Former NBA star in town this week

A Richmond Best Buy store is hosting a meet-and-greet event with former NBA player Gary Payton this weekend

Former basketball player Payton will be with mixed-media designer Will Selviz at Lansdowne’s Best Buy store for an NBA Creators event on Mar 18 between 2 and 3 p m

The event will be broadcast live at 30 Best Buy stores across Canada where Payton will sign autographs for fans while Selviz will be doing a live digital design session on-site

Payton is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle Supersonics and is considered one of the greatest point guards of all time

Selviz is an Afro-Caribbean multidisciplinary designer specializing in immersive media technologies such as 3D animation, virtual reality, aug- mented reality and 360 videos

“By bringing NBA superstars and digital artists, like Gary Payton and Will Selviz together, it aims to draw all Canadian fans and artists into the digital content space and encourage them to explore the possibilities of technology in bringing ideas and stories to life,” reads a Best Buy media release

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