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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed that he is in conversations over starting a new league in Europe.
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00:00We've been partners in the past with the EuroLeague and are close with many of their clubs and
00:07are appreciative of the effort that's gone into growing basketball
00:11throughout Europe. I'd say from the NBA standpoint
00:14we continue to explore what opportunities may exist to help continue to develop the basketball
00:21infrastructure here. We have, in the past I've talked about our
00:27exploration of a potential league here. I'd say to the extent we're looking at that opportunity
00:32it would just be one piece of a larger approach to basketball
00:37throughout Europe. I mean anything we do would include a partnership with FIBA, although
00:43there are no agreements in place right now.

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