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Anthony Gharib, ESPN
The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves will play two preseason video games in Abu Dhabi on Thursday and Saturday within the second yr of the NBA’s multiyear partnership with town. The Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks confronted off within the inaugural version final season.
The video games will happen at Etihad Enviornment on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi as a part of the NBA’s efforts to globalize basketball.
“Our collaboration with [Department of Culture and Tourism] Abu Dhabi continues to assist the NBA’s purpose of introducing basketball and its values to younger girls and boys within the UAE and globally, and that would be the case as soon as once more by these video games and the encircling actions,” Ralph Rivera, the managing director of NBA Center East and Europe, mentioned in Could.
From using camels to posing in entrance of the Grand Mosque, the Mavericks and Timberwolves have carried out loads of sightseeing within the days main as much as the video games.
The Mavericks performed Xbox within the desert. Anthony Edwards taught children tips on how to play protection. Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jaden McDaniels even held an owl.
Listed below are the off-court actions from each groups main as much as the preseason doubleheader:
Using camels
Not your typical Tuesday night time 🐪 @KyrieIrving // #MFFL pic.twitter.com/Kk7ncJb85U
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 3, 2023
women and gents,
Rudy Gobert on a camel. pic.twitter.com/zro8hxzrUZ
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 4, 2023
when in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/nXmOvxu8jz
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 4, 2023
2+ minutes of us being fascinated by camels 🐫 Get pleasure from.
#MFFL pic.twitter.com/T9n30FvemW
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 3, 2023
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 4, 2023
Chilling within the desert
Desert nights 🌅 #MFFL pic.twitter.com/sRDNhR3gxo
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 3, 2023
.@Xbox within the desert hits completely different 🎮#MFFL #ScoreMoreWithXbox pic.twitter.com/ddJrvCvRuZ
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 3, 2023
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) October 3, 2023
desert wolves. 🐺 pic.twitter.com/jjk9GrpNBu
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 4, 2023
Working with the group
Coach Ant instructing protection on the @jrnba Clinic in Abu Dhabi! pic.twitter.com/XMePKgTryY
— NBA (@NBA) October 3, 2023
KAT stayed after to verify everybody received their shirt signed. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/pQqFrtDwqU
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 3, 2023
making core recollections. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/UfUSpz5Njc
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 3, 2023