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Victor Wembanyama will most likely succeed Donovan Mitchell (left) and Mikal Bridges (right) on the Accor Arena boards in 2025. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con / Ken Blaze / Getty Images via AFP / GREGORY SHAMUS / USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con/Alonzo Adams
DECRYPTION – The North American league is organizing its fourth regular season match in Paris this Thursday, before returning with “Wemby” in its luggage next year.
«There has never been a better time to be an NBA fan in France than today“. Assistant to big boss Adam Silver, Mark Tatum is not wrong. It must be said that the powerful North American basketball league takes particular care of France, this market so important in its international development. Because yes, if the NBA returns to rest on the banks of the Seine this Thursday, with a regular season match between the Cleveland Cavs and the Brooklyn Nets, it is not out of philanthropy or to enjoy the charms of the City of Lights. In the United States, we do not have the same modesty as on this side of the Atlantic on this type of subject. For the Association, France represents a huge opportunity. And not only since the hatching of a boy who could well “becoming a global icon for the next 20 years», Victor Wembanyama, as Adam Silver rejoices.
Remember that this is the fourth time (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) that the NBA has organized a regular season game…
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