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Las Vegas NBA Expansion Bid: Lasry and Apostolopoulos Group Withdraws
- The NBA expansion bid group led by Marc Lasry and Steve Apostolopoulos has withdrawn from the Las Vegas franchise bid.
- Kenny Smith, from 'Inside The NBA', was part of the ownership group and had raised 20 percent of the bid.
- The bid process is now down to one group, according to a Sports Business Journal report.
- The Las Vegas-Review Journal reported on the withdrawal of the Lasry and Apostolopoulos group.
- The group's exit leaves the future of the Las Vegas franchise bid uncertain.