A regular season NBA game might be too great an ask, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has flagged the possibility of the league bringing a pre-season game to Australia in the near future.

With an ever-growing Australian contingent in the NBA - including No.1 draft picks Andrew Bogut and Ben Simmons - Silver believes it is a case of when and not if the NBA will bring a game to Australian shores.

"It's a fantastic market and it's a market our players enjoy travelling to": NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Credit:AP

"Yes I could see us returning for a pre-season game," Silver said before Friday's game between Indiana and Denver at London's O2 Arena.

"It's a fantastic market and it's a market our players enjoy travelling to.