European expansion not happening yet

[Andrew]

Lack of arenas in Europe deters NBA

Stern still believes it will happen. I really don't know why he's still trying. International teams have no place in a national league. There's the question of travel and the possibility of players being traded across oceans...I don't think a World Basketball League would work out as well as Stern might hope.

A few more international tournaments featuring each league's champions (like the McDonalds' Open) would be nice, but I think each country should have its own professional league. The nature of the NBA - the rookie draft, trades and so forth - doesn't seem suited to a league that would span the globe.

[Mikki]

yah, it will be hard for the teams to go overseas and their schedules are gonna be messed up since flights from country to country takes so long...

[#12]

They should first give back Vancouver a team, I really want a team back in Vancouver (Canada)

[Micchy_boy]

there should be an expansion teams first from canada, mexico and other neighbor country.

[Andrew]

there should be an expansion teams first from canada, mexico and other neighbor country.

Agreed. It's a little different expanding into other countries within the same continent; it's still a little closer to home than London, Paris, Madrid or Berlin (to name just a few possibilities) for most NBA players.

[Full Surface]

I think that there should be a European league that is sponsored by the NBA. Those teams (around 8-10) can compete for 2 spots to play in the NBA playoffs. Sounds crazy but players traveling to Europe for games causes too much chaos.

[Gripni]

I don't like the idea of two teams from another league knocking out two teams from another league. They wouldn't even compete.