NBA looks into starting European basketball league

NBA looks into starting European basketball league

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The NBA and Fiba, the world’s governing body, are considering forming a European league.

A 16-team league would be in the works at the beginning, with 12 permanent teams and four candidates for playoffs annually.

The new league would be integrated into the current European basketball landscape, according to the NBA, with teams also playing in their respective national leagues as part of the plan being considered.

The top NBA team, which includes US and Canadian players, is the best in the world.

The EuroLeague, which was founded by Fiba but has been run by Euroleague Basketball since 2000, is where Europe’s top teams currently compete.

Adam Silver, the head of the NBA, stated, “We think this is the right time to move on to the next stage.”

Our club owners expressed fervent support for us to continue to explore this opportunity at today’s board meeting.

He continued, “Nothing has been agreed, and he did not specify which teams might be involved.”

Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, and Panathinaikos, the current champion, are the three EuroLeague teams with the most success.

There are no teams in the United Kingdom.

Silver said, “Sometimes, the products that come with those existing clubs are massive global brands.

In some cases, those brands were created through global soccer, not basketball, but we now know that there is a lot of people who root for those teams, so that becomes very relevant as well.

Silver further stated that games would run 40 minutes, rather than the NBA’s 48.

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