The NBA continues with an eye on a global growth, with the firm idea of creating a competition in Europe. A project that, little by little, is taking shape and that the American competition advances in multiple meetings with the Euroleague clubs.
With that in mind, the portal Eurohoops on Wednesday 28 that the best basketball league in the world clarified that, In the NBA Europe project, no team that belongs to countries outside the old continent will be includedwith the only exception of Israel.
Closed door to Dubai
One of the main affected by this NBA decision is the Dubai BC. Today, the United Arab Emirates as a It would be out of the NBA European project.
An exclusion at least surprising, at least at the business level, since the NBA has an existing collaboration with the Abu Dhabi region. A collaboration that He has brought preseason games from different American franchises to etihad sandwhere the Euroleague Final Four was also played.
Besides, This NBA decision collides with the plans in the Euroleague. The participating clubs are expected to expand the number of participating teams at 20 for the next season and that idea could include the Dubai BC, which makes the NBA position not match the European plans.
Fiba in favor
Being the clear position by the NBA, it should be remembered that FIBA is in tune of this decision to exclude a team from the Arab Emirates from European competitions. Without going any further, The federative entity opposed the idea that Dubai BC entered the Euroleaguearguing that local authorities are part of FIBA Asia.
Thus, after this refusal of including teams outside the European territory, It remains to see how the NBA project advances in Europe And if, in the future, the American league is diverse and more flexible or if, on the other hand, this inflexibility is maintained and the Euroleague adapts to the idea.
