For the last four years, Baptiste Couturiaux and Thibault Leroy have been two of the three managers running the Hornets France (@HornetsFR) Twitter account, a platform that shares daily Charlotte Hornets-related content in their native French tongue. They communicate with each other daily, talking about everything from recent games, to roster moves and statistics.
Oddly enough, despite their shared passion for an NBA team located an ocean away, Baptiste (who lives in the northern city of Lille, France) and Thibault (based in Toulouse, which is much further south) have yet to meet in person. But come this Friday, the two friends will be face to face in real life for the first time ever in Paris.