RC Buford, the GM of the Spurs, spoke at length about the future of the Spurs in France. If we should not count too much on matches, due to the impossibility of controlling the NBA’s decisions internationally, the San Antonio executive, on the other hand, said it was determined to integrate into the community of Victor Wembanyama as an organization.
The inauguration of a public basketball court in Chesnay-Rocquencourt, imagined as a mix between the identity of the Spurs and the hometown of Victor Wembanyama, is only one step. If the Spurs are lucky enough to play in Paris this year, that will certainly not be the case next year. And despite the kilometers that separate San Antonio from Yvelines, the franchise wishes to continue to integrate into the community so dear to Victor through this type of initiative. By helping young people in particular. Here are RC Buford’s words on the subject.
“The NBA will control when we play in France, but we will have the opportunity to go there as an organization. We have been in France for a long time, the 2000s with Tony Parker. And now, being able to come back… we have lots of ideas for getting back into the Victor community. By promoting basketball, working with young people… That’s what Victor wanted to do, share our culture with the people he grew up with. […] France has always been important for Spurs.”
With many French players having worn the Spurs tunic, it is true that the Texan team maintains preferential relations with our country. The current emergence and expected future explosion of Wembanyama in the NBA will only be an accelerator for the presence of the NBA here. With matches at stake, but also great initiatives like those desired by the Spurs GM.
-Here’s RC Buford on if the Spurs will return to Paris in the future and Victor Wembanyama’s impact on the French community…. #nba #porvida #sanantonio #gospursgo pic.twitter.com/WJl4rC3dht
— JeffGSpursKENS5 (@JeffGSpursZone) https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1881766312499954036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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