{"id":514658,"date":"2026-09-10T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=514658"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:34:43","slug":"pallacanestro-varese-quietly-pushing-toward-the-nba-europe-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/pallacanestro-varese-quietly-pushing-toward-the-nba-europe-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallacanestro Varese quietly pushing toward the NBA Europe project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Varese’s NBA Europe candidacy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

According to La Prealpina<\/em>, Pallacanestro Varese is continuing its push toward a potential NBA Europe project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As previously reported, the club has submitted its candidacy in partnership with RedBird<\/strong>, the investment fund that owns AC Milan. A response could reportedly arrive as early as mid-October<\/strong>, although the timeline will depend on how the relationship between the NBA and EuroLeague<\/strong> develops.<\/p>\n

Varese and RedBird, contacts already underway<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The letter of intent between Varese and RedBird would only need to be explored in operational terms if the NBA gives the project the green light.<\/p>\n

The contacts between the two sides are already evident, however, from Brandon Snow’s presence at Masnago<\/strong> to meetings between Luis Scola and RedBird executives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The potential NBA Europe project therefore remains a major possibility for Varese, but there is still no definitive timeline for a decision.<\/p>\n

A growth strategy beyond the NBA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

In the meantime, Varese is continuing to invest in its own development independently of the NBA project.<\/p>\n

The club’s investments in the roster, the Campus and the expansion of the arena<\/strong> are part of a broader strategy aimed at strengthening the organization regardless of whether NBA Europe becomes a reality.<\/p>\n

The multi-year contracts signed during the summer<\/strong> also point to a project designed to extend beyond a single season.<\/p>\n

For now, Varese is therefore preparing for the future on two fronts: keeping its NBA Europe ambitions alive while continuing to build a stronger and more sustainable club independently of the project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Italian club has submitted its candidacy together with RedBird, with a response potentially arriving as early as mid-October, although the timeline remains linked to the evolving relationship between the NBA and EuroLeague<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":508151,"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":[195,399,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-514658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-champions-league","category-nba","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/Luis-Scola-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514658","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\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514658"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=514658"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=514658"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=514658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}