{"id":939332,"date":"2026-10-19T22:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939332\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:48:12","slug":"euroleague-open-to-nba-talks-warns-against-market-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939332\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague open to NBA talks, warns against market split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">Euroleague \u201cremains open to talks with the NBA over a potential tie-up in Europe,\u201d with CEO Chus Bueno \u201cwarning that competing leagues would fragment the continent\u2019s basketball market.\u201d The league <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/10\/06\/euroleague-rejects-nba-europe-offer-keeps-talks-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/10\/06\/euroleague-rejects-nba-europe-offer-keeps-talks-open\/\">previously \u201crejected an \u200bNBA collaboration<\/a>\u201d on Oct. 6. Bueno on Monday said, \u201cIf they decide to (enter into the market), it\u2019s going to be a disaster. And they know, we know, and we \u200bdon\u2019t want that.\u201d He added, \u201cWe had some conversations after Como. And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/10\/07\/panathinaikos-owner-urges-euroleague-nba-to-find-path-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/10\/07\/panathinaikos-owner-urges-euroleague-nba-to-find-path-forward\/\">position of the owners \u200bwas very clear<\/a>. We will always be open to listen, and to talk with the NBA about \u2060any potential deal. But it has to make sense for us.\u201d Of the current Euroleague license holders, \u201conly 40% are sustainable.\u201d However, Bueno said that it \u201cwould change going forward.\u201d He said, \u201cI think that in five years with this expansion, we could be in a position where most, if not all, of them will be (financially) sustainable.\u201d Bueno also said that he \u201cviewed the prospect of Euroleague clubs leaving to join NBA Europe as unlikely, arguing that the risks \u200binvolved would be too great for \u200bthe teams concerned\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/euroleague-ceo-still-open-nba-europe-deal-warns-against-market-fragmentation-2026-10-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">REUTERS, 10\/19<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Euroleague \u201cremains open to talks with the NBA over a potential tie-up in Europe,\u201d with CEO Chus Bueno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[461,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-939332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}