NBA, PSG discuss planned NBA Europe

National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver said they had spoken to French football giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) about joining a proposed European basketball league.

Champions League holder PSG are the latest football powerhouse to express interest in the NBA Europe proposal.

The NBA last year announced their plan to launch a European league in 2027 in partnership with world basketball governing body International Basketball Federation.

Silver has been meeting potential investors in the league during a trip to London and Berlin this week.

He confirmed talks with Real Madrid ahead of the NBA's Berlin Game between the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday.

And speaking in London, he said French champions PSG, who have no ties to basketball at present, are also interested in the league.

"They are certainly one of the clubs we have had conversations with. We have enormous respect for their operating capabilities," Silver told a group of reporters at a London hotel.

"They are obviously operating at a premier level of competition. We know that they have the know-how to operate a basketball club at the highest level, should that be of interest to them.”