A day after listening to Real Madrid initially propose the possibility of a future five-team European division, NBA Commissioner David Stern repeated that the scenario is doubtful.

Europe does not have NBA-type arenas besides the one in which the Suns will play in Cologne, Germany, next week and there is a question about whether finding investors for $400 million-plus teams would be a problem.

"The one thing you will find is that we at the NBA are very polite," said Stern, who sat in the front row next to Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver for Friday's game. "If someone wants to take a meeting, we'll take a meeting. And if they want to make a proposal, we will listen to their proposal. So we'll see."