On December 13, the Group B group stage of the East Asian Super League 2023-2024 season match day 9 - Manila Electric and Ryukyu ** Emperor match started in Macau. A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily interviewed Henry, the co-founder of the Eastern Super League, who said that the Eastern Super League plans to communicate with the Chinese Basketball Association and CBA companies again in February next year to discuss the possibility of CBA teams participating in the Eastern Super League and related matters.
According to reports, as Asia's leading pan-regional professional basketball league, the vision and mission of the Eastern Super League is to rank among the top 3 in the world in terms of fan scale and commercial income, and to help improve the level of Asian basketball.
In February this year, the management of the Eastern Super League met with representatives of the Chinese Basketball Association and expressed their willingness to invite CBA teams to participate in the 2023-2024 Eastern Super League season. Matt, CEO of the Eastern Super League, said at the time: "The East Asian Super League and the CBA have always had a deep relationship, but due to the epidemic, the two sides did not start to formally discuss this matter until this year. CBA is a very mature professional league, and it is also the best league in China, if there is no CBA participation in the development process of the Eastern Super League, it must be imperfect. "But for some reason, it didn't work out.
Henry, co-founder of the Eastern Super League, told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily on the 13th: "We have always hoped to invite CBA teams to participate in the Eastern Super League, and we plan to discuss this with the Chinese Basketball Association again in February next year." At that time, there may be more progress. According to external analysis, if the CBA team joins the Eastern Super League, it will help Chinese players to better understand and familiarize themselves with the characteristics and styles of high-level Asian teams, and it will also be beneficial to improve their ability and experience. However, there are also some problems to be solved when CBA teams join the Eastern Super League, such as how to coordinate the format of the Eastern Super League and the CBA League. "We still need to go further in many ways, but we always hope that the CBA team can put on a great show on the East Super Stage. "The teams participating in the Eastern Super League have different styles and characteristics, and the level is relatively high. The appeal and influence of the Eastern Super League are constantly improving. ”
Text: Beijing Youth Daily reporter Song Xiang.
Edited by Chu Peng.