{"id":434976,"date":"2025-03-26T13:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=434976"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:20:26","slug":"nba-europe-no-vote-this-week-as-owners-review-new-continental-league-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-europe-no-vote-this-week-as-owners-review-new-continental-league-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Europe: No Vote This Week as Owners Review New Continental League Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A report by Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams of Sportico<\/strong> provides new insight into the NBA\u2019s ongoing discussions<\/strong> about launching a professional basketball league in Europe<\/strong>, with the potential to reshape the international basketball landscape. However, no formal vote<\/strong> on the proposal will take place during this week’s Board of Governors meetings<\/strong> in New York, an NBA spokesperson confirmed.<\/p>\n

The idea has been under consideration for some time as the NBA looks to expand its global footprint<\/strong>\u2014and revenue streams\u2014through a partnership with FIBA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to Sportico<\/strong>, the league believes the combined Europe-Middle East basketball ecosystem<\/strong> could eventually generate up to $3 billion in annual revenue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt this week\u2019s NBA Board of Governors meeting, the league will report on its exploration of a new men\u2019s basketball league in Europe, in partnership with FIBA,\u201d a league spokesman said in a statement.<\/em><\/p>\n

NBA owners could vote on the proposal at any time, though no formal vote is scheduled during the meetings this week in New York, an NBA spokesman said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    The league would initially feature 8 to 10 teams<\/strong>, with up to four spots<\/strong> potentially offered to existing EuroLeague clubs<\/strong> willing to transition to \u201cNBA Europe\u201d as early as next season<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Franchises would be sold to outside investors<\/strong>, with the NBA retaining a 50% stake<\/strong>, and the remaining 50% owned by private investors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The NBA would prefer new franchise owners<\/strong> who do not already hold stakes in U.S.-based NBA teams<\/strong>. Potential buyers could include sovereign wealth funds<\/strong>, high-net-worth individuals<\/strong>, or\u2014though less likely\u2014existing European basketball clubs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Franchises in key markets like London or Paris<\/strong> could be priced at a minimum of $500 million<\/strong>, according to league estimates.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    While the project remains in an exploratory phase, the ambition is clear: NBA Europe<\/strong> could soon be more than just an idea, but it won\u2019t be voted on this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Sportico reveals details of NBA’s ambitious European expansion plan, but no formal decision is expected in New York meetings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":419112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-434976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/Adam-Silver.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434976"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=434976"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=434976"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=434976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}