Silver: India may host NBA preseason game in 2019

The NBA could be making a foray into the world's second most populous country next year, as commissioner Adam Silver said over the weekend that the league may host a preseason game in India in 2019.

"We are potentially looking to play a game in Mumbai, maybe next year. It would be a preseason game," Silver told the Press Trust of India. "If we do a preseason game, we can build time and our players and their families can spend time, learn about the country's culture."

The NBA opened an academy in India last year, looking to grow the game of basketball in the nation of 1.3 billion.

"We are very focused on the Indian market," Silver said. "There is enormous amount of grass root basketball being played in India."