On the heels of the European Parliament resolution about foreign investment in European sports, the president of the Lithuanian Republic, Gitanas Nauseda, stated on his social media that the NBA should collaborate with the EuroLeague on the NBA Europe project.

With Lithuania not being mentioned among the core markets of the project, Nauseda explains his concerns, especially about the possibility of a divided basketball ecosystem in Europe, with the NBA Europe competing against the EuroLeague.

This is the first reaction in the project by a head of state who is a European Union Member, and more may follow. On the other hand, the NBA has already opened official talks with the British and the French governments about the general growth of sports in those countries.

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