NBA's worldwide Fan Appreciation Day set for Thursday
The NBA will hold Fan Appreciation Day on Thursday as part of "a worldwide effort to thank our fans around the world via social media." The day will consist of 24 online chats with more than 20 current and former players.
The NBA's social media accounts will also offer fans free merchandise including signed jerseys and basketballs, as well as NBA League Pass playoff codes.
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The 24 chats will be held on the NBA's corresponding regional social media accounts as follows:
Country/Region | Chat Time (ET) | Local Time | Player / Legend | Language | Platform |
Greece | 8:30 a.m. | 3:30 p.m. | Peja Stojakovic | Greek | |
Africa | 9 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Dikembe Mutombo | English | |
Germany | 9 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Detlef Schrempf | German | |
Mexico | 11 a.m. | 10 a.m. | Eduardo Najera | Spanish | |
Brazil | Noon | 1 p.m. | Anderson Varejao | Portuguese | |
Spain | Noon (TBD) | 6 p.m. (TBD) | Jose Calderon | Spanish | |
Turkey | 1:30 p.m. | 8:30 p.m. | Tim Hardaway | English | |
Italy | 2 p.m. | 8 p.m. | Danilo Gallinari | Italian | |
Argentina | 2 p.m. | 3 p.m. | Carlos Delfino | Spanish | |
UK | 4 p.m. | 9 p.m. | James Worthy | English | |
Canada | 4 p.m. | 3 p.m. | Ben Gordon | English | |
Enebea | 5 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Jorge Gutierrez | Spanish | |
Global | 5:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | Isiah Thomas | English | |
New Zealand | 7 p.m. | 11 a.m. | Sean Marks | English | |
Canada | 8 p.m. | 7 p.m. | Andrew Wiggins | English | |
Japan | 8 p.m. | 9 a.m. | Yuta Tabuse | Japanese | |
India | 9 p.m. | 7:30 a.m. | Sim Bhullar | English | |
China | 9 p.m. | 9 a.m. | Jeremy Lin | Chinese | |
Indonesia (LINE account) | 9:15 p.m. | 9:15 a.m. | Jeremy Lin | English | LINE |
Taiwan | 9:30 p.m. | 9:30 a.m. | Jeremy Lin | Chinese | |
Indonesia (FB account) | 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. | Gary Payton | English | |
Philippines | 10 p.m. | 10 a.m. | Jordan Clarkson | English | |
Australia | TBD | TBD | TBD | English | |
France | TBD | TBD | TBD | French |
Additionally, the NBA plans to share individual player shoutout videos in-language, photo galleries and more through its social media platforms, which the league says collectively now have more than 811 million likes and followers.
