The NBA and Rakuten Group, Inc., right this moment introduced that the Washington Wizards and Golden State Warriors will play two preseason video games in Japan in 2022.
The NBA Japan Video games 2022 will happen Friday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 2 at Saitama Tremendous Area exterior of Tokyo, marking the Wizards’ first journey to Japan and the league’s fifteenth and sixteenth video games within the nation.
“We’re so honored to signify the NBA and the great recreation of basketball in entrance of an viewers of Japanese followers,” stated Ted Leonsis, Founder & CEO, Monumental Sports activities & Leisure. “We’re significantly excited to look at Rui Hachimura play in entrance of his fellow Japanese residents. We had been proud to welcome him into the DC Household almost three years in the past as a dynamic younger expertise and have solely seen his progress as a participant since. And our followers throughout our dwelling market in Washington D.C. have a particular connection to the Japanese individuals – marked by our annual celebration of the present of cherry bushes given to our metropolis by the Mayor of Tokyo over 100 years in the past. Celebrating American and Japanese cultures additional strengthens our bonds and so we stay up for taking up the Golden State Warriors and rising new followers of the game all of us love.”
“I’m very excited to carry Wizards basketball to Japan,” stated Hachimura. “I can not wait to see the sector stuffed with followers attending to see NBA basketball in particular person.”
