A lot of interesting things said the Darius Gudelis, During a press conference in Vilnius on Tuesday (04/03).
This is the CEO of local Ritawhich is also a member of its European Commission Fibawho commented on the future of European basketball events in the wake of his thoughts NBA to get involved.
Among other things, Gundelis stressed that if the American league actually does something like that would be In collaboration with the World Federation and not Euroleaguewhile he was in the criticality of 2026, when many of the club contracts will be completed with the latter.
In detail what he said:
‘The best would be to come In agreement is Euroleague and FIBAthen we wouldn’t need friends from other continents. But we see that This is not the casetime passes and FIBA is probably looking at other partners to see how they can do it.
What the Federation wants when negotiating with the Euroleague is to keep the Early of the sport. So that the teams have the opportunity to play in Europe’s top tournament. The second point is, is to Synchronize the calendars. The third is the commercialto have basketball and teams. Until these are agreed, there will be no convergence. There are two trails, the Euroleague and the BCL.
FIBA guarantees that it will continue to invest in BCL. Her discussions with the NBA began during the Tokyo Olympics. At some point, there was a huge momentum, but in the end they didn’t lead anywhere. As far as I know, the Euroleague had a specific financial proposal from the NBA, initially accepted but then rejected, which did not allow confidence to arise. If the NBA comes to Europe, it will be with FIBA.
You all know how Euroleague contracts expire in 2026in ten years. That spring and that summer will be critical when the teams will decide. Some Euroleague clubs have already renewed, some not. When the teams decide what moves to make, FIBA-NBA or Euroleague, they will sit on the negotiating table.
Of the time, I don’t think the BCL format is changing. I agree 100% that it doesn’t suit us in Geneva too, I showed Rita’s program for March and I said this is a normal program. Two matches a week, one inside and one out. A normal program. But realistically, we have to wait until 2026. We don’t like it, but what to do. ”
Source: Sport Fm
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