The Indiana Pacers are in Paris to take on the San Antonio Spurs and their French-born superstar Victor Wembanyama on Thursday. The Pacers arrived Monday morning and will be there through Saturday's game and don't have another game in the U.S. until Wednesday at home against the Pistons.

"I’m listening to the critics," the NBA commissioner said ahead of competition committee and general managers meetings next week.

According to NBA analytics, Wembanyama has become the third-most viewed player globally on social media, behind mainstays LeBron James and Stephen Curry. He generated a billion clicks during his rookie season of 2023-24, becoming the fastest to reach that level of engagement

Speaking ahead of the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers game in Paris, Silver emphasized the opportunity to professionalize European

Adam Silver and the NBA see an opportunity — and a lot of dollar signs — in starting their own league in Europe. In Paris for a couple of games between Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs and the Pacers, NBA Commissioner Silver again confirmed the league is looking into expanding its footprint on the European continent.

The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that those talks with FIBA and other stakeholders will continue.

Ahead of the NBA Paris Game, commissioner Adam Silver hinted at the possibility of league expansion to Europe in the form of its own league.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the league is still exploring a standalone European league but talks remain "exploratory."

It's been more than two decades since the last NBA expansion. In 2004, the league added the Charlotte Bobcats, a team that rebranded as the Charlotte Hornets.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the league still has serious interest in a separate European basketball league.

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters on Thursday in Paris that the league has been exploring whether starting a league in Europe is a commercially viable option. Silver clarified that no such agreement is in place; however, the NBA sees an opportunity overseas largely due to existing leagues not fully capitalizing on the sport's popularity.