Real Madrid president Javier Perez wants the club 's basketball team , Real Madrid Baloncesto , to play in the Eastern Conference of the US ' National Basketball Association . Perez claims the NBA wants to create a European expansion league , but , at the moment , his club is the only willing participant . He added he has asked the NBA to add the Spanish team to its Eastern Conference . o sonho de Florentino Pérez não é fácil de realizar, NBA commissioner Adam Silver previously said the addition of European clubs to the NBA is unfeasible in the short term , citing travel concerns and a gulf in standards between US and European teams .
Real Madrid president Javier Perez wants the club 's basketball team , Real Madrid Baloncesto , to play in the Eastern Conference of the US ' National Basketball Association . Perez claims the NBA wants to create a European expansion league , but , at the moment , his club is the only willing participant . He added he has asked the NBA to add the Spanish team to its Eastern Conference . NBA commissioner Adam Silver previously said the addition of European clubs to the NBA is unfeasible in the short term , citing travel concerns and a gulf in standards between US and European teams .