The US Professional Basketball League (NPA) is reading a plan to launch a new league in Europe, according to a source on Tuesday that the number of teams participating in it may reach ten.
Owners of “NBA” clubs will study a program that includes eight to ten teams, including the largest club of the old continent, including four teams that are currently participating in the European League (Eurolic).
Citing a source of well -known sources, the proposed league revealed that new teams like London and Paris revealed that a $ 500 million scheme.
The NPA spokesman AFP said that the League would consider the European League issue this week, saying that any new competition would be launched with the International Basketball Federation (VIBA).
At a meeting of the club owners council this week, the association will provide a report on the new basketball league for men in Europe, along with the International Basketball Federation.
Rumors have spread several months ago about the “NBA” desire to play a greater role in the European basketball. The deputy commissioner of the league, Mark Ditt, said there was a “unforgivable” chance to create the game in the region last October.
“I have no doubt that there is an opportunity to pursue basketball in Europe,” Tittit said at a press conference.
Despite the popularity of basketball in Europe, the spokesman pointed out that its share of the business market is “less than 1 percent”: “Therefore, we hope that there is an opportunity to create a better European basketball model.”
Although the official referendum of the European League project during this week’s meeting in New York, the group owners said that the “sportco” said that group owners can vote in the “time” project.
The same site has increased, according to the inspected plan, BNA sells permanent offer seats for external investors, ie sovereignty funds, private capital, wealthy or existing European basketball clubs.
