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Adam Silver: NBA seriously considering franchise league in India
Updated On: 05 October, 2019 08:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Ronald Chettiar
Adam Silver was talking to the media ahead of the first of the two NBA India Games between Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers at the NSCI Dome, Worli yesterday.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver (centre) is flanked by Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive (left) and Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon during a press conference at the NSCI Dome yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble
National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver has said that the US association has been contemplating a franchise-based basketball league in India and believes the country will have its own league around five years from now.
Silver was talking to the media ahead of the first of the two NBA India Games between Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers at the NSCI Dome, Worli yesterday. The idea is similar to the NBA-initiated 12-team Basketball Africa League that begins in 2020.
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