The Spanish Federation Basketball (FEB) has entered the kitchen of the best league in the world today. In an unusual image due to its level of access, the president Elisa Aguilar and the coach Chus Mateo have been received at the NBA headquarters in New York by the same Adam Silver and his right hand, Mark Tatum.
It was not a courtesy visit, but rather a work meeting at the highest level. The goal: draw up a new common roadmap. Spain wants to take advantage of its status as a world power to close short and medium-term collaborations with the American league.
📹 The president of the FEB values ​​the meeting with the @NBA 👌
🎙️ @eaguilar10: “The NBA has exhaustive knowledge of the great potential of Spanish basketball”#WeAreTeam pic.twitter.com/fYdPSlzRhr
— Basketball Spain (@BaloncestoESP) January 27, 2026
The meeting has left a powerful symbolic image. The FEB has delivered to the highest leaders of the NBA the official t-shirts of the Selection with their names (Silver y Tatum) behind his back, staging total harmony. In addition, there was a nod to history: a poster from 1956 that remembers the first visit of a team NBA (Syracuse Nationals) a Spain.
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“The NBA knows perfectly well the potential we have. This will help us continue to be leaders,” said a satisfied Elisa. Aguilar at the exit.
American tour: Objective Hugo González and Aldama
But the journey does not end in the offices. The Spanish expedition has a crucial sporting mission in January 2026: meeting with the leaders of ‘La Familia’ in the NBA. The meetings with are marked in red on the agenda. Saints Aldama and, most especially, with the young star Hugo Gonzálezconfirming the generational change that manages Chus Mateo.
