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<\/p>\nMontrealer and NBA champion Luguentz Dort is coming to Montreal next week\u00a0\u2014 and his stay will include a championship parade in his old neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
Earlier this summer, Dort’s Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in a seven-game series to claim the Larry O’Brien Trophy.<\/p>\n
Next Wednesday, On Aug. 20, Dort is expected to take part in a ceremony at 4 p.m. at city hall with Montreal Mayor Val\u00e9rie Plante\u00a0to celebrate his accomplishments, as well as his commitment to the city’s youth.<\/p>\n
He’ll sign the city’s registrar, commonly referred to in French as the Livre d’or. According to a spokesperson for Dort, that ceremony will gather about 200 people from the city’s sports community.<\/p>\n
The following day, Dort will take part in a parade in Montr\u00e9al-Nord, the borough where he grew up.<\/p>\n
“I feel like they deserve that because they’ve been supporting me all season,” he told CBC’s Daybreak, in an interview last month.<\/p>\n
In the finals, Dort faced off against friend Bennedict Mathurin, who is also from Montr\u00e9al-Nord.<\/p>\n
Their\u00a0NBA Finals showdown was a major source of pride \u2014 for Canadians, Quebecers, Montrealers and people in their home borough.<\/p>\n
The area is also home to a large number of Haitian-Montrealers. Both Dort and Mathurin are of Haitian descent.<\/p>\n
The news releases about next week’s event did not specify\u00a0the exact location of the parade.<\/p>\n
Dort’s championship was a crowning achievement in a journey that included being snubbed on draft night in 2019.<\/p>\n
“It’s always a motivation every time I face a team that had the chance to draft me. But at the same time, it shaped me as a player and helped me, you know, get to where I am today.”<\/p>\n
After the parade, the Montrealer will hold the fifth edition of his basketball camp, Camp \u00c9lite.<\/p>\n
It’s a two-day event, to be held on Friday and Saturday, that features dozens of basketball players from the province.<\/p>\n
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