{"id":500024,"date":"2026-06-07T18:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=500024"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:05:57","slug":"luis-scola-explains-why-the-nba-europe-model-will-change-the-euroleague-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/luis-scola-explains-why-the-nba-europe-model-will-change-the-euroleague-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Scola explains why the NBA Europe model will change the EuroLeague as we know it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Scola, CEO of Pallacanestro Varese and global basketball legend, recently discussed the future of European basketball on the <em>En Modo Avi\u00f3n<\/em> podcast, arguing that the NBA Europe model will significantly transform\u2014and potentially replace\u2014the EuroLeague structure as we know it today. According to the former Argentine star, the NBA is not just a sports league, but an entire economic system built on franchise collaboration, investment, and shared growth.<\/p>\n<p>Scola explains that this approach, already well established in the United States, is now beginning to take shape in Europe through the NBA\u2013FIBA project, which aims to create a new continental league. This new competition would be more open, structured around a franchise system, and supported by major investments in infrastructure, marketing, and player development\u2014emphasizing collective effort for collective growth.<\/p>\n<p>Having experienced both the European and American sporting models during his playing career, Scola sees the arrival of NBA Europe as a <a href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sergio-scariolo-real-is-very-active-in-trying-to-build-a-bridge-between-the-euroleague-and-nba\/\">turning point<\/a> set to redefine the structure, economics, and identity of European basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Below are two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siroko.com\/tv\/it\/video\/luis-scola-perche-la-nba-finira-per-cambiare-leurolega-come-la-conosciamo\">excerpts<\/a> from his interview. In the second part, he also reflects on his connection with Varese, first as a player and later as a manager.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siroko.com\/tv\/embed\/7141\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C\u00f3mo Luis Scola copi\u00f3 la NBA para transformar un club europeo en quiebra #29\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N1KrUhd1m2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having experienced both the European and American sporting models during his playing career, Scola sees the arrival of NBA Europe as a turning point set to redefine the structure, economics, and identity of European basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":473877,"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":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-500024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Luis-Scola-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500024","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500024"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=500024"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=500024"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=500024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}