NBA, FIBA transfer ahead on exploration of latest skilled males’s basketball league in Europe

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and FIBA Secretary Basic Andreas Zagklis tackle the media after Board of Governors on Thursday.

MIES, SWITZERLAND AND NEW YORK – The Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) and the Worldwide Basketball Federation (FIBA) right now introduced their joint exploration of a brand new skilled males’s basketball league in Europe that might deliver the game to extra European followers and speed up the sport’s development throughout the continent.  The NBA and FIBA will proceed discussions that started greater than a 12 months in the past with potential buyers, groups, area builders and business companions.

Below the plan being explored, the brand new league can be built-in into the present European basketball panorama, with groups additionally collaborating of their respective nationwide leagues.  Along with everlasting groups, the league would provide golf equipment a merit-based pathway to qualification by way of the European basketball ecosystem.

As a part of a brand new league, the NBA and FIBA would additionally plan to dedicate monetary assist and assets to the continued growth of Europe’s basketball ecosystem, together with membership crew academies and the NBA and FIBA’s present packages to develop aspiring gamers, coaches and referees in any respect ranges of the sport.

The announcement was made by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and FIBA Secretary Basic Andreas Zagklis following the NBA Board of Governors assembly in New York and the FIBA Government Committee assembly earlier this month in Mies, Switzerland.

“The European basketball group is pleased with its seven-decade historical past of worldwide membership competitions and the elite expertise it develops,” stated Zagklis.  “But given the game’s recognition and the success of nationwide crew competitions, there may be untapped potential in European membership basketball.  A brand new league in Europe would mix the NBA’s enterprise acumen with the worldwide experience of FIBA to draw new basketball followers and buyers alike, maximize membership advantages, and set up synergies for the advantage of all stakeholders.”

“The NBA and FIBA are uniquely positioned to construct on the wealthy custom of European basketball,” stated Silver.  “We stay up for collaborating with FIBA to discover the creation of a brand new league for followers throughout the continent.”

The NBA and FIBA will present extra updates at a later date.