NBA Europe brings a wave of possibilities that could reshape the continent's basketball ecosystem, but it also arrives with major unanswered questions. And with so much still unclear, December now stands as a potential turning point – the moment that may finally reveal where this ambitious project is truly headed.
NBA Europe keeps dropping just enough signals to make fans believe a whole new basketball era might be on the horizon. But behind all the excitement, European executives are stuck on one lingering thought, the part of the project still hidden in the dark.
BasketNews has spoken unofficially with executives and key figures around European basketball, collecting their latest impressions of what NBA Europe might become.
Across every conversation, the same belief keeps coming up.
Everyone is waiting for
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Donatas Urbonas
Donatas Urbonas is an award-winning Lithuanian basketball journalist, recognized as the best sports journalist in Lithuania in 2016 and the top basketball journalist in 2018. A Vilnius University journalism graduate, Urbonas has reported on major global sports events, including the Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 Olympics, FIBA World Cups, EuroBaskets, NBA Summer League, and NBA Draft.
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