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No teams have been announced but Silver said they were still in discussions with potential investors, while soccer clubs in Spain such as Barcelona and Real Madrid have had basketball teams for many years who compete in the EuroLeague.<br \/>Speaking a day before the Memphis Grizzlies meet the Orlando Magic at London&#8217;s O2 Arena, Silver said there had been discussions with leading European soccer clubs, such as Paris St Germain, and praised the fan culture that produces fierce rivalries, heated matches and deep familial connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passion and tribalism of European soccer fans is something NBA commissioner Adam Silver is hoping will be part of the new basketball competition expected to launch on the continent in the next two years.The NBA announced last year that it was exploring options for creating a new European-wide competition in partnership with world basketball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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