Not if you understand some of the legal implications of those countries and their sports clubs. You can’t just plop a franchise down in Munich and treat it the same as you do in the UK, for example. Ownership rules are different.

Euro teams have beaten NBA teams before. I remember the Duncan Spurs lost to Alba Berlin.

Yes (and I say this as an American)

There’s a history of pushback towards groups trying to reform existing sporting structures in Europe by muscling in with more money. That doesn’t mean this will fail but there is plenty of precedent

because euroleague isn’t capitalism ball already?

There is already capitalism ball in Europe, Euroleague is a private league (separated from FIBA) formed by the richest clubs in Europe (and Israel btw) and you can’t qualify for it by performing in your national team as they do in Champions League in football (UEFA league).

capitalism ball in Europe.

Lmao the bullshit one reads on reddit

You think european players arent paid and dont go to the richest teams if they cant? Or that they are owned by some local commune instead of billionaires? Or that the euroleague was literally born of an attempted breakaway by the richest teams?

Hell, euroleague teams dont even do revenue sharing like americans league do. Old money dominates there lmao. They are peak capitalism ball.

I think the NBA system of drafts and salary caps is not as capitalistic as most european sports leagues. Just because they have more money doesnt make it “capitalism ball”.

Euroleague is both a great product entertainment wise, has really strong organic in person support, great culture/legacy being built around the best teams.

Turning that into another vehicle for private equity and fintech/sportsbetting companies would be such a bummer.

bro probably does know european football is literally all arab oil money, russian oligarch money (before 2022) and organized mafia groups around the stadiums.

>capitalism ball

Dude what do you think they’re playing for over there, the love of the game? If anything, money has less influence on winning over in the states than it does in Europe.

Closed league is more like communism ball.

European sports are pretty much all oligarchy funded with hardly any competition.

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They will just subsidize this competitor league at a loss for 15+ years and hope Euroleague caves and merges

They will just do what they did with the wnba

Eat the losses while overpaying for players to join until the euro teams are void of talent cause everyone worth a damn is playing for nba euro teams

And fans follow talent

I think the people you hear complaining are already outraged by that, and are complaining cause they don’t want more of it

Yes, and the NBA is deciding the pursue the league despite not being able to partner, which is why Im saying what I’m saying.

US billionaires are constantly seeking growth and power. I‘m not saying it’s a David vs Goliath story, I’m saying these people want more power and they’re using the NBA’s popularity as a tool to get what they want.

The vibes I got were they tried to make it a partnership in like the same way Britain made their colonies their partners

Big protectorship energy

If you have no idea about the topic, dont lie at least. Euroleague wanted to collaborate at first but were firmly denied by nba. Now that nba europe is struggling to find the grip, suddenly theyre thinking about collaboration

This is the real issue. They’re acting as if everyone will drop teams they’ve supported for decades for new ones. Seemingly misunderstanding how European fandom works

New franchises would work if they carved this new league out in places where basketball isn’t a established/big sport. But that means that they will have to build fanbases from the ground up which isn’t what they want to do so it is a moot point.

There is very little about American sports that is appealing and would be a boon to fans of any other sports leagues. And I think you probably overestimate how much you understand the European soccer model. American sports and the American college system will not work with the club-style sprots organization that they have in the UK, Germany, etc.

If product is same as NBA with NBA rules, no way i watch it, in terms of product Euroleague > NBA

Every country that cares about basketball watches their team, not players.

Nobody is switching from supporting Panathinaikos or Besiktas or Partizan their entire life to another club just because they have Sasha Vezenkov now.

And the countries that don’t care about basketball but will have franchises (England is the massive elephant in the room), well, they don’t watch basketball, and if they do they will watch the NBA, not its younger, poorer, dumber sibling.

That’s of course assuming the established teams don’t move, which is a different story entirely and (as of now) seems unlikely.

Pretty stupid strategy, European fans used to almost no commercials during their sports aren’t going to put up with the American model. Nor should they, it fucking sucks.

You have an American mindset, not a European one. Fans in Europe don’t care about the “stars” like Americans do. They care about their team, and sports are not hugely corporate national brands, they are local teams with connections to the community.

‘If people want a creme filled cookie they’ll just have a Hydrox.’

-OP, probably.

Well i am European and i hate NBA, too many games, no defense, Too many ad breaks, 12min quarters, and much more, so for me NBA is unwatchable

Who’s gonna give a shite about these random new teams? Nobody’s gonna drop their existing teams just because the new ones have nba slapped on the side

Also the ad breaks would kill stadium atmosphere which is a big part of European sports.

Well we did it for the World Cup with hydration breaks. So it’s not unthinkable.

The players will jump, but the fans won’t. American Euro players are seen as mercenaries. If anything, if these leagues end up with more home grown players they will be even more popular.

NBA Europe can triple Euroleague Salaries right now to 90M

Sure, NBA can pay for that. The issue isn’t giving up tons of mony, but to build sustainable model that will pay end up paying this triple wages. And I don’t see ENBA getting better deals than Euroleague. If something opposite will happen. Because for the first few years it just will struggle getting viewership.

Probably for a few weeks where they have a mid-season tournament. It would be too disruptive for single games.

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Lol so sorry that I haven’t looked into the finer details of NBA Europe

Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?

You could choose to educate them on what they don’t know. You are choosing to do something else with that effort.