The ball is not in the basket yet, but the net knows what to expect. On throwing, we find Nicholas Diacono. A Web3 and land regular. After 25 years of amateur basketball, he decided to set up his own club… of fans.
Get your own professional basketball team
In football, the best supporters are said to be sometimes the 12th man in the team. Spectators, trainers and shareholders… The members of CourtSideClub will be all of these at once. Because Nicolas Diacono’s project, associated with pro players Xavi Forcada and Kentan Facey as well as the Nantes coach Julien Zoa, is to raise enough money to afford his own team. “Today, other than buying a jersey or a ticket, a basketball fan’s experience is very limited. On the contrary, we want him to become an actor in the economy of professional basketball. We have established contacts in France, Belgium, Spain, but also in Portugal, where the cost of entry is lower. »
The fan experience reinvented
Speaking of prices, the price of the 7,000 NFT “membership cards” that will go on sale in the coming months has not yet been set. Probably between 90 and 150€. For the equivalent of an NBA match ticket or a pair of Air Jordans, “the idea is to allow our members to win tickets, jerseys, to meet players but also to enjoy Julien’s coaching”. Without forgetting to become a shareholder of a club. Masculine for this first collection, feminine the next, and handibasket the following year. The team behind CourtSideClub sees far and seems to have a long arm. You don’t need to know everything about the orange ball to know that it helps to score baskets.