NBA General Manager for Europe and the Middle East, George Aivazoglou, revealed the plans for NBA Europethe new event prepared for European basketball.
George Aivazoglou mentioned as a possible NBA Europe start date in October 2027 and spoke of a … semi -organic event, which would look like a format with that of the Champions League and Europa League in football.
Aivazoglou’s statements
“The earlier start will be in October 2027. Our vision is a semi -arousal event with 16 teams, 12 permanent teams and 4 that will result from other events, with the Basketball Champions League as a central path. We want to create a pyramid system similar to the Champions League and the Champions League and the Europa League. Football.
We want the dreams and stories of “Cinderella”, such as Leicester, who won the Premier League in 2016, remain loud. We are still looking at it. The simple answer is a Round-Robin, where everyone is playing with each other, followed by playoffs and finals-probably according to European regulations, as the teams will continue to compete in their national championships. ”