[Marc Stein] Pistons adviser Dwane Casey has emerged as a head coaching candidate for BC Roma SPQR, which was recently co-founded by former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson alongside Luka Dončić, @TheSteinLine has learned. The club is also weighing European candidates for its debut Serie A season.

[Marc Stein] BC Roma SPQR, of course, is in the running for the Rome bid in NBA Europe, which is scheduled to launch in 2027-28. The new Italian club will play in the EuroCup this season. Casey coached Detroit, Toronto and Minnesota before becoming an adviser to Pistons owner Tom Gores.

Link to Marc Stein’s substack: https://marcstein.substack.com/

Morezingis | Timberwolves

49 | 4 hours ago

From Coach of the Year to this in 8 years. Life comes at you fast.

Though there are worse punishments than getting paid to live in Italy.

sactown_13 | Kings

33 | 4 hours ago

Sounds like a pretty sweet gig

WalterDwight | TOR

18 | 4 hours ago

Living in Rome, coaching hoops

_Caek_ | Thunder

4 | 4 hours ago

employed in the home of the inventors of unemployment, you really can’t ask for much better.

TrojanTheGreat | Raptors

21 | 4 hours ago

lol dues at retirement age. 69 years old. why not go live in Italy

tomdawg0022 | Timberwolves

5 | 4 hours ago

Larry Brown’s last head coaching gig was in Turin. Why the hell not when you’re pushing 70 (or, in Brown’s case, pushing 80)?

sleepy416 | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

I still remember watching this man refuse to take CJ Miles off Kevin Love and we got burnt by him doing the exact same play three times in a row. He was an absolutely horrible playoff coach. COTY is a regular season award

Krazy_Kane | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

Not that fast, 8 years is almost a decade lmao

GotKarprar | Mavericks

18 | 4 hours ago

Will this make Luka the first player owner?

CumAssault | SAS

28 | 4 hours ago

Only because they hide ABA stats. Jackie Moon did it first, it’s time the NBA recognize him

Interesting_Prune513 | Heat

17 | 4 hours ago

Wasn’t he already? I swear in May of 2022 he already became owner of the Phoenix Suns.

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

-2 | 4 hours ago

KD would likely be an investor in an NBA Europe team, too.

Of the known likely participants in NBA Europe, there is at least one other current NBA star who is an investor in a likely controlling ownership group in the new league. Kevin Durant purchased a minority stake in soccer giant Paris Saint-Germain in 2024. PSG, owned by Qatari Sports Investments, is expected to create a new basketball team for Silver’s league. Durant bought into PSG through Arctos, an American firm that purchased a 12.5 percent stake in PSG in 2024.

Former NBA star Tony Parker owns ASVEL Basket, a team near Lyon that is expected to join NBA Europe, and former star Pau Gasol is considering a leadership post in the new league.

There is no rule for ownership stakes in NBA Europe for current players, but Silver’s office hasn’t finalized rules for the new league and would likely need to engage the players’ union to determine ownership limits for players.

However, owners of teams in the new league cannot own more than 5 percent of an NBA team in the U.S. or Canada, a high-ranking NBA official told The Athletic. The reason: all NBA owners will be stakeholders in the European league; majority ownership of an NBA Europe team on top of that would create conflicts of interest, and a double-dipping scenario that NBA owners without European teams may consider unfair.

MeMeRevieweR_23 | West

11 | 4 hours ago

the secret base YT videos on Donnie Nelson were really eye opening. He was instrumental in scouting and getting international players to the NBA.

peanut-britle-latte | Knicks

11 | 3 hours ago

Adding that SPQR for the extra Roman flavor.

uncleoptimus

4 | 4 hours ago

Is that the actual name for the new league? “NBA Europe”?

Wonder why not EBA, “European Basketball Association”

MumrikDK

9 | 4 hours ago

You dare insinuate that National Basketball Association Europe sounds a bit silly?

ClaymoresRevenge | Bulls

0 | an hour ago

European National Basketball Association

Thus ENBA

dL_EVO | Warriors

5 | 3 hours ago

NBA Europe champ should play EuroLeague champ for the European title every year.

Since winning either one doesn’t really make you the European champ anymore if there are two high quality leagues.

thy_armageddon | Knicks

3 | 4 hours ago

Man totally suggested to bring in Demar DeRozan and Detroit was like, “We gotta contact the EU and get this guy out of here.”

DingoInevitable8586

1 | 4 hours ago

Luka being a player-owner news came out of nowhere !

mcolwander90 | Pistons

1 | 3 hours ago

Pistons need Casey for their games against the Raptors.

SolemnOaf | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

Weird name for the club. I understand the reference but “Senatus et Populusque Romanus” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Is Legion/Legionnaires too on the nose?

therightgayguy | Bucks

1 | 2 hours ago

BC Rome Senate and the People of Rome

Idiotecka | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Sono Porci Questi Romani

heat_fan_ | Raptors

-1 | 4 hours ago

Damn how fast things change in the Nba it’s pretty crazy

Winter_Purpose8695 | Philippines

-5 | 4 hours ago

Nba europe assuming that it wont tank, could be a good thing. More places players can play at and get paid. What kind of crossovers with the main NBA are they planning to have here?

Delanorix | Knicks

9 | 4 hours ago

This is just the NBA being a bully.

Destroying other leagues doesnt help offer more opportunities.

tomdawg0022 | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

FIBA as well. FIBA and the EuroLeague have had a long, long feud and FIBA’s tried a few times to cut in on the EuroLeague’s money printer.

Nice_Cash_7000 | NBA

4 | 4 hours ago

So many teams in Europe would get their budgets cut due to loss of revenue that players would have wayyy less places to play and get paid.

lifestepvan | Supersonics

2 | 4 hours ago

There are a ton of places in Europe where players can play at and get paid as it stands.

With colleges signing every Euro talent that can walk in a straight line, there’s probably more decent roster spots in Europe than ever right now.

[Stein] Pistons adviser Dwane Casey has emerged as a head coaching candidate for BC Roma SPQR, which was recently co-founded by former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson alongside Luka Dončić…BC Roma SPQRis in the running for the Rome bid in NBA Europe, which is scheduled to launch in 2027-28.