A stormy Thursday night couldn’t cease the National Basketball Association (NBA) from taking on Mexico City because the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 120-119 in entrance of a sellout crowd, because the league guarantees extra matches for Mexican followers.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver sees Mexico as a gateway for additional growth of the game all through Central and Latin America, making it a gorgeous potential progress market.
“(We want) a bigger footprint here in Latin America, ultimately, the dream of an NBA franchise coming to Mexico City one day,” stated Silver at a press convention.
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“We’ve been fairly conservative in how we grow the league. Having said that, it still is important to plant a flag in every market we can. There’s no market we’ve been more than Mexico City, with the exception of course of Canada outside the U.S.”
Silver added that Capitanes, the Mexico City workforce with an axolotl mascot that debuted within the NBA G League in 2021, is without doubt one of the methods NBA is rising basketball in Mexico. The workforce turned the primary from Latin America to hitch the minor league.
“Our goal is for the 30 NBA teams to play in here in Mexico City. (However) our schedule has gotten so complicated it becomes more difficult to pull other games out of the regular season,” stated Silver, who floated the concept of getting two common-season video games per 12 months in Mexico City.
Thursday’s sport between the Hawks and the Magic, the thirty second general that the league has hosted in Mexico, kicked off with Hawks heart Bruno Fernando shouting “Viva Mexico!” following a minute of silence for the victims of the hurricane in Acapulco, Guerrero final month.
The festive ambiance, with 19,986 supporters in attendance, was enlivened by the shock look of former Chicago Bulls small-ahead and 6-time NBA champion Scottie Pippen, who obtained a standing ovation.
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“We travel from Queretaro and save all year to come. We have seen the growth of the league in the city and how it has improved, but for it to be feasible they should make an adjustment to the prices,” Orlando fan Carlos Alcaraz advised Reuters.
“We have the fanbase and the ideal place for the games, but the ticket pricing is a major issue if they look for an expansion in Mexico,” added New York Knicks fan Josue Corro.
“Yet, the experience here is unique plus we have the unparalleled opportunity to see the former NBA stars.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
