Did EuroLeague Disrespect Serbian Clubs?!

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius dive into the EuroLeague’s proposal to Partizan and Zvezda—called disrespectful by some—plus the behind-the-scenes dynamics among multi-year license candidates, BC Dubai rumors, and the fees required to join the league.

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[mr.black]

Im a Greek and i want to say that basketball without Serbian teams, is life without oxygen

[CharlotteDelahaye]

And everyone forget that Serbian teams fill out away arenas as well everytime they play

[SoloBiancoVerde-rg]

As a Greek i have to say that euroleague is a circus without Serbian and Greek teams

[nekiklinac]

As a Serb I hope both partizan and zvezda will play FIBA champion league next season and u all enjoy watching Alba, Dubai and other historical big european teams

[markojanji]

When it comes to marketing, clips from Belgrade Arena are the most viral on Euroleague social platforms

[BanAkiba]

Doubtless. Serbs are the basketball nation with the most trophies in this sport (along with the Americans), discrimination against their clubs is an insult to all basketball fans. The atmosphere that exists in Belgrade does not exist anywhere in the world, and with the Greek derby, the Belgrade derby is the most interesting to watch.

As for the Euroleague, they have shown how much they care about the sport. Take your money and enjoy the basketball tradition of London and Dubai.

[ysslfsdkjf]

I think clubs from Lithuania, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Turkey etc should form their own league. We are the only countries with passionate fans

[alfieb]

as someone from the UK, if they add a London n Manchester team and get rid of Serbian/Lithuanian/Greek clubs then it’s a disgrace and I will stop watching EuroLeague

[muzzabrunotti]

This is classic robbery and mockery, whenever it was necessary, Serbia was the first to help and come out to meet the Euroleague, when Berlin gave up on the F4 due to corona, Serbia organized it without any problems, when no one wanted to help Maccabi play, Serbia helped again and they have been playing for 2 years now. We should go to FIBA ​​and win the FIBA ​​Champions League better than being 10th in the Euroleague.They have giants Dubai and Alba, so let them play, we certainly don't benefit from the Euroleague, foreign players aged 30+ play, young Serbian players are not developing, and the Euroleague certainly won't exist for 2 years at the most. Hypocrites are sharing footage and pictures from our games, never in history have more NBA players and Americans shared and admired the atmosphere. Because of our games, knowledge of the Euroleague has never been more widespread, and 70% fantasy leagues come from Serbia. Money pool doesn't exist, 30 million in a year, you want the Serbs to give you 10 million, shame, and there's no reward, pathetic

[Ironman-MS]

Serbian/Greek teams are the heart of European basketball

[makunpi]

Let's boycott this. Fans from all europe let's unite, let's boycott our team's home game against dubai's teamS.

[thedude]

As a Red Star fan, I can live with the fact not getting money as the shareholders, but for what exactly should we pay??? Mafia like rip off? Red Star played ball long before Euroleague existed, and will play on after Euroleague vanishes. Amin

[kingjasko]

Did EuroLeague Disrespect Serbian Clubs?! Yes, they always do.

[rommul]

Any rationaal team will not accept that term

[DimShamrock]

I think they disrespect everybody. We kind of figured it out with Monaco's Russian investment that money talks at the end of the day more than tradition and fans, but the Dubai thing really puts the stamp on it.

[KingGreatest]

When it comes to marketing, clips from Belgrade Arena are the most viral on Euroleague social platforms, i know we aint gonna get A license and full ownership but damn at least dont make us pay to play or give us smth in return. This is like extortion at this point

[Pacificoceanaz]

Partizan and Red should play in FIBA. Without a Red Star and Partizan, the average visit on euroleague matche is much smaller. But Paris and Dubai are known by the atmosphere 😂😂.

[Kouroupettos]

As a Greek i say It's totally disrespectful to Serbian teams. The biggest reason EuroLeague attracts more and more viewers is largely because of its fans and the passion they bring to the game, rather than just the quality of basketball played by the teams. A huge part of this comes from the fans of Serbian teams. The whole world has seen the videos of these fans bouncing and shouting, creating an incredible atmosphere

[slobodankarapandzic]

My opinion is that Red Star and Partizan came to FIBA champion league. Save 10 milions, and came to league which paid them TV rights.
Also, it would be good to Serbian players which plays in Euroliga teams pay extra taxes to our countrey.

[divine_healer]

Lithuania, Serbia, Greece and Turkey are the heart of European basketball