Victor Wembanyama as Mickey Mouse, do you agree? The French giant and his San Antonio franchise will be transformed into Disney characters on December 25 for Christmas Day in the NBA, the day of matches in the American league scheduled for Christmas Day. The Spurs’ meeting against the New York Knicks will, in fact, be broadcast simultaneously in a cartoon version, in addition to its normal broadcast of course.
Concretely, all the live actions of “Wemby”, Chris Paul and their teammates will be reproduced in real time, on a virtual field, by Mickey Mouse and other emblematic characters of the American firm. While the Spurs and the Knicks will meet at Madison Square Garden, the cartoon version match will take place virtually on Main Street USA, the famous street at the entrance to Disney World park in Orlando, Florida.
This Christmas, we’re fulfilling Mickey’s one wish 💫
The Disney Dunk the Halls broadcast of Spurs-Knicks streams live on Christmas Day on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+ 🏀 pic.twitter.com/zPLHxMrSps
— ESPN (@espn) November 20, 2024
A great first for the NBA, made possible thanks to player tracking data provided by the Hawk-Eye system. ESPN had already achieved such a technological feat for an NFL meeting between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars, Toy Story version, in October 2023.
