https://www.scmp.com/rss/524125/feed The latest news and top stories on Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner. He has led the NBA since 2014, overseeing significant revenue growth and global expansion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press European basketball often is a hot mess of passionate fandom, heated rivalries and financial problems, and holding some powerful fiefdoms together is the EuroLeague. The European competition is not thrilled about the NBA’s plans to create a new competition on the continent. It is not concerned either. “We’ve only heard the plan or the fireworks of how amazing it will be, how much potential there is,” EuroLeague CEO Paulius Motiejunas said of the NBA’s proposed league. “But having a theory is one... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3340257/euroleague-boss-slams-nbas-ambitious-european-plan-bit-broken-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3340257/euroleague-boss-slams-nbas-ambitious-european-plan-bit-broken-record?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:00:19 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The National Basketball Association has prepared a pitch to investors on a new European league, targeting team valuations of up to US$1 billion, as it readied a pair of regular season games in London and Berlin. NBA commissioner Adam Silver will attend a pair of regular season games in London and Berlin starting on Thursday between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Orlando Magic. Both cities are likely to host a team in a league that could debut as early as next year, according to sources. The NBA... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3339638/nba-targets-us1-billion-team-valuations-it-courts-investors-europe-league?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3339638/nba-targets-us1-billion-team-valuations-it-courts-investors-europe-league?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:30:10 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan China has announced plans aimed at encouraging foreign investment in domestic basketball, weeks after the NBA returned to the country and voiced an intention to expand its operations there. Among a package of sports development measures unveiled on Thursday, the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) paved the way for an opening up of basketball by calling for the investment of high-quality foreign capital in domestic professional leagues and clubs. It also called for overseas league... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3335247/after-nbas-return-china-calls-foreign-investment-domestic-basketball?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3335247/after-nbas-return-china-calls-foreign-investment-domestic-basketball?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:11:52 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan This year’s NBA China Games concluded on Sunday night, but close-season developments on and off the court have added to the intrigue over which teams could make a visit in the coming seasons. After the Brooklyn Nets beat the Phoenix Suns 111-109 in Macau on Sunday to split their two-game pre-season series, the Post revealed the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets would face off in another mouthwatering clash at The Venetian Arena in 12 months. A combined attendance of 22,634 from two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328819/nba-china-games-celtics-trail-blazers-thrown-mix-teams-coming-next-few-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328819/nba-china-games-celtics-trail-blazers-thrown-mix-teams-coming-next-few-years?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:00:23 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan The long-awaited NBA China Games returned for the first time in six years on Friday evening as the Phoenix Suns overcame an 18-point deficit to beat the Brooklyn Nets 132-127 after overtime in Macau. Four more years remain on the multi-year deal between the NBA and Sands China in the casino hub – not to mention a second game between these two teams to come on Sunday – but the league’s chief said before tip-off that the pre-season event could make a comeback in mainland China, too, in the coming... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328602/nba-china-games-2025-phoenix-suns-surge-back-beat-brooklyn-nets-macau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328602/nba-china-games-2025-phoenix-suns-surge-back-beat-brooklyn-nets-macau?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:24:33 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hongkonger Wilson Tsang Wai-shun began following basketball in secondary school, a time when the National Basketball Association (NBA) experienced one of its fastest expansions, acquiring both fortune and fame with fans. While much of that was down to the likes of global superstar Michael Jordan, in China, the sport had by then been popular for decades. But then NBA commissioner David Stern’s initial 1987-88 agreement to broadcast games on China Central Television, around the time Jordan was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3327889/nets-v-suns-macau-tracing-nbas-rise-fall-and-return-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3327889/nets-v-suns-macau-tracing-nbas-rise-fall-and-return-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 01:00:21 +0000