The next few days can be key to the future of European basketball. Respect the calendar of the selections as well as protect the interests of the respective national teams They are a key premise for NBA, FIBA and Euroleague (ECA) to continue with conversations and negotiations for Define the European basketball scene of the coming years.
After the Historical meeting at the FIBA headquarters in Switzerland sitting again at the same table to the NBA and the Euroleague To explain the future European project of the best league in the world, Dejan Bodiroga, President of ECA (Euroleague Commercial Assets)he has assured in an interview in the Croatian media Vecernji List That “we are working to develop a calendar that satisfies all parties, the Euroleague has never been against the national leagues or the national teams.”
We are working to develop a calendar that satisfies all parties, the Euroleague has never been against national leagues or national teams
Statements that arrive After announcing the Euroleague that will increase your list of participating teams to 20 teams, which will inevitably cause more weeks with double days. The first reading was A 'goodbye' to the agreement not to overlap the Euroleague calendar with that of the selection windows that have been played in February but it should not be so despite 10 weeks of 'double'.
Do not overlap the Euroleague with the windows
As this newspaper has learned, The dialogue between the different entities could or should bear fruit since the correct dispute of the windows is one of the red lines on the table, not only those set for February but also for November and that mark the qualifying path for the World Cup in Catar 2027: November 24-2 December 2025, February 23- March 3, 2026, June 29, July 24, August-1, September 23, December-1, February 22, March 2027. If the premise of not overlapping the Euroleague calendar with the FIBA windows is not respected, it will be a point of no return.
In recent years we have achieved what has not happened in the previous 10: Dialogue with FIBA
“In recent years we have achieved what has not happened in the previous 10: Dialogue with FIBA,” he says Bodiroga in the Croatian environment in statements that The basketball world welcomes optimism and suggests that there will be a harmonized schedule of competitions, As was the case more than 20 years ago when the selections played qualifying matches with the players of Euroleague And there were no problems for the absence of NBA players.
From the United States, so much Adam SilverNBA commissioner, in its joint presentation with Andreas ZagklisGeneral secretary of FIBA, as Mark TatumNo. 2 of the NBA, have been clear about respect for the calendar of the national teams and leagues. In addition, they have shown a conciliatory spirit ensuring that The new project “does not seek to replace the Euroleague” And that “we have been trying to bring positions and sit at all parts and continue doing so.”
