The NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, and the CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, are planning to celebrate an NBA All-Star on the Red Planet, probably in 2041.
Adam Silver imagines basketball beyond Earth
Adam Silver: “If we first achieve an expansion of the NBA into Europe, with its own division, it would be possible for a representative of the USA, like the Chicago Bulls (of course in their red jerseys), and the best team in Europe, for example Real Madrid (in their classic white jerseys), to compete against each other in the NBA Global Games Mars 2041. We want to expand basketball in the universe and, thanks to a visionary like Elon Musk, we can achieve it. We are deeply moved. It's an honor for us to collaborate with the Leonardo da Vinci of our time. Barack Obama's children, David Beckham's and Will Smith's have already made their reservations to witness the proverbial match.”
Elon Musk, Martian gravity and the ASS rules
Elon Musk: “I would like to say that gravity on Mars is approximately 1/3 of the gravity on Earth. So you can jump 3 times higher than on the surface of the Earth. Russell Westbrook could actually be a representative of Mars on Earth; he jumps so high. And his face is also very peculiar, like that of a Martian. You can laugh at me when I say that the All-Star will be celebrated on Mars in 2041, but I really work to transform humankind into an interplanetary species, and Adam Silver wants to expand the NBA, so he and I have concluded an agreement that unites our two visions. However, according to my ASS rules, I have told Adam Silver that I will prohibit the use of the acronym NBA. National Basketball Association must be used instead, because newcomers may not understand what NBA means.”
Note: ASS stands for Acronyms Seriously Suck. For the origin of the acronym joke in this dialogue, read Elon Musk's ASS rules and why he does not know how to speak to models.
For the Vigo side of this NBA expansion idea, see How to create an NBA basketball team for your town in a 10 years period, which considers bringing an NBA team to the city.
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This article is satire. The dialogue attributed to Elon Musk and Adam Silver is fictional.
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De genio a geni@, ¿Qué me cuentas?
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