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NBA Jam Van touring in China

19 July 2009 No Comment

The NBA Jam Van is the NBA’s interactive touring activity for fans to get closer to the game they love, and it’s currently touring around in China. From the official site:

NBA Jam Van  (…) is THE place for basketball fans of all ages! No matter what your skill level, come on out for a FREE authentic NBA experience!

Step on the court to show off your best basketball skills. You can hit free throws, sink three pointers, compete in dribbling, passing and shooting contests, and see if you have what it takes in the HP NBA Slam Jam Challenge
on 7’, 8’, 9’ and 10’ rims.

Come off the court, and there is still a ton of basketball fun and excitement! Watch NBA Dance Teams show off the hottest new dance moves. (…)  Meet and get free autographs from NBA Players, Legends and Mascots and then have your photo taken in the HP Locker Room! Compete on the latest NBA video games and measure your arm span, height, hand and shoe size to life-size replicas of your favorite NBA and WNBA Players.

This Chinese version will be slightly different from it’s US equivalent, with Lenovo replacing key partner Wrigley’s in China.

China NBA Jam Van 

The tour arrived in Beijing during this past weekend, which is the 10th stop of its 27000 KM journey across China. The tour in total will span four municiplialites and 17 provinces. China Daily reports the other details:

This is the fifth consecutive year that the event has traveled through China since the 2005 inaugural tour, in which the program made its way to 11 cities and welcomed over 1 million basketball fans.

The fifth edition of the China NBA Jam Van is a tailor-made, 52-foot truck (16m) that transforms into 1,000 square meters of free basketball activities, allowing fans of all ages the opportunity to play like the pros. This year, a wide array of entertainment including a constant free throw contest is featured for fans to experience the game they love and to test their basketball skills. After the three-day event, winners in respective contests will be provided with tickets to NBA China games by NBA partner Lenovo.

What excited fans most in Beijing was the presence of Philadelphia 76ers’ guard Andre Iguodala. In the past four years, the event has brought eight NBA players to China: Shane Battier, A.C. Green, Bob Lanier, Rick Barry, Glen Rice, Vlade Divac, Damon Jones and Robert Parish.

Andre Iguodala is also in China to appear for the OppoNBA 3-on-3 tournament that has been going on for the past several months.

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