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Chus Bueno was asked if the EuroLeague and NBA will find a middle ground by Harris Stavrou of Sport24. "We don't do bad deals," the EuroLeague CEO replied. Bueno then agreed to the proposed idea that the next EuroLeague SuperCup could possibly feature the reigning NBA champions. According to Bueno, EuroLeague club owners are set to discuss "the future of the event" in the upcoming meeting on October 5 in Italy. He revealed that he is waiting to see Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens leaders there. "I am waiting for Dimitris Giannakopoulos and the Angelopoulos brothers at the EuroLeague meeting."
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The EuroLeague-NBA connection has reached another level ahead of the 2026-27 season. Based on the current rosters and EuroLeague registrations, the competition features 133 players who have appeared in at least one NBA regular-season or playoff game, setting another high for the league's round-robin era. Last season, EuroLeague expansion to 20 teams helped push the number of former NBA players higher. This year, with the league staying at 20 teams, the increase comes from more players coming from the NBA environment.
CEO Chus Bueno said no offer had yet been put to the EuroLeague but NBA commissioner Adam Silver this week said that joining forces with the incumbent was now their preference. EuroLeague’s owners, who include clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Bayern Munich and Fenerbahce, are due to meet early next month and it is understood they will consider any approach from the NBA if it arrives in good time. “We are open to explore collaboration and partnership opportunities on the future of European basketball,” Bueno said in a statement to City AM. “We have not received any offer by NBA as of now but if one arrives, it will be evaluated. In the meantime we continue to progress with our plans to grow EuroLeague.”
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Last week, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport reported the NBA may offer to buy a controlling stake in EuroLeague. A source familiar with the matter tells FOS that EuroLeague is expecting an offer from the NBA, and that if one comes, EuroLeague owners will discuss the proposal during their own meeting, scheduled for Oct. 5.
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Milan is at the center of European basketball, also because Olimpia will be responsible for organizing the Euroleague owners' meeting scheduled for October 5th at the prestigious Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, on Lake Como. Unlike the stakeholder board, the owners' council meets rarely when the European basketball strategy needs to be redefined. In this case, they will be asked to evaluate the NBA's potential offer to acquire the Euroleague, which could be tabled after Monday's Board of Governors meeting . Or, conversely, whether to move to the operational phase of the strategy already presented to the clubs by CEO Chus Bueno, involving the league's expansion and transition to a franchise system.
The owners of the EuroLeague's shareholder clubs will meet in Milan on October 5 for a crucial meeting. They will have to decide between an offer from the NBA to buy shares in the competition as part of its NBA Europe project, or the ongoing transformation plan to prepare for the NBA's arrival. With the highly anticipated launch of NBA Europe, the new competition envisioned by the NBA for the Old Continent, just a year away, the owners of the 13 EuroLeague clubs are scheduled to meet in Milan on October 5th for a crucial meeting. As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport and confirmed by a European source to L'Équipe, the executives will have to decide between two scenarios. On one side, there's an offer from the NBA to buy a stake in the EuroLeague. If accepted, NBA Europe would then be built around the EuroLeague. On the other side, there's the option of rejecting this offer and accepting the future competition from the new competition envisioned by the North American league. The NBA is scheduled to hold a Board of Governors meeting (its decision-making body) in the coming days, and the details of its offer are not yet known.
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The Euroleague would like to share its expertise in Europe with the NBA in return for help from the American league but is ready to go it alone unless a deal is mutually beneficial. "If we don't get a deal in Europe, we're going to compete in Europe ... that's the discussion that we had internally, and if we have to, we're ready," said Bueno, CEO since February 2026, alluding to Euroleague's signed sponsorship and TV deals. "It has to be a partnership that works for both of us, not just for one of us," he told Reuters.
There was also talk of the Euroleague and NBA, and the former NBA champion reiterated his hopes for future cooperation between the two leagues. “I hope that the Euroleague and the NBA will reach an agreement, but we are focusing on our season.”
Tony Parker, now the head coach of ASVEL Villeurbanne in France, could not hide his excitement when he saw his former San Antonio Spurs teammate Patty Mills walk into the team's practice facility. Even thousands of miles away in the Philippines, where Parker recently visited, he lit up when talking about Mills, who is now the new face of ASVEL. "Man, I'm super happy," Parker said at NBA House Philippines. "I was super happy when I saw him arrive. "It was almost like a surreal moment, you know, when I saw him come into the training center, and I saw his face with the ASVEL jersey, I was like, wow, that's crazy."
The team also moved on from Sylvain Francisco, a 28-year-old guard who reportedly drew interest from the Chicago Bulls this offseason. Still, Parker has pieces to work with. Patty Mills headlines a veteran group that also includes ex-NBA players TyTy Washington, Joel Bolomboy and Jae Crowder. "It's going to be a great story, especially if we win a championship," Parker said.