Cleveland Cavaliers 'honoured' to be selected for NBA Paris Game
Donovan Mitchell and J.B. Bickerstaff relish the 'special' journey of playing an NBA game in Paris.
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00:00 I've actually known a lot about it. Obviously I've had Rudy as my teammate, you know, so I've been here with Rudy, you know, and seen how much he's been beloved.
00:07 Hey, he was beloved. He is beloved here, excuse me. You know, so be able to see that, you know, like I said, like I've been here a bunch.
00:13 It's pretty special, you know, I didn't realize how much of a culture there was here until I came out here.
00:18 And, you know, I think that's why, you know, one, the NBA, the game is here, but also why like the NBA is continually doing things in Paris because it's such a heavy basketball culture.
00:26 You know, I did my my shoe, my shoe in the, sorry, I had a shoe giveaway in the store, you know, when I first got here and the amount of people that showed up, you know, was just incredible to me.
00:36 It's just it's special, you know, and I don't you don't see it a lot in America, you know, being able to come over here to be able to show show love to people that show love to us.
00:44 We're excited about it. We understand how special the opportunity is for us, you know, to be selected by the NBA is an honor to play here in front of these fans and on a worldwide stage is an honor.
00:55 You know, to have the opportunity to share the NBA and spread the game with fans all over the world.
01:01 We don't take that lightly. So our guys are going to come out, put on a heck of a show.