{"id":504913,"date":"2026-07-08T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=504913"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:51:35","slug":"chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Chus Bueno: “The EuroLeague has never been stronger”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an exclusive interview with CityAM<\/em>, EuroLeague CEO Chus Bueno discussed the league’s future, the NBA Europe project and why he believes European basketball’s top competition is stronger than ever.<\/p>\n

“The EuroLeague has never been stronger.” That was the key message from CEO Chus Bueno in his exclusive interview with City AM<\/em>, where he outlined the league’s long-term vision and confidence ahead of the NBA’s European expansion plans.<\/p>\n

How strong is the EuroLeague today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I can say that we have never been better. We’re stronger, we’re together for 10 years, and the teams want to move to a franchise model, which means staying together forever.”<\/p>\n

Bueno also dismissed concerns about the NBA’s growing presence in Europe.<\/p>\n

Are you worried about NBA Europe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It’s OK to compete. We already compete with the Basketball Champions League. The EuroLeague will never disappear. Even in the worst-case scenario, if five teams leave, we would still have 15 teams.”<\/p>\n

Despite the rivalry, Bueno believes cooperation remains possible.<\/p>\n

Can the EuroLeague and NBA still reach an agreement?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I hope so. I’m an optimistic guy and I think we can still figure it out. We haven’t found the right click yet, but from one week to another things can change.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":481526,"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-504913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\nChus Bueno: "The EuroLeague has never been stronger" - Sportando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chus Bueno: "The EuroLeague has never been stronger" - Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1918\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1079\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin Martorano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevin Martorano\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevin Martorano\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02222fed615efe70d9448326bbbb88cd\"},\"headline\":\"Chus Bueno: “The EuroLeague has never been stronger”\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"EuroLeague\",\"NBA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chus Bueno: \\\"The EuroLeague has never been stronger\\\" - Sportando\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp\",\"width\":1918,\"height\":1079,\"caption\":\"Chus Bueno\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chus Bueno: “The EuroLeague has never been stronger”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"description\":\"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"width\":70,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Sportando\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/sportando\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02222fed615efe70d9448326bbbb88cd\",\"name\":\"Kevin Martorano\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kevin Martorano\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kevinmartorano\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chus Bueno: \"The EuroLeague has never been stronger\" - Sportando","description":"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chus Bueno: \"The EuroLeague has never been stronger\" - Sportando","og_description":"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.","og_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/","og_site_name":"Sportando","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","article_published_time":"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1918,"height":1079,"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Kevin Martorano","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Sportando","twitter_site":"@Sportando","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kevin Martorano","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/"},"author":{"name":"Kevin Martorano","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/02222fed615efe70d9448326bbbb88cd"},"headline":"Chus Bueno: “The EuroLeague has never been stronger”","datePublished":"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/"},"wordCount":219,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","articleSection":["EuroLeague","NBA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/","name":"Chus Bueno: \"The EuroLeague has never been stronger\" - Sportando","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-08T18:00:47+00:00","description":"Speaking to City AM, the EuroLeague CEO says the competition is ready to face NBA Europe while still hoping for a future agreement.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","width":1918,"height":1079,"caption":"Chus Bueno"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/chus-bueno-the-euroleague-has-never-been-stronger\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chus Bueno: “The EuroLeague has never been stronger”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","name":"Sportando","description":"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization","name":"Sportando","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","width":70,"height":70,"caption":"Sportando"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/x.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sportando"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/02222fed615efe70d9448326bbbb88cd","name":"Kevin Martorano","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba0726522ba0f80656180f364ba47230d1fd27b40551c7aeb9e7448569869d31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kevin Martorano"},"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/author\/kevinmartorano\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/6fab4ce6-613c-47a6-8651-c0607abb7886.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504913","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\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504913"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=504913"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=504913"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=504913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}