{"id":551737,"date":"2026-10-20T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=551737"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:16:04","slug":"nba-europe-tatum-targeting-october-2027-prepared-to-proceed-regardless-of-euroleague-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-europe-tatum-targeting-october-2027-prepared-to-proceed-regardless-of-euroleague-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Europe, Tatum: \u201cTargeting October 2027, prepared to proceed regardless of EuroLeague agreement\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NBA Europe remains targeted for October 2027.<\/strong> NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum reiterated that timeline during a meeting with international media: \u201cWe continue to target October 2027 [\u2026] to begin rolling out this project, and we believe that the timing is realistic here.\u201d He added: \u201cThis is not just about a season [\u2026] and launching a new league, it\u2019s reimagining the entire European basketball ecosystem built on that merit-based foundation that gives every fan and club in Europe the right to dream.\u201d On participating teams: \u201cWe definitely expect to begin announcing teams soon as agreements get finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks with EuroLeague remain open, but the project is moving forward.<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t want to disclose any private conversations with the EuroLeague. As we\u2019ve said before, we continue to be hopeful that we\u2019ll reach an agreement, but we\u2019re prepared to proceed regardless.\u201d Asked whether there was a deadline for an agreement, Tatum replied: \u201cWe\u2019re not stopping. We\u2019re moving and proceeding as quickly as we can. [\u2026] Our plan is to begin rolling out this project in October of 2027, which is a year from now. So we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do, but we\u2019re moving quickly and we\u2019re not slowing down at all.\u201d Regarding EuroLeague\u2019s new financial strategy: \u201cThe 10-year business plan by the EuroLeague, it doesn\u2019t affect our plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatum also outlined the sporting structure and financial objectives.<\/strong> \u201cThere will be an established top-tier league, which is the NBA Europe League. There will be a second division. The winners of that second division will play into the top-tier league, and then there will be slots for every other club from every other domestic league to be able to play into on a merit-based pathway.\u201d On sustainability: \u201cOur model will provide clubs with a much quicker pathway to profitability. [\u2026] Our average permanent team in our league is projected to be profitable by year 3.\u201d He added: \u201cOver the first decade, we project multi-billions of dollars in distributions back to clubs.\u201d Investment will extend beyond the competition itself: \u201cThis will be the largest investment in European basketball in its history. We\u2019ll invest in academies, grassroots development, league operations, marketing, arena infrastructure, which is really needed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NBA deputy commissioner reaffirmed the timeline for the project with FIBA: \u201cThere will be a second division. The winners of that second division will play into the top-tier league”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":438091,"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":[16775],"class_list":["post-551737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-nba","posizionamento-stories"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/GohZ3_2WwAAVICv.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551737","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=551737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551738,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551737\/revisions\/551738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551737"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=551737"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=551737"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=551737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}