EuroLeague CEO criticizes NBA’s ambitious European plan as a ‘bit of a broken record’

LONDON (AP) — European basketball often is a hot mess of passionate fandom, heated rivalries and financial problems.

Holding some powerful fiefdoms together is the EuroLeague. It’s not thrilled about the NBA’s plans to create a new competition on the continent.

It’s 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 ...