President of the Italian Basketball Federation Gianni Petrucci confirmed in an interview with Giornale Radio Rai that the NBA Europe agreement will be announced in the coming weeks. "The NBA-FIBA agreement has already been finalized and should be officially signed by the end of March, as Jorge Garbajosa (president of FIBA Europe, ed.) confirmed to us when he came to Turin," Petrucci said.
Petrucci also noted that NBA Europe will include two teams from Italy in the competition, from Rome and Milan."This agreement will bring excitement, with two teams like Roma and Milan having NBA acronyms, while still playing in the Italian league and making their players available in the national transfer windows, which is a big step forward. I personally support this development," Petrucci said.
