Four NBA teams have been selected to participate in The NBA Mexico City Games 2019, the league announced today. The Mavericks, Pistons, Suns and Spurs will all play regular-season games at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico, located in Mexico City.
Dallas and Detroit will square off on December 12, with Phoenix and San Antonio meeting two days later. These will be the 29th and 30th games that Mexico will host since its partnership with the league began in 1992.
“NBA games in Mexico City are a core part of our efforts to reach and engage basketball fans throughout Mexico and Latin America,” commissioner Adam Silver said. “With a record four NBA teams visiting Mexico City next season, we expect an unprecedented level of interest and excitement around these games and our surrounding community events.”
ESPN Deportes, Televisa and NBA League Pass in Mexico will all show the games, which will be available in more than 200 countries and territories. Ticket information will be announced later. The games will be accompanied by NBA Cares community outreach projects.
“It’s an honor for the Spurs organization to be able to represent South Texas and the NBA by, once again, playing in Mexico City,” said team president R.C. Buford. “The relationship between our community and Mexico is important and impactful on many levels. We look forward to a wonderful experience and are excited to share Spurs basketball with all of our fans in Mexico.”
Por que?
The initial suggestion of the four teams consisting of the : Bulls, Cavaliers, Knicks and Suns was rejected by all four teams due to their concern that they would not be allowed to return to the USA.
MAGA
Why not just have the preseason played in foreign countries and leave the regular season alone.
Because its a moneygrab.
No one cares about preseason… fans in foreign countries are way too smart to pay big money to watch a bunch of bums playing for the 14th & 15th place in the roster. Fans wanna watch the real deal simple as. NBA belongs to all the world not just the USA.
NBA belongs to the cities the teams play in. Mexico has already lost games due to a fire and poor field conditions. They arent entitled to anything, and in fact have shown they aren’t capable of hosting proffesional games