The NBA just can't settle on an All-Star format. The Elam Ending came and went. The East vs. West format has been axed twice now with a player draft held in between those two runs. This season, the NBA tried something new.

In a joint announcement Thursday with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the “exploration” of a new men’s basketball league in Europe. Silver and FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis met with reporters in the afternoon after briefing NBA owners at this week’s Board of Governors meetings.

In a controversial move that may have just doubled as a scathing indictment of how he felt about the game, Los Angeles Lakers superstar power forward LeBron James revealed during All-Star Weekend that he would sit out the game and avoid his press obligations as he dealt with an injury.