Tony Parker: “Let’s bring everyone to the table: NBA, Euroleague and FIBA” -The FIBA ​​red lines

THE Parker Tonywith the property of its owner Villerbanhe took a clear position on the fermentations made in European basketball. The French legend of NBA He emphasized the need to find a solution commonly accepted by all sides in order to stop the division in European basketball and not to become even greater with the sport’s disastrous results.

“I met with (NBA Commissioner) Adam Silver and (Assistant Commissioner) Mark Titum in January to discuss European basketball and bring everyone to the table: NBA, Euroleague and FIBA. It will be ashamed if we end up as in the US in the past, with the NBA and the ABA (from 1967 to 1976 there were these two different leagues, until they were united in 1976). We must not be wrong: either we will reach an agreement, or the NBA will go on its own. We have to think of a way to unite, or to work together. We can’t do it without the NBA. The goal is to unite our strengths and create something that will never exist in the past, while at the same time ensuring that none of the historical teams in Europe will be left behind. We know very well the power of the NBA brand, their specialization in marketing, their television contract (77 billion for 11 years). Even if we never reach these numbers, European basketball will change dimension“, Parker stressed.

It is noteworthy that the FIBA ​​side does not exclude the NBA debt of the Euroleague, but by acting as a basketball guard itself, it is non -negotiable on a number of issues:

-The national championships will be affected by no means that will be on the basis of the new event.

-Any new event will not be in the form of a closed league.

-There will be a provision in the calendar for interruption in the racing action and the windows of the national teams.

-BCL will be the second one organized by the winner whose winner will secure the right to compete in the top league.