NBA Games will display level not seen before in India: Jason Williams

Kolkata: When Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers play in the first ever NBA India Games in Mumbai, the level of basketball on display will leave fans in the country "shocked" as they will be in for a treat, feels NBA legend Jason Williams.

"I think the fans here are in for a treat when they see the Kings and the Pacers play," Jason Williams told IANS on Wednesday.

"The fans have never seen a brand of basketball that they are going to see here with these guys. The talent level is so high, they are so fast and the way they jump. Everything is like...maybe it will put you guys in shock. Just because you guys have never seen anything like this," said Williams, a NBA champion with Miami Heat in 2006 and a Sacramento Kings legend.

Pacers and Kings will play two pre-season games at the DOME, NSCI, SVP Stadium in Mumbai on Friday and Saturday.

While the opening game on Friday is reserved for over 3,000 youth under a Reliance Foundation Junior Programme, the one to be played the next day at NSCI in Worli is open for the general public. (IANS)

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