Barcelona has officially announced that they have extended their partnership with the EuroLeague and it is set to last for the next ten seasons.
The Barcelona board of directors met this Thursday in one of their regular sessions, and the meeting was one of the more important ones for the future of the club. As reported by Eurohoops, Barcelona had decided to continue for ten more years in the EuroLeague, and the Board of Directors made it official this afternoon. This statement comes from the club itself:
“The Board of Directors has agreed to ratify the extension of the participation license of the men’s first basketball team in the EuroLeague for the next 10 seasons (until the 2036–37 season), a competition of which the club is a founding partner. The Board of Directors reaffirms its longstanding commitment to always participate in the best competitions available.”
Claim Now There were strong rumors about Barcelona potentially switching their allegiance by joining the NBA Europe train, which has been getting stronger and stronger for the last several months, but the accelerated talks of NBA expansion to 32 teams, along with news coming out of meetings that have been happening with FIBA and NBA commissioner Adam Silver have led to the buzz dying down a little bit. The EuroLeague used this to their advantage and secured one of its’ key pieces for the next decade.
Barcelona has a 15-8 record at this moment in the EuroLeague, and since the inception of the modern EuroLeague, has won two championships in the competition, in 2003 and 2010 respectively.
INTERVIEWS:
- Jaka Lakovic: Zeljko Obradovic simply puts you into a mode where you constantly think about basketball
- Zlatko Jovanovic: I stand behind my decision, Honved is living its dream and continues to dream!
- Sani Becirovic: Zenit is thinking seriously, and in the next year or two we are aiming for the highest level
- Levi Randolph: I know what the EuroLeague is, and I hope to play at that level again wearing the Zenit jersey
- Zac Seljaas: I’m a unique person, family means everything to me
- Aleksa Avramovic: Defense wins championships – for sure!
- Nenad Dimitrijevic: It’s sad for the EuroLeague and Partizan that Zeljko Obradovic left
- Ilona Korstin: We are in contact with both the EuroLeague and the NBA, we are present in all meetings
- Bogdan Tanjevic: The main difference between Partizan and Crvena Zvezda – domestic players still lead the way
- Nicolo Melli: We had no-phone rules with Zeljko Obradovic; There was interest from Partizan
- Bo McCalebb: How can you not respect Zeljko Obradovic? My only regret is that I didn’t listen to him enough
