{"id":587028,"date":"2026-02-06T21:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/587028\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:41:15","slug":"spurs-returning-to-france-kind-of-for-spurs-week-paris-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/587028\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs returning to France (kind of) for &#8216;Spurs Week Paris 2026&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spurs organization is reenergizing its French fanbase with activations, a watch party and a chance to win a trip to the Alamo City. <\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kens5.com\/article\/sports\/nba\/spurs\/victor-wembanyama-spacey-nba-all-star-edition-sneakers-carter-bryant-spurs-math-hoops-san-antonio\/273-ed4dd08b-d43e-4be3-baac-3f1968eebd6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> are returning to Paris to celebrate the team with fans across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>While the team itself won&#8217;t be traveling to France to play in regular-season action like last year, the organization announced it will return this month to host \u201cSpurs Week Paris,\u201d a special weeklong activation across the city offering a personal fan experience for their overseas supporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Set to unfold Feb. 26 to March 1, Spurs Week Paris will consist of community impact programming, exclusive retail and fan engagement opportunities, and more activations designed to enhance the cross-cultural exchange between Texas and France, as part of the organization\u2019s long-term commitment to growing the game of basketball globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpurs Week Paris was thoughtfully designed with French Spurs fans in mind, building upon the decades-long relationships the team has established in France and throughout Europe,\u201d RC Buford, CEO of Spurs Sports &amp; Entertainment (SS&amp;E), said in a release. \u201cOur longstanding international history has given us the privilege of connecting with fans worldwide, and we\u2019re honored to be embraced and welcomed by communities across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The players will not be attending, but that does not mean there won&#8217;t be fun for fans of the Silver &amp; Black in Paris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>From exclusive pop-up shops and basketball clinics in Le Chesnay (Victor Wembanyama&#8217;s home city) to a Spurs-Knicks watch party (to RSVP to receive the official event invitation, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/spurs\/paris\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"isPasted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spurs.com\/Paris<\/a>), there will be plenty of Spurs celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>See below for a complete rundown of events:<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b4403739-8f4f-4ea4-a9a1-91da57eedb89_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b4403739-8f4f-4ea4-a9a1-91da57eedb89_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Celebrating Spurs Week in Paris\u2014Ledger\u2019s home\u2014is a defining milestone for our partnership,&#8221; says Ariel Wengroff, EVP of Communications and Marketing at Ledger, in a release. &#8220;Since becoming the official jersey patch partner, we\u2019ve focused on creating a deep, cultural bridge between the Spurs and our community. Rejuvenating the court in Nanterre, where Victor Wembanyama\u2019s story began, is the ultimate expression of that bond. We aren\u2019t just putting our name on a jersey; we\u2019re investing in the roots of French basketball and securing a legacy for the next generation of players, both on the court and in the digital world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>French fans can see the full Spurs Week Paris event calendar with location details as they become available by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/spurs\/paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spurs.com\/Paris<\/a> and\u00a0following Les Spurs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lesspurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61587168134837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>X:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kens5\" rel=\"noreferrer noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"isPasted\">\u00a0KENS 5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jeffgspurszone\" rel=\"noreferrer noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JeffGSpursKENS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Spurs organization is reenergizing its French fanbase with activations, a watch party and a chance to win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,6,969,474,4075,4074,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-587028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-sanantoniospurs","14":"tag-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116025865475939746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}