We’ve been waiting for it and it’s now official. The Spurs announced Monday that Victor Wembanyama and his team will play two matches in Paris next season, on January 23 and 25, 2025. The two matches will pit them against the Indiana Pacers. “Thanks to our rich international history, we are fortunate to have many Spurs fans in France and across Europe. We look forward to continuing to honor this legacy by reconnecting with them,” explains club general manager RC Buford in a press release.
The NBA has relocated two regular season matches to Paris in the last two years, the most recent between Cleveland and Brooklyn on January 11 at the Accor Arena (victory for the Cavaliers 111-102). Twenty-one years earlier, Tony Parker accompanied the Spurs to the French capital for the first time during a preseason match won against Memphis (105-87). The Texan franchise and its French playmaker then returned in 2006 to face Asvel (115-90 victory) and Maccabi Tel-Aviv (97-84 success) during an international tour.
” I’m really looking forward. These matches will be very important for me,” Victor Wembanyama said after a Spurs meeting last March, before adding: “It will be a special moment, a return home for me. And it will allow me to see my family in peak season, which doesn’t happen often. »
2024-04-29 16:33:32
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