http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/28/nba-making-inroads-in-africa/ Basketball - NBC Sports Mon, 27 May 2013 02:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/28/nba-making-inroads-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-8793 Sat, 29 May 2010 11:50:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcpbt/?p=2223#comment-8793 As an NBA fan living in Italy I’m very excited about the league getting more and more popular outside the U.S. I like to see my favorite sport developing. And you said the NBA has been tremendously successful in Europe. That’s correct. Just think that next fall the Knicks will play a preseason game here in Italy, in Milan. Tickets were gone in a few hours and there were about 75,000 (you read it correctly) tickets requests for a preaseason game that will be played 5 months from now. Enough said. And I heard tickets for a preseason game in London are soldout, too, despite the fact England is one of the few places in Europe where basketball is still not that big.

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