Divac proposes a plan for an NBA division in Europe with teams in Moscow, Madrid, Cologne, London and Berlin. The distances are a problem however.
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Real Madrid to build an NBA ready arena that will be completed by 2008. London already has a building, while Berlin and Moscow have similar plans. The European division is at least a decade away from happening. Right now, the only NBA-caliber arena is the Koln Arena in Cologne. The lack of suitable venues -- not travel or scheduling problems -- remains the biggest single obstacle to possible European development.
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"Realistically, the places we could place NBA teams would be Mexico and Europe from a travel perspective. The places where we would consider NBA-sponsored leagues would be anyplace, including Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe," Stern said.
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