The future of European Basketball is being written in front of our eyes

3/29/25

Some really interesting developments for European Basketball:

NBA Europe

1. The NBA officially announced that they’re looking at creating a league in Europe — which has been rumored for 30 years, with a big increase of rumors these past few months.

There’s a lot that’s still up in the air between FIBA vs Euroleague, and the NBA announcing this in partnership with FIBA. But the future of European Basketball is definitely going ti be defined by this, whether it works or not.

Personally I welcome the NBA —provided that they take into consideration the specificities, culture, history and tradition that we have here on the Old Continent.

One thing that worries me though is that they seem to be interested in talking to established football ⚽️ teams instead of trying to find a way to work with established Basketball Clubs. For example: the rumor is that they’d better work with, PSG (Paris St Germain) than my existing Paris Basketball team.

Which leads me to my second point:

Paris Basketball (my hometown team)

2. Paris Basketball is already assured of staying in the Euroleague next year. …which is both a sign that:

• our team did great this year,
• but also a cause of the interest of the NBA for the French market
• AND the fact that there is great passion for basketball here in France, (and I believe we’re the 2nd biggest provider of non-American players in the NBA, after Canada.)

I guess I’m keeping my season ticket for years to come 🎫 🏀