{"id":489168,"date":"2024-12-22T04:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T08:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489168"},"modified":"2024-12-22T04:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T08:32:41","slug":"nba-planning-to-start-european-league-confirms-fiba-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/nba-planning-to-start-european-league-confirms-fiba-president\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA planning to start European League, confirms FIBA president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of FIBA Europe, Jorge Garbahosa, has confirmed that the NBA is planning to establish a basketball league in Europe. Speaking to Marca, Garbahosa acknowledged the NBA\u2019s intentions and emphasized that the project would be carried out in collaboration with FIBA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FIBA Europe president Jorge Garbajosa confirmed that the NBA is exploring a partnership with FIBA to expand into the European basketball market \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZVzXlD6v9m\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZVzXlD6v9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BasketNews (@BasketNews_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasketNews_com\/status\/1870420749082656905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am convinced this will happen because Mr. [Adam] Silver said it himself. The NBA sees clear opportunities in Europe. They\u2019ve identified a vulnerability and decided to act on it,&#8221; Garbahosa stated. He added, &#8220;We are proud that the NBA has declared any initiative in Europe will be organized in partnership with FIBA. They greatly respect FIBA\u2019s reputation and trust in our organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that the NBA\u2019s envisioned league could become a major rival to the Euroleague, currently the top-tier basketball competition in Europe. While the timeline and specifics remain unclear, this development highlights the NBA&#8217;s growing interest in expanding its global footprint, particularly in a basketball-rich region like Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of FIBA Europe, Jorge Garbahosa, has confirmed that the NBA is planning to establish a basketball league in Europe. Speaking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[23390,23391,17837],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[19536,1067,12420],"acf":{"announce":"The potential new tournament could be a competition to the current Euroleague","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489170,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489168\/revisions\/489170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489168"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489168"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}