The Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) and the Division of Tradition and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) at present introduced the star-studded lineup of NBA and WNBA legends and celebrities who will headline “NBA Fan Appreciation Day in Abu Dhabi” on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Etihad Enviornment and “NBA District” from Thursday, Oct. 3 – Sunday, Oct 6 at Manarat Al Saadiyat.
The interactive fan occasions shall be held at the side of The NBA Abu Dhabi Video games 2024 offered by ADQ, which can characteristic the 2 most up-to-date NBA champions within the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets taking part in preseason video games on Friday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 6 at Etihad Enviornment on Yas Island.
The seven NBA and WNBA legends who will attend the fan occasions – Muggsy Bogues, Marcus Camby, Derek Fisher, Sylvia Fowles, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O’Neal and Mitch Richmond – collectively amassed 44 All-Star appearances, 12 championships and three league Most Precious Participant (MVP) Awards all through their careers. Grammy Award-winning rapper 2 Chainz can even carry out dwell at each occasions, together with The NBA Evening hosted by Shaq at NBA District on Oct. 3. Tickets for the NBA Evening can be found now by way of Ticketmaster.ae.
NBA Fan Appreciation Day in Abu Dhabi, which can tip off at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, will have a good time the NBA and the sport of basketball with a wide range of fan leisure that includes Celtics and Nuggets gamers, together with a abilities problem and three-point contest, NBA group mascot appearances, a slam dunk contest that includes skilled dunkers, musical acts and extra.
NBA District, an interactive fan occasion celebrating the convergence of basketball, well-liked tradition and the NBA that has welcomed greater than 10,000 followers in every of the previous two years, will open to the general public at 1 p.m. on Oct. 3. Followers can have the chance to take part in basketball actions on a full-size NBA court docket, take their picture with the Larry O’Brien Trophy, buy limited-edition and customised NBA merchandise, get a free haircut on the NBA Barbershop, attend panel periods and extra.
Tickets for NBA Fan Appreciation Day in Abu Dhabi are on sale now at etihadarena.ae and ticketmaster.ae; Tickets for NBA District can be found at ticketmaster.ae.
Tickets for The NBA Abu Dhabi Video games 2024 offered by ADQ are on sale at etihadarena.ae and ticketmaster.ae. Unrivalled entry, hospitality and experiences for followers in addition to native cultural excursions and lodge lodging are additionally out there for buy at http://nbaexperiences.com/abudhabi.
Under are temporary bios of the collaborating legends:
-Bogues, the twelfth total choose within the 1987 NBA Draft, is the Charlotte Hornets’ franchise chief in assists and steals.
-Camby, the second total choose within the 1996 NBA Draft, led the league in blocked pictures 4 occasions and was named the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months.
-Fisher is a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and a former NBA and WNBA head coach.
-Fowles is a two-time WNBA champion with the Minnesota Lynx, the 2017 WNBA MVP and an eight-time WNBA All-Star.
-Garnett, a 2008 NBA champion with the Celtics, a 15-time NBA All-Star, the 2003-04 NBA MVP and the 2007-08 NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2020.
-O’Neal, a four-time NBA champion with the Lakers (three) and Miami Warmth (one), three-time NBA Finals MVP and 15-time NBA All-Star, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2016.
-Richmond, who gained the 2002 NBA championship with the Lakers, is a six-time NBA All-Star, the MVP of the 1995 NBA All-Star Recreation and a 2014 Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame inductee.
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