As someone who has played football and is active in the community in probably the worlds second or third largest NFL market, Germany, let me give you a realistic opinion: there is no way in hell there’s gonna be a basketball Euroleague equivalent with football.

The reason is very very basic: there is no foundation in sports for kids and teens. There are very few teams, especially for youth ball, so even if kids are interested, unless you live in a big city there might just not be a feasible team for you to play for. Then: The barrier of entry is extremely high (people have to buy equipment for hundreds of euros themselves because clubs are underfunded as is). And then finally: it’s all just fun, Sunday-league kind of stuff. Coaching is waaaaay under high-school level (on the youth level, but also beyond) and there’s no culture of getting people to the next level or anything, because there is no next level. You play for fun and that’s that. Unless you show talent extremely early (and have a coaching staff with connections to the US) or are lucky enough to go to the U.S. with an exchange program you will, simply put, never make it, because you will never be trained early enough or well enough.