What are some key aspects that makes the NBA, besides talent, better than the Euroleague?
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Why is NBA more popular?
Only founder 12 years later than the NBA, why does the Euroleague struggle so much to gain popularity?
Monday, February 20, 2012
A Little Bit About the Euroleague... and the NBA (in case you don't already know)
So what is Euroleague?
Thanks Wikipedia!
And what about the NBA?
Turkish Airlines Euroleague, commonly known as the Euroleague,
is the highest level tier and most
important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18
different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons
starting with 2010–2011, it is named Turkish AirlinesEuroleague. The
competition is operated by ULEB, a Europe-wide consortium of leading professional basketball
leagues. During the season, the Euroleague is broadcast on television in 191
countries and can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via
satellite) households weekly in China. It is also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3. The Euroleague Final Four is broadcast
on television in 197 countries.
Thanks Wikipedia!
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And what about the NBA?
The National Basketball Association (NBA)
is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North
America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which
twenty-nine are located in the United
States and one in Canada.
It is an active member of USA
Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United
States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues.
NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per
player.
The league was founded in New
York City on June 6,
1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The
league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging
with the rival National Basketball League (NBL). The league's several
international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head
offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth
Avenue in New York
City. NBA
Entertainment and NBA
TV studios are
directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New
Jersey.
Thanks again Wikipedia!
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