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Washington DC hosts the NBA Latin Night


NBA basketball is also played with a Latin accent. Next March, the league will celebrate Hispanics and their contribution to the main competition of the discipline in the world with its traditional Noche Éne•Bé•A, a celebration that this year will reach 16 editions.

Community activities and clothing to honor Latinos is part of the NBA staging to recognize the group’s work.

The Latin accent. All teams will be part of the party and the Washington Wizards will be no exception. The team from the capital of the United States, currently in the fight to get into the playoffs, has in its ranks the Brazilian Raul Neto, who has six years of experience in the league.

  • Nené Hilario (Brazil), Fabricio Oberto (Argentina) and Peter John Ramos (Puerto Rico) have also worn the Wizards uniform in the past.
  • During the first two weeks of March, teams will take to the field in warm-up gear specially designed to celebrate Hispanics.
  • On Tuesday, March 1, the Wizards will host the Detroit Pistons, a meeting in which community, cultural and musical activities related to Latinos are scheduled prior to the start of the meeting.

Because it is important?. Spanish is also spoken in the world of the giants. The NBA, followed by millions of fans around the world and with its epicenter in North America, has opened its doors to international talent, with Hispanics as a solid group that adds more pieces year after year and is not going to stop doing so.

  • Dozens of Latinos have arrived at the world basketball show par excellence to leave your markone that is not erased and that has paved the way for talented young people to follow in the footsteps of those who are considered heroes in their respective nations.
  • Names like Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), Pau Gasol (Spain), JJ Barea (Puerto Rico) or Eduardo Nájera (Mexico) are some of the ones that have sounded the most powerful in the league.
  • Currently, the Dominican Chris Duarte, the Argentine Facundo Campazzo and the Spanish Ricky Rubio are the most striking Hispanics in the tournament.

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