Overview

• FC Bayern Basketball signed center David McCormack (through season’s end) and wing Aleksa Radanov (through year’s end) to bolster depth before Friday’s BBL opener against Jena.
• The moves follow major setbacks including Rokas Jokubaitis’s knee ligament tear and knee issues for Johannes Voigtmann and Elias Harris, with coach Gordon Herbert calling it his hardest pre-season.
• The calendar could exceed 90 games with 34 BBL fixtures plus playoffs, 38 EuroLeague group games and the cup, yet Bayern still target a league three‑peat and EuroLeague playoffs.
• BBL CEO Stefan Holz cites about four million people in Germany who say they are very strongly interested in basketball and urges converting the EM momentum with better TV reach and continued youth investment.
• Holz says he believes an NBA Europe project from 2027/28 is likely and a chance for German clubs, while Bayern football figure Karl‑Heinz Rummenigge warns wage costs have grown to a risky level and calls for firmer control.