Florentino Perez, the president of the "Real Madrid" basketball club, is considering leaving the Euroleague and wants to join the club to the NBA Europe project. If the plan comes true, "Real" will be one of the 12 founding clubs of the new league.
İdman.Biz reports that the management of "Real Madrid" is dissatisfied with the current model of European basketball and considers the NBA Europe project, which will be built together with the US NBA structure instead of the Euroleague, to be more promising.
According to the source, Peres justifies this step in terms of commercial income, global brand value and long-term development. The Madrid club's position has been formed against the background of years of disputes over management and distribution in the Euroleague.
Let us remind that the claim was spread by COPE and the topic has caused a serious resonance in European basketball. Although the outlines of the NBA Europe project have not yet been fully disclosed, the implementation of the initiative could radically change the map of European basketball.