perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out in Tuesday's FAQ -- let's consider how any new team(s) would be built.

After June’s mega-deal involving the Rockets and Nets, ESPN now ranks Houston fifth in the NBA for the quality of future first-round draft assets.

NBA expansion has been a topic of conversation for at least the last decade, and over the last few years there's been reports and speculation about which cities the league would target for their next franchises.