Overview

• Fox Sports analyst Nick Wright dismissed reports that the yacht meeting in Saint-Tropez indicated LeBron James would join the Denver Nuggets, calling such speculation “100 percent false.”
• Sources tell Front Office Sports the gathering was devoted to Maverick Carter’s plan to launch a $5 billion international basketball league in fall 2026.
• The venture envisions six men’s and six women’s teams playing in eight global cities on a touring schedule.
• Backers include the Singapore government, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, SC Holdings, UBS and technology investors Geoff Prentice and Grady Burnett.
• Commissioner Adam Silver is advancing a separate NBA Europe league with FIBA partners and has scheduled regular-season games in Berlin and London for January 2026.