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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA will hold Fan Appreciation Day on Thursday as part of \"a worldwide effort to thank our fans around the world via social media.\" The day will consist of 24 online chats with more than 20 current and former players.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA's social media accounts will also offer fans free merchandise including signed jerseys and basketballs, as well as NBA League Pass playoff codes.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;MORE NBA:&amp;nbsp;Grades: Final marks for all teams&amp;nbsp;| Playoff primer&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 24 chats will be held on the NBA's corresponding regional social media accounts as follows:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tCountry/Region\r\n\t\t\tChat Time (ET)\r\n\t\t\tLocal Time\r\n\t\t\tPlayer / Legend\r\n\t\t\tLanguage\r\n\t\t\tPlatform\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tGreece\r\n\t\t\t8:30 a.m.\r\n\t\t\t3:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tPeja Stojakovic\r\n\t\t\tGreek\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tAfrica\r\n\t\t\t9 a.m.\r\n\t\t\t3 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tDikembe Mutombo\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tGermany\r\n\t\t\t9 a.m.\r\n\t\t\t3 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tDetlef Schrempf\r\n\t\t\tGerman\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tMexico\r\n\t\t\t11 a.m.\r\n\t\t\t10 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tEduardo Najera\r\n\t\t\tSpanish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tBrazil\r\n\t\t\tNoon\r\n\t\t\t1 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tAnderson Varejao\r\n\t\t\tPortuguese\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tSpain\r\n\t\t\tNoon (TBD)\r\n\t\t\t6 p.m. (TBD)\r\n\t\t\tJose Calderon\r\n\t\t\tSpanish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tTurkey\r\n\t\t\t1:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t8:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tTim Hardaway\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tItaly\r\n\t\t\t2 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t8 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tDanilo Gallinari\r\n\t\t\tItalian\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tArgentina\r\n\t\t\t2 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t3 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tCarlos Delfino\r\n\t\t\tSpanish\r\n\t\t\tTwitter\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tUK\r\n\t\t\t4 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t9 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tJames Worthy\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tCanada\r\n\t\t\t4 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t3 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tBen Gordon\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tEnebea\r\n\t\t\t5 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t5 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tJorge Gutierrez\r\n\t\t\tSpanish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tGlobal\r\n\t\t\t5:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t5:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tIsiah Thomas\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tNew Zealand\r\n\t\t\t7 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t11 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tSean Marks\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tCanada\r\n\t\t\t8 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t7 p.m.\r\n\t\t\tAndrew Wiggins\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tJapan\r\n\t\t\t8 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t9 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tYuta Tabuse\r\n\t\t\tJapanese\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tIndia\r\n\t\t\t9 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t7:30 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tSim Bhullar\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tChina\r\n\t\t\t9 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t9 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tJeremy Lin\r\n\t\t\tChinese\r\n\t\t\tWeibo\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tIndonesia (LINE account)\r\n\t\t\t9:15 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t9:15 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tJeremy Lin\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tLINE\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tTaiwan\r\n\t\t\t9:30 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t9:30 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tJeremy Lin\r\n\t\t\tChinese\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tIndonesia (FB account)\r\n\t\t\t10 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t10 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tGary Payton\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tPhilippines\r\n\t\t\t10 p.m.\r\n\t\t\t10 a.m.\r\n\t\t\tJordan Clarkson\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tAustralia\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tEnglish\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tFrance\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tTBD\r\n\t\t\tFrench\r\n\t\t\tFacebook\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the NBA plans to share individual player shoutout videos in-language, photo galleries and more through its social media platforms, which the league says collectively now have more than 811 million likes and followers.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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