Basketball Super League (2024-)

Basketball Super League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Basketball Super League season
SportBasketball
Founded2023
PresidentDave Magley
CountriesCanada
United States
ContinentsNorth America

The Basketball Super League is a professional basketball based throughout the United States and Canada. The goal is to model the league after professional soccer and basketball leagues in Europe, with teams in the super league also playing teams in The Basketball League.[1][2]

History

On June 18, 2022, the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) announced that The Basketball League President David Magley, a former NBL Commissioner, will work alongside Audley Stephenson, the current NBLC Commissioner in overseeing the growth of both leagues.[3]

For the 2021–22 season, the NBLC announced that they had agreed to inter-league series play with several teams from The Basketball League. The games played between the teams from the two leagues are included in their respective regular season standings for each league.[4]

On April 11, 2023, Dave Magley and announced the formation a new professional basketball league called the Basketball Super League is to begin on December 26, 2023. The league will consist of teams located in Canada and the United States. The KW Titans, London Lightning and the Sudbury Five from the National Basketball League of Canada would be the first three teams to join. .[5]

Teams

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Basketball Super League (North America) (Canada)

References

  1. ^ "New Basketball Super League branded as best on continent outside NBA".
  2. ^ "Professional basketball players have yet another career option to consider when the BSL launches across Canada and the United States next year". The Basketball League.
  3. ^ "NBL Canada Expands Partnership With TBL, Eyes Expansion In Near Future". nblcanada.ca/ (Press release). National Basketball League of Canada. June 18, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "NBL Canada Returns to Celebrate 10th Season with Inter-League Play". OurSports Central. November 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "NBL Canada Teams To Join Basketball Super League". nblcanada.ca/ (Press release). National Basketball League of Canada. May 11, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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