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Jul 31, 2025 2:38 pm

Report: LeBron James, Nikola Jokic meet about new hoops league

LeBron James Jokic
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NBA superstars LeBron James and Nikola Jokic would form a dominating duo, which is why there was so much interest in their recent get-together in France.

While the meet-up between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets stars was not about forming an on-court partnership, it was about the reported global basketball league being backed by James’ agent Maverick Carter, Front Office Sports reported Thursday.

Jokic’s agent, Misko Raznatovic, is known to have significant influence on basketball in Europe.

A report from Bloomberg in January revealed Carter’s interest to raise as much as $5 billion for a men’s and women’s league of international teams that would travel together to as many as eight different cities to play games then move to the next locale.

Interested investors include the government of Singapore and the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, which started LIV Golf, purchased Newcastle United of the English Premier League and formed a partnership with tennis’ ATP and WTA tours.

The NBA also is interested in starting a satellite league in Europe, while revealing this week that the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic will play games against each other in Berlin and London in January.

–Field Level Media

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