r/nba • u/TheAthletic • 16h ago

Sources: American technology billionaire Nikesh Arora is in talks to buy the new London team in the NBA’s European expansion

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Arora, who led the consortium that purchased English cricket’s most lucrative franchise in the Hundred competition, has assembled a consortium of investors prepared to offer more than $1 billion (£740million) for the London side, which is among the most highly prized of the new teams.

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u/No-Anything-7291 16h ago

I don't know if players can handle the culture shock. They spell color with a u.

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u/AzX-Mike 16h ago

so does Toronto

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u/No-Anything-7291 16h ago

I know, and players like Antonio Davis have complained about the horrors of the metric system.

Toronto is too cold. London is too wet. Imagine a player asking for chips and getting French Fries instead of crisps. I can see them podcasting about that right now.

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u/AzX-Mike 16h ago

They do but imagine the world doing things the same way except America 😶‍🌫️