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Ayón will offer a training session for teachers and a clinic for boys and girls in his native Nayarit.
MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican basketball player Gustavo Ayonwinner of 12 titles with Real Madrid, was appointed this Tuesday as ambassador in his country of the Jr. The NBAthe league’s global grassroots basketball program.
“The NBA has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to positively impacting youth in Mexico through fun and interactive basketball experiences and events, and it’s been amazing to watch from a distance,” he explained. ayonin a press release issued by the best basketball championship in the world.
ayonwho retired from professionalism last August, is one of the four Mexican-born who have participated in the NBAwhich he joined in 2012 and stayed until 2014.
The former center was in the league with the Charlotte Hornetshe Orlando Magiclos Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawksafter which he lived the most winning years of his career with the Real Madridclub in which he obtained titles such as two Euroleagues and four ACB leagues.
Due to his career, among which are, in addition to his time at the Real Madrid and the NBAbe one of the leaders of the Mexican team who returned in Spain in 2014 to a World Cup after 40 years, the directors of the program chose him as an ambassador in his country.
“As one of four players born in Mexico in the history of the NBAGustavo has a wealth of ideas and knowledge about the game that he is excited to pass on to youth across the country,” said the senior director of basketball operations for the NBA in Mexico, Marc Pulles.
The work of ayon in it Jr. The NBA will begin with a training session for physical education teachers as part of the Jr. The NBA and at a clinic for boys and girls in his native Nayarit this Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
He Jr. The NBA has nearly 34,000 registered physical education teachers and coaches and has helped 8.3 million youth across the country with tournaments and clinics.
