NBA Europe working on salary cap solution, says boss Silver Sport Business The NBA is working on how it can apply its salary cap and revenue-sharing model to NBA Europe, its planned pan-continental basketball competition, says commissioner Adam Silver. The basketball league operates a soft cap on teams’ salary spending and requires high-earning franchises to subsidise their poorer counterparts, part of a largely socialist model common to [...]
NBA Europe set for step forwards as league chiefs near green light Sport Business Today in a New York hotel, the NBA’s executive and representatives of all 30 teams’ ownership will hold the third of their three scheduled annual meetings. On the agenda will be various matters of concern to the world’s biggest basketball league, but the most intriguing item is its plans for the sport in Europe. Subject [...]
Picture exclusive: NBA meets Starmer for encouraging talks at No10 Sport Business NBA chiefs are understood to have been encouraged by a lengthy meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this week in which they discussed plans to launch a European league. Starmer hosted NBA commissioner Adam Silver and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum at No10 Downing Street on Wednesday during an ongoing tour of Europe by the [...]
NBA Europe: Basketball chiefs meeting investors in London July 29, 2025 NBA chiefs are in town this week to hold talks with potential investors in its planned European league and a potential London franchise, according to reports. Commissioner Adam Silver and deputy Mark Tatum are set to meet with private equity firms, investment banks, sovereign wealth funds, government officials and basketball clubs during a European roadshow, [...]
NBA Europe? League ‘looking very closely’ at new competition, says Silver January 24, 2025 NBA commissioner Adam Silver has dropped the clearest hint yet that it will push ahead with plans to launch a basketball league in Europe. Silver said he had been encouraged by talks with clubs, media, sponsors and governing body Fiba during talks ahead of the NBA’s two games in Paris this week. “While Europe continues [...]