The NBA will go international during the 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons with several regular-season games scheduled to be played in Berlin, London, Manchester and Paris. The Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic will play Jan. 15, 2026 in Berlin, and then three days later in London.
Teams have not yet been announced for the 2027 and 2028 international games, but those sites are set for Manchester and Paris in 2027, and Berlin and Paris for 2028. The games are slated for Uber Arena (Berlin), The O2 (London), Co-op Live (Manchester) and the Accor Arena (Paris).
This is part of the NBA’s attempt at growing the game globally. The NBA and FIBA are currently in the “exploratory phase” of a potential new basketball league in Europe. The early plan would call for 16 teams across several countries. Some of those teams could be existing EuroLeague teams, with The Athletic reporting earlier this year that Real Madrid, Barca Barcelona, ASVEL Basket of Villeurbanne and Fenerbahçe Istanbul are possibilities.
“It’s [the] early days,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in March alongside FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis. “So literally nothing has been agreed upon yet. We’re still in the modeling, exploratory stage.”
Silver previously acknowledged the playing style differences between the NBA and FIBA. NBA games are 48 minutes whereas FIBA games are 40, and there are a number of differences within their respective rulebooks. He indicated that the plan would be to lean toward FIBA’s standard, saying “we want to honor the tradition of European sport.”
