NBA JAM POWERED BY JABONG.COM IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SONY SIX TO TRAVEL TO CHANDIGARH
EVENT FEATURES THE LARGEST 3-ON-3 TOURNANMENT IN PROGRAM’S SECOND YEAR
NewZNew (October) : The largest 3-on-3 college basketball and youth festival ever held in India, NBA Jam powered by Jabong.com, will travel to Panjab University in Chandigarh, on the 3rd and 4th of November. After the massively successful tip off in Chennai, followed by Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Bangalore and Kolkata, Chandigarh is the eighth of the 16 cities which the event will travel to with over 3,000 teams participating across the country. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and SONY SIX have partnered to bring the event back to India for the second consecutive year.
On 4th November, Panjab University, Chandigarh will witness more than 150 teams participating in the 3-on-3 tournament. With over 40 colleges participating, NBA Jam powered by Jabong.com will be the largest 3-on-3 tournament ever to take place in the city.
The traveling interactive basketball festival is focused on growing and eliciting participation in basketball across India by combining exciting on-court competition with interactive games and contests designed to engage college youth and grow the NBA’s fan base. More than 600 colleges across India will be engaged in order to drive awareness and generate registration for NBA Jam powered by Jabong.com. NBA talent, including a legend, dance team and mascot, will travel to select cities to engage fans.
About the NBA:
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around three professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the NBA Development League. The league has established a major international presence with offices in 13 markets worldwide, games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages, and NBA merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on 6 continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2013-14 season featured a record 92 international players from 39 countries and territories. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, which is available in 60 million U.S. homes, and NBA.com, which recorded 26.9 billion page views during the 2013-14 season, with more than half of all visitors originating from outside of North America. The NBA is the No. 1 professional sports league on social media, with more than 675 million likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league and its teams and players have donated more than $237 million to charity, completed more than 3 million hours of hands-on community service, and created more than 895 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play.
