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Hope to see you all at the Hoops 206 Charity game /Sonics rally  today!

H206 Charity Basketball Classic Tomorrow

The NBA (sort of) returns to Key Arena tomorrow with the H206 Charity Basketball Classic, featuring well-know basketball players with roots in the Pacific Northwest.

From the press release:

The A PLUS Youth Program presents the H206 Charity Basketball Classic, a state-wide public celebration showcasing the contribution of basketball to the Pacific Northwest. The game will be held at KeyArena on July 23, 2011, at 2 pm, and will feature current professional basketball players and Seattle legends. Tickets go on sale today at 10 am at Ticketmaster.com, and range from $15 to $150. Discount tickets will also be available at the Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club in Seattle.

Players scheduled to appear include Brandon Roy, Jamal Crawford, Aaron Brooks, Spencer Hawes, Will Conroy, Isaiah Thomas, Martell Webster, Avery Bradley, Brian Scalabrine, Marvin Williams and Michael Dickerson. According to the Sonicsgate Facebook page, tickets are heavily discounted (2 for 1!) and even free for kids if you pick up tickets at the Rainer Vista Boys and Girls Club tomorrow.

Chunkstyle and I will be there and hopefully will have some pics to share on Monday.

For more info and tickets, go to the official H206 page.

Perspective

I'm finishing up Blaine Johnson's great What's Happening'? right now, but before giving you a full-fledged review here's an amazing paragraph from page 125:

“I’m struck again by the comments of the longtime veterans and coaches who span what apparently was a very different era in pro basketball. The league has been diluted by expansion, players are making incredible salaries, many of them guaranteed before he ever plays a pro game. Almost all the arenas are new and shiny, the travel is … first class. … Pro basketball is drawing unprecedented attendance and TV ratings.”

Johnson wrote those words in 1977.