No Summer Break in NBDL Cities
Published on July 10, 2003 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
GREENVILLE, S.C. (July 10, 2003) â With the start of the National Basketball Development League's third season still months away, NBDL front office staffs, coaches and some players are proving there is no off-season as it relates to being a good neighbor. As just the tip of the iceberg alone, the Dazzle is assisting with blood drives in Roanoke and the Riverdragons with a Special Olympics Sock-Hop in Columbus. In Huntsville, the Flight staff will assist with the grand opening of children's advocacy center and the Lowgators will volunteer time at a Goodwill Store outside North Charleston. Fayetteville celebrated a special Independence Day with true Patriots and their neighbors at Fort Bragg, while Asheville will assist in a benefit concert for a local citizen in need of a helping hand.
In all, NBDL teams have 34 community involvement appearances scheduled during the month of July and the league's Read To Achieve initiative hasn't slowed with school's summer break either. Riverdragons' point guard Sean Peterson is hosting Reading Time-outs at libraries in Columbus, while the Patriots have at least four Reading Time-outs scheduled at Fayetteville area libraries.
"We have maintained all along that we want to be engrained in our communities," NBDL President Phil Evans said. "I am proud of the continued efforts of our team staffs to make community involvement a priority."
Lara Mae Divina, community relations coordinator for the NBDL, said that NBDL teams conducted 105 Reading Time-outs, read to almost 24,000 children and distributed just over 13,000 books free of charge to children in NBDL markets during the 2002-03 season.
The NBDL, the NBA's minor league, includes the Fayetteville Patriots (N.C.), North Charleston Lowgators (S.C.), Huntsville Flight (Ala.), Roanoke Dazzle (Va.), Columbus Riverdragons (Ga.), and Asheville Altitude (N.C.).
The league offers players the opportunity to develop their talent in a highly competitive atmosphere under the NBA's umbrella. NBDL players have been called up to the NBA 22 times, along with three coaches and three game officials, since the start of the league's inaugural season in November 2001.
Designed to help grow the sport of basketball both domestically and internationally, the NBDL serves as a source of on-court talent for the NBA's 29 teams and as a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public and community relations, sales and marketing positions.
For more information on the NBDL, visit www.nbdl.com.
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