Anunoby backs European NBA expansion as game-changer for UK basketball

Anunoby backs European NBA league as British development solution

OG Anunoby wants the NBA to create a dedicated European league, arguing it would push British basketball past its current ceiling. The New York Knicks forward represents Great Britain at international competitions and sees the proposed structure as a path to raise coaching standards, youth development, and infrastructure to match North American professionalism.

The NBA has already hosted regular-season games in London, Munich, and Stockholm, but those fixtures stand alone rather than forming a sustained circuit. A European league would lock games into multiple cities across a full competitive schedule instead of running one-off events.

British basketball has built limited professional infrastructure outside the British Basketball League. Top prospects typically move to North America to face elite competition. Anunoby occupies both worlds as a Knicks regular-season player and a Great Britain international, so he knows those developmental barriers firsthand.

A European league would let British players compete at a high level without leaving home. Coaching standards would improve. Training facilities would need upgrading. British basketball organizations would open new commercial doors tied to professionalization.

Decisions on structure, scheduling, and commercial viability still lie ahead. British basketball stakeholders are watching Anunoby's public support as proof that European NBA integration could improve player development and competitive standards across the United Kingdom.