>We'll launch in October 2027." George Aivazoglou, general manager of NBA Europe, added new details about the plan to launch an NBA league in Europe in his speech at the Football Business Forum held this morning at Bocconi University in Milan.>THE ORGANIZATION— Aivazoglou then confirmed that NBA Europe will have "a semi-open formula of 16 teams, 12 permanent and four based on sporting merit: one from the Basketball Champions League organized by FIBA, which is our partner, and three more from domestic leagues, and this is the most intriguing part because it allows everyone to have ambitions.">For the first time, an official list of all twelve permanent teams in the new league, in addition to Milan and Rome, has been released: "London and Manchester for the United Kingdom, Paris and Lyon for France, Madrid and Barcelona for Spain, Berlin and Munich for Germany, plus one each in Athens and Istanbul."
>>151840768No Baltic or Balkan team?
>>151840944They don't have permanent teams, but they can qualify
I have zero pity or empathy for those euroleague assholes.I'm surprised they admited a team from Greece and Turkey however.
>>151842047You'd need at least 4 teams to keep them from having another war.
>>151842321meant for>>151840944
>>151840768Shan't be watching.I would rather watch Olimpija vs Zadar than this slop. Fuck you NBA. Eat shit and die.
Dying sport I'm afraid
>>151840768Dumb question are euros actually interested in this. The European basketball leagues seem more enjoyable than modern day NBA
>>151842537Flyovers vs Coastchads
>>151840768Will any of these teams be playing against North American teams at all?
>>151842957>And finally, a nod to future scenarios, such as "a new competition with teams from the NBA and NBA Europe combined, and perhaps in the future, with more organic integration, I imagine a scenario where something like the NBA Cup has four NBA teams and four European teams. Or perhaps we could create a sort of global competition like the FIFA one last summer."
>>151840768>Rome>not Bolognainto the trash
>>151840768Just another way for the (((owners))) to launder money
So what's to be of the Euroleague?
I thought they had the Euroleague and it was already going pretty well. We also get the BBL in the US. There's already a lot of basketball, why do they need more teams?
>>151843650Don't worty about it. This is just a cash grab. It might even work considering how greedy some of euroleague club owners are.
>>151843634it would become a qualifying tournament for the NBA Europe
>>151840768Meh they should rather launch a German NFL franchise
>>151843029>bofognacity too small (and too commie)
>all the best Euro players will play in the NBA>all the worst and old USA players will play in NBA Europe
>>151843029>not Cantu>not Pesaro
>>151840768>We'll launch in October 2027There will be no europe by then
going to be interesting how this is going to work with the G-league which is already an nba allied pro league with players on the edge of the nba.
>>151840768>Only one Greek and Turkish team (When 3/4 of best Euroleague teams the last 5 years are from there)>Fucking Britbongland>Fucking Rome>No Monaco, Zalgiris, Serbian teamsKYS yanks
>>151842570Euroleague is soulless and corrupt as fuck but this is even worseIdeal European Franchise League would be:>Real Madrid>Panathinaikos>CSKA Moscow >Olympiakos>Monaco >Fenerbahce>Efes>Zalgiris>Virtus Bologna>Barcelona>Partizan>Red Star >Bayern Munich>Baskonia>FIBA CL winner>Eurocup winner
>>151843773? Rome has literally no basketball tradition while Virtus Bologna is by far the most successful and important Italian team. That's like inviting Lazio but not Juventus in football
>>151844089>Ideal European Franchise League would be: a bunch of shitters from serbia and turkeylmao what, they aren't real europeans to begin with
>>151844097who gives a fuck about history? it's all about market size. If you want history, then Riga, Varese, Cantu or Limoges have much more legitimacy than half of this roster >>151844089
>>151843773>the italian capital of basketball is irrelevantOk, modern NBA is not even basketball
>>151844097Roma is a big historic city, I don't give a fuck about "muh basketball tradition", half of the clubs you named have no future
>>151844137Banco di Roma is the 1984 european champion by the way
>>151844136Bofogna is the italian capital of nothing, a shitty town full of maghrebis and old dying commies, good riddance
