LeBron James highlights a list of NBA players who will participate in a Seattle pro-am league later today, according to NBA.com.
The league is called “The CrawsOver” in honor of founder Jamal Crawford, a Seattle native and longtime NBA player. Announcing James’ participation on Twitter, Crawford promises it will be “a day like we’ve never seen.”
“A lot of kids in this area especially have only seen their favorite players whether it be on TV or on video games,” Crawford said on ESPN’s “NBA Today” (Twitter link). “To see their favorite players right there in person, to reach out and touch them. And they may have interaction with you. If you’re a kid working to get better and to dream about being on that level, that makes your dreams more realistic.”
Crawford added that he asks the area kids which NBA players they would like to see and he tries to get them to attend.
James also tweeted about the event, noting that it’s his first game in Seattle in more than 15 years. He was the featured attraction last month in the pro-am Drew League in Los Angeles, which marked his first public game since the NBA season ended.
Established stars such as Jayson Tatum, Dejounte Murray, Isaiah Thomas and Aaron Gordon are also scheduled to play today, along with first-round picks Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Tari Eason and MarJon Beauchamp. There could be an opportunity for Murray and Banchero to renew their rivalry that began with an incident at Thomas’ pro-am game two weeks ago.
Fans can watch the game live on both the NBA app and NBA.com. It’s scheduled to tip off at 8:30 PM Eastern Time.
BRON BRON only agreed to play after being able to select all of his old former has been friends
Right….
I can’t really think of anything bad to say about LeBron here, but I am sure he did something superbad,
you could take his tweet as a dig that seattle hasn’t had an nba team for 15+ years.
The leauge is playing stadium footsie is what this Pro Am amounts to. The Seattle Thunder has a nice ring to it.