NBA Europe, where does the project stand? Real Madrid’s key role

The NBA Europe project, albeit under the radar, is moving forward. The world’s top basketball league, through commissioner Adam Silver, is working so that the white smoke will come. The goal is to kick things off in 2027, a year later at the latest.

NBA is in dialogue with FIBA to find the right set-up and present itself to the final interlocutors, namely the clubs (old and new), with clear ideas. At the moment, the Euroleague is quite serene, on the strength of the renewal of almost all the clubs currently signed up (even Fenerbahce has just made their renewal official).

In reality, there is always a loophole even for those who have signed up, namely the payment of the clause to get out of the agreement but the feeling is that the Euroleague has taken the correct steps. The NBA, on the other hand, as reported by Marca, is relying so much on Real Madrid.

The iconic club has everything to be a gem of ambitious NBA Europe: tradition, history and a sky-high following, not only in Spain. The blanco club is reportedly working to help NBA and FIBA figure out how to move to get those 10 to 12 clubs needed to begin the “conquest” of European basketball. In short, the project is moving forward, even if no one talks about it openly.