{"id":10408,"date":"2023-10-04T22:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/?p=25755"},"modified":"2023-10-04T22:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:31:20","slug":"we-need-to-talk-about-london-lions-and-paris-basketball-eurocup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/we-need-to-talk-about-london-lions-and-paris-basketball-eurocup\/","title":{"rendered":"We need to talk about London Lions and Paris Basketball \u2013 Eurocup"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"London<\/div>\n

For all the progress being made in on the court performance, London Lions and Paris Basketball have one common problem. Their arenas are rather empty. The wins for both in Eurocup this week offer some small promise.<\/i><\/p>\n

The on the court performances of London Lions and Paris Basketball this week were ideal. Paris Basketball*, heavily influenced by last year\u2019s Bonn team, looked great against BC Wolves. London Lions had to fight for their win over Reyer Venezia. There\u2019s promise in both but the hill is steep.<\/p>\n

*That name is odd but it\u2019s useful for differentiating between the city and the team<\/i><\/p>\n

Those stands are empty<\/h4>\n

There are a few common threads with both sides. Euroleague really wants teams in both cities. This makes sense on the face of it as both are big markets. Teams in such markets help attract sponsors and other forms of commercial income.<\/p>\n

The thing is, that only works if people in those markets visibly care about those teams. That word visibly matters. The darkened Halle George Carpentier couldn\u2019t hide that most of the arena was barren.<\/p>\n

Tuning into London Lions at the Copper Box on Wednesday night, at least the lights were bright. Unfortunately that plus the many zoom out shots that showed the upper tier meant it was clear just how few people were there.<\/p>\n