We do not yet know the date or of course the teams that will be on the bill.
Maybe on this occasion, Victor Wembanyama will be on the pitch, who knows.
It is even quite possible.
In any case, the NBA will be back in a year in 2024 for a third game of its regular season after 2020 and 2023. Adam Silver, the big boss of the League, promised this January 18.
Before this announcement, there was nothing certain.
Several cities in Europe, such as London, Berlin or Madrid, and elsewhere in the Gulf countries are candidates to also receive the best basketball players in the world.
“It is likely that we will come back in 2024, tells us Adam Silver.
We haven't finalized the plan yet, but we plan to be in Paris again next year for another regular season game.
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If the plan is not finalized, it is precisely also because of Wemby.
Normally, the match poster in Paris is signed during the All Star Game weekend in February.
This time, it will probably be necessary to wait for the Frenchman's destination and therefore the Draft on June 22 to find out if the possibility of him being part of the pack is feasible or not.
The NBA wants and will work on it.
“Strengthening the partnership between the NBA and French basketball”
This announcement is also the result of a summit meeting a few hours earlier.
Just before the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron received Adam Silver in his office.
Beyond the courtesy visit of one of the most powerful sports leaders in the world, the President of the Republic took the opportunity to show his attachment to a strong and lasting collaboration with the NBA.
"The President of the Republic and Adam Silver met at the Élysée Palace to strengthen the partnership between the NBA and French basketball for the best possible development of this sport in France, which has great potential, particularly among young people. , we are told in the entourage of the Head of State.
The president insisted on the mutual benefit of this partnership which is part of a long term and will contribute to the project of making France a great sporting nation.
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France is a basketball country
Emmanuel Macron knows how popular and powerful the League is in France, that the country is an important market for the NBA, that this sport works (very) well in France and that all French teams are among the best in the world.
France does not always know this but it is a basketball country and the NBA is aware of it.
“We have a long regular season calendar, we are learning to deal with time differences, we are learning from each event how to organize them even better, continues big boss Adam Silver.
The players accept this kind of trip, the coaches too, the players are with their families, who take the opportunity to visit and enjoy Paris.
When we go back home, we will discuss with other teams their willingness to come.
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As a reminder, the NBA in Paris is a huge barnum.
Each of the two teams travels with nearly 150 people, including the players' families.
In addition to the most senior officials, the NBA also crosses the Atlantic with dozens and dozens of people.
We are talking about a caravan of nearly 1,500 Americans in Paris.
The figure is unverifiable.
But we should not be far from it.
