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Play For Japan - Celebrity Basketball Charity Event
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Play for Japan announces today that it will host a day of basketball festivities on Saturday, August 6, 2011 with all of the proceeds going to help the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
"Play for Japan" will be an all-day charity basketball event held at West Los Angeles College beginning at 12:00pm. The day will begin with a coaches clinic from 12:00pm to 1:30pm that will include special guests Reggie Theus, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Rasheed Hazzard, assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. A kids skills clinic will follow from 2:00pm to 5:00pm for boys and girls ages 6 to 14 years old.
The day will be highlighted with a celebrity basketball game that starts at 5:30pm, which will feature a team of outstanding Japanese-American players against current and former athletes from the NBA, WNBA, and overseas professional leagues. Some of the professionals in the line-up are Jeremy Tyler (Golden State Warriors), Lamond Murray (Los Angeles Clippers, CAL), Toby Bailey (Phoenix Suns, UCLA), Earl Watson (Utah Jazz, UCLA), Michelle Greco (Seattle Storm, UCLA), Jordan Hamilton (Denver Nuggets, University of Texas), Darin Maki (Saitama Broncos, CSU Dominguez Hills), and Natalie Nakase (San Diego Siege, UCLA).
During the halftime show of the celebrity game, there will be special performances by "We Are Heroes" of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew and DJ Phatal. Players will be available for a meet and greet following the game.
General Admission to the celebrity basketball game is $10 per person. Coaches clinic costs $40 each and kids clinic is $35 each.
Ticket reservations can be made by emailing playforjapan11@gmail.com
Donations can be made online at www.play4japan.org.
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