Speaking to international media on the occasion of the NBA season tipoff, the deputy commissioner of the NBA, Mark Tatum, went into details about the league’s plan for Europe in collaboration with FIBA.

Tatum repeated that the goal would be to launch NBA Europe in the next two years, that teams would also qualify via the Basketball Champions League, and maybe via their domestic league.

Also, while speaking about the markets with permanent franchises, he named seven countries.

“In phase one, our plan is Spain, UK, France, Italy, Germany, maybe Turkey, and maybe Greece. But there will be some open spots in the ecosystem, so in the early phase, they will be able to qualify,” he replied to a question about NBA Europe featuring teams from Israel and the Middle East, which, for the moment, c

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