The Euroleague expands its border map and continues taking steps to incorporate a team in Dubai. This was decided almost unanimously by the team owners in the meeting they held this Monday, as Relevo has learned. The participating teams have voted in favor of having a team in the United Arab Emiratesafter having studied the project to expand the competition.
After a long negotiation between the Euroleague and the United Arab Emirates, known for months, it seems An agreement has been reached by which a Dubai basketball team could be incorporated. A project that has been on the table since the fall of 2022 and is increasingly closer to becoming a reality. In principle, it would be for the 2024-25 season, although there are still many steps in the process, such as the signing of contracts.
In fact, one of the first requirements to enter the Euroleague is that of look for a competition for the new team and that will be the Adriatic Leagueas confirmed by the president of the Balkan competition Milija Vojinovic in statements to Mozzart Sport: “Dubai has the desire to play in the ABA. We have already spoken and we are in negotiations,” said the Serbian manager in statements that represent a step more for the creation of this team that could have a budget close to 50 million euros.
In the environment of the new team, we are already beginning to talk about proper names with Svetislav Pesic as spearhead. The Serbian is the coach chosen to take the reins of the project. However, one of the leaders of the project is Dejan Kamenjasevic, who was an assistant to the veteran Balkan coach when he was in charge of Girona. Another name that is also linked to the project is that of Davor Matkovic, who would join the project as an assistant technician.
One of the main names that is promoting the Dubai project is that of Djordje Djokovic, brother of the current world tennis number 1. The Serbian has been working for more than a year on the formation of this new franchise and in recent days he has been seen in Kaunas, home of the Euroleague Final Four.
Djokovic is not only one of the thinking heads of the project. He wants his involvement to go further and He could even be the team’s general manager when it becomes a reality. Djordje has always been a big fan of basketball, a sport that was a religion in his country until his brother arrived, and he wants to be part of it as more than just a spectator.
Passionate about basketball since he was a child, Guillermo García has managed to make the sport of basketball his profession. Graduated in Humanities from the Carlos III University and with a Master’s degree in Journalism, he began working at Marca in 2003, where he had time to do everything from football to reports and opinion, including the closing section. In 2011 he began as an editor on the official NBA website in Spanish and since then he has covered basketball information with special attention to what is happening in the United States. In addition, he has covered two Eurobasket, two World Cups and two Olympic Games, along with a multitude ACB playoffs, NBA and Euroleague Final Four games. He has also been able to interview figures from other sports such as Usain Bolt, Simone Biles or Armand Duplantis. …
2023-11-28 15:12:46
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