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The first-ever NBAFinals Media Day in Toronto lived up to its billing. DaveZarum describes the scenes from a transformed Scotiabank Arena:

One thing that’s impossible to ignore is the internationality of Media Day at the Finals. It’s a common observation from any Finals given how global the league’s reach truly is, but certainly feels apropos given this is the very first NBA championship series to be played outside of the United States. As you walk through the proceedings you hear a number of languages fill the air, including French, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian and many more.

At the beginning of Media Day, I found myself outside the arena at one of the locked entrances. I tug the locked door, and begin to head over to the actual designated entrance a few gates down when Tracy McGrady appears. As I begin to explain the door is locked, he tugs on the locked door as well and knocks, peering inside., I think. Nobody comes to open the door for him — somebody inside does see him and motions for him to go around to the designated entrance and we walk away dejected.

There was a refrigerator with bottles of water and cans of soda near the press conference area that had a very stubborn door that required a few tugs from this reporter in order to open. When Klay Thompson wanted to grab himself some water from said fridge, he too struggled to open the door, clearly frustrated. Stars — they’re just like us.

 

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