Nets, Cavaliers to Play Regular-Season Game in Paris in January 2024
Accor Arena will host game as part of full slate of activities
Posted On: July 19, 2023 By :The NBA has announced the NBA Paris Game 2024 will feature the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers playing at the Accor Arena on Thursday, January 11, 2024.
There have been more NBA players from France than from any other country outside North America, including 2023 No. 1 overall draft pick Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs. Live NBA games and programming air in France on beIN SPORTS and NBA League Pass, including 45 weekend games in primetime last season as part of the league’s “NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays” European primetime initiative.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing the live NBA experience back to Paris with two exciting teams in the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers,” NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum said. “This game has become a destination for our passionate fans across Europe and will build on the incredible momentum around basketball and the NBA in France and throughout the region.”
The NBA Paris Game 2024 will mark the Nets’ second game in Paris, having played a preseason game in 2008. Brooklyn currently features 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team and 2023 USA Basketball Men’s National Team member Mikal Bridges and 2023 USA Basketball Men’s National Team member Cam Johnson. The Cavaliers will be playing their first game in Europe. Cleveland currently features four-time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell, 2022 NBA All-Stars Jarrett Allen and Darius Garland and 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team member Evan Mobley.
The NBA Paris Game 2024 will air live on NBA League Pass. The league and its partners will conduct interactive fan activities, NBA Cares community outreach initiatives and Jr. NBA youth basketball development programming that will bring the NBA experience to fans in the French capital.
“The City of Paris is delighted to host another thrilling NBA regular-season game,” said Pierre Rabadan, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games and River Seine. “Our love and passion for the sport of basketball drive us to provide an unforgettable experience for players and fans alike. Paris has always been a special place for basketball and continues to be, as its rich culture steadily thrives and spreads within the city.”
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