NBA Europe plans continue after EuroLeague rejects merger

As the NBA continues to pursue its expansion into Europe, the existing legacy league rejected a formal merger offer earlier this week.Yet, that isn’t halting any plans for NBA Europe to forge ahead.Membership groups from EuroLeague, which has been operating in the region since 1958, rejected a merger offer from the NBA that would have lumped operations under the proposed NBA Europe umbrella, a person with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.Despite that, talks are