The ongoing search of the NBA will continue this week to expand its role in European basketball at a meeting of the League’s Board of Governors in New York, as Commissioner Adam Silver said the matter would be done earlier this year.
The Global Governing Body of the Sports, the NBA and the FIBA have been talking about the annual competition in Europe at least last summer or even talking about the NBA -powered league.
It is not clear what happens after that. It’s very clear: NBA and FIBA - who have been working for decades – from both commercial and competitive points of view, they have the same view of the ability to play in Europe.
“At a meeting of the NBA Board of Governors this week, the league will report about a new men’s basketball league in Europe,” the league will report in a partnership with the FIBA, “the league spokesman said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
In January, NBA speaking at the Paris Games – when the League took advantage of the visit to France to meet with European stakeholders on the same topic – Silver said the NBA was “on track” in the process of enhancing its image in Europe. It was also when he said that the league governors would be given more briefing at the March meeting.
Silver said in January, “We are looking very closely to see if there is an opportunity to make the game professional at another level, so that a big trading opportunity will be created.” “And not just because commercial opportunities show that you can increase revenue, but because we believe that with markets, if you can create proper privileges, you can get significant additional investment. And finally, the way to increase the game at all levels.”
The NBA for the first time played an exhibition in Europe in 1984 and has been sending regular teams to the predictions or regular season since 1993. San Antonio-which was characterized by French star Victor Wembniama-twice in Paris in January, for the first time when two NBA teams played a regular season behind each other in Europe.
