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The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday announced that the league will host its largest Jr. NBA Week ever in the Middle East from Tuesday, October 1 - Sunday, October 6 in conjunction with The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ.
The event will feature the two most recent NBA champions in the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets playing preseason games on Friday, October 4 and Sunday, October 6 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island.
Tickets for The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 are available at etihadarena.ae and ticketmaster.ae.
Unrivalled access, hospitality and experiences for fans as well as local cultural excursions and hotel accommodations are also available for purchase at nbaexperiences.com/abudhabi.
Below is a by-the-numbers look at Jr. NBA Week, The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024:
7,000
The week of activities, which will be hosted in collaboration with the Celtics and the Nuggets, will reach more than 7,000 youth from the UAE and across the Middle East and Europe through youth clinics and basketball development programming focused on teaching the game, promoting health and wellness, and empowering the next generation of players, coaches and referees.
450
Celtics and Nuggets assistant coaches will lead clinics for more than 450 coaches from the local community that will teach techniques and best practices for team and player development at any level.
125 hours, 65 clinics
Jr. NBA Week will feature 125 hours of on-court basketball activity across 65 clinics for youth, coaches and referees.
Seven legends
Seven NBA and WNBA legends will participate in Jr. NBA Week activities: Muggsy Bogues, Marcus Camby, Derek Fisher, Sylvia Fowles, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O’Neal and Mitch Richmond.
200
The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ will reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories on television, digital media and social media.
Fans from 43 countries have purchased tickets for The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ.
The Celtics and Nuggets currently feature players with a combined 32 NBA All-Star appearances.
The Celtics and Nuggets currently feature eight international players. Celtics: Tristan Enaruna (Netherlands), Al Horford (Dominican Republic), Kristaps Porziņģis (Latvia) and Neemias Queta (Portugal). Nuggets: Vlatko Čančar (Slovenia), Jamal Murray (Canada), Nikola Jokić (Serbia) and Dario Šarić (Croatia).
Olympians
Four players on the Celtics and Nuggets played in Abu Dhabi over the summer as part of the USA Basketball Showcase before winning medals at the Paris Olympics: Jrue Holiday (Celtics; U.S.), Jokić, Jayson Tatum (Celtics; U.S.) and Derrick White (Celtics; U.S.).
The NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ will mark the first time that the previous two NBA champions will face each other in an NBA Global Game.
