Check out what's being said about the NBA Paris Games 2025 ahead of a pair of Spurs-Pacers showdowns on Thursday and Saturday.

The NBA comes to Paris with the NBA Paris Games 2025, two regular-season games pitting the San Antonio Spurs against the Indiana Pacers. Dates: Thursday January 23 at 8pm and Saturday January 25 at 6pm at the Accor Arena. Good news: the matches will be broadcast free-to-air on Canal+.

Victor Wembanyama will return to his home country when the Spurs battle the Pacers in France. Here's everything to know for the NBA Paris Games 2025.

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will face the Indiana Pacers in the NBA's 4th and 5th regular-season games in Paris.

Wembanyama was born and raised in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, a western Paris suburb, and has made it a focus this week to introduce his teammates to Parisian culture and the life he led before he became the NBA Rookie of the Year and likely next face of the league.

The NBA Paris game between the Spurs and Pacers on Thursday, Jan. 23 will air on NBA TV as well as in local markets on FanDuel Sports Network - Indiana and KENS 5 in the San Antonio area. The Pacers vs. Spurs game on Saturday, Jan. 25 will be broadcast on ESPN, as well as on KENS 5 and FanDuel Sports Network - Indiana.

The NBA’s decision to bring two regular-season games to Paris, featuring the San Antonio Spurs and the Indiana Pacers, is more than just a strategic play to expand its global footprint. It’s a celebration - of basketball’s growing influence in France and of one of its brightest stars,

The teams arrived in Paris on Monday, with practices and other events scheduled throughout the week and then the games toward the end. The Spurs were coming straight from the airport to a light workout in Nanterre — on the court that Wembanyama called home when started his pro career in the French league as a 15-year-old.

The Spurs star is slated to play two games in Paris in an event that is vital to keep interest in the region high and to build the game.

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs are in Paris to play two NBA games against the Indiana Pacers, one on Thursday and one on Saturday. It is a homecoming for the 7-foot-4 Frenchman, who has not played a competitive game in his home country since France lost the gold medal game to the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games.

The French basketball star arrived in the Paris region on Monday with his partners from the San Antonio Spurs for two NBA games, and returned to his old club, Nanterre.