NBA Europe plans continue after EuroLeague rejects merger

As the NBA continues to pursue its expansion into Europe, the existing legacy league rejected a formal merger offer earlier this week.

Yet, that isn’t halting any plans for NBA Europe to forge ahead.

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Membership groups from EuroLeague, which has been operating in the region since 1958, rejected a merger offer from the NBA that would have lumped operations under the proposed NBA Europe umbrella, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.

Despite that, talks are expected to continue as the NBA works toward a collaborative approach with EuroLeague.

The person spoke under the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations, which have not been made public.

Yet, despite the failed merger offer, the NBA will not pause its plan to create the new, 14-to-16-team NBA Europe league across a dozen cities in Europe, some of which do not have permanent EuroLeague teams in place.

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