While Saudi Arabia is currently trending in professional sports for bringing in some of the best soccer players, the country also has its own professional basketball league called the Saudi Premier League, find out more about it below along with the teams, salary and official website
Besides football players, NBA players have also expressed their interest in the high salaries that teams in Saudi Arabia offer.
What is the Saudi Arabia Basketball Premier League, salary, teams, players, format and official website
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While the NBA pays their players with the best salaries compared to any other league, NBA team owners certainly do not have as much money as team owners in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia attracts NBA players
At the moment, the Saudi Professional League, which is the official soccer league of Saudi Arabia has brought in players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and several other top players. Although these players are in their last years of their careers, they are still getting to earn big salaries. This money that the country has to offer is now attracting NBA players to the Saudi Arabian basketball league. Over the past few months, some NBA players have jokingly expressed an interest in playing in the league. Meanwhile, some players are actually more serious about the making the move especially due to the money involved.
The Saudi Premier League
The Saudi Premier League is Saudi Arabiaโs premier professional basketball league. It was founded in the year 1976 and as of 2023, there are 12 participating teams in the league. The league follows standard FIBA rules and features classic 5 vs 5 basketball matches as well 3X3 teams.
Up until now, Al Ittihad have won the most number of titles in the league with 16 championships trophies. Despite its popularity and success most of the players are from Saudi Arabia or from other countries around the region. No top NBA player has ever decided to retire by playing in the Saudi Premier League. But all of this could change very soon in the coming months and years due to growing interests.
Saudi Premier League social media presence
The Saudi Premier League has an official website, www.sbl.sa, where fans can find out more about the league. The site publishes daily content about the teams and players. However, all the content is published in Arabic. where they. Besides that, the league also has their own social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter (@sbl_ksa). It also has a dedicated Facebook page called SBL.KSA.
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