He managed to evade the very strict controls of the body guards, with an explanation that convinced them, by letting in the sign you see in the photo Ghiffa-Brooklyn, 6.394 to see the king. The king for him, but for all basketball fans on the planet, he is Lebron James.
Mirgen Progni, a young man from Ghiffa with sport in his heart, is someone who feeds on football and basketball. Wonderful left foot, with which he could have done much more but which lights up the ‘Curotti’ of Domodossola every Sunday. And an enormous passion for basketball: a huge fan of Paffoni, of which he has been a subscriber for years, and an overseas basketball lover.
“When in November – he tells us from his hotel room in New York – the Nba travel agency, closed for two years for Covid, launched an incredible offer, with three Nba games in six days in the city of the Apple, I caught I had the chance to fly. I booked and was able to enjoy a show that is unique in the world, “explains Mirgen.
The first game was the one between the Knicks and the Clippers, at Madison Square Garden. “A magical arena, just like you imagine it: I entered, I closed my eyes and reopened them after two and a half hours, when everything was over. An incredible emotion”. But the best was yet to come, because the next day there was an almost face to face with his hero, his myth. “I was at the Barclays Center, for the match between the Brooklyn Nets and the Lakers. And the king (Lebron ed) passed me, five meters away: on the court then it was unreal. At 37, he dominated in slippers, with gestures technical and athletic beyond any logic: it was incredible “. Then the last game, always with the Nets protagonists but this time against Denver. “In three days I saw four mvp: in addition to Lebron, Harden, Weestbrook and Jokic. Crazy experience, always with Ghiffa in my heart”.
