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Champion Robert Horry is set to visit India from September 9 to 16 to promote NBA 3Xpresented by Sprite. Horry is the 21st NBA or WNBA player or legend to have traveled to India
To Visit
Delhi and Bangalore -
Chandigarh,
September 6, 2012: Seven-time National Basketball Association (NBA)Champion Robert Horry is set to visit India from September 9 to 16 to promote NBA 3Xpresented by Sprite. Horry is the 21st NBA or WNBA player or legend to have traveled to India
as part of the
league’s commitment to grow basketball in the country.
Horry, who
played 16 seasons in the NBA for four teams, will be in Delhi to tip off the
event on
September
15-16.
In addition,
the man whose seven championships rank as the most of any player not to have
played on the
legendary 1960’s Boston Celtics side, begins his India trip in Bangalore where
he
will attend
the Mahindra NBA Challenge Finals to be held on September 9.
Horry will
then head to Delhi for the opening leg of NBA 3X presented by Sprite which will
take place at
the Great India Place Mall. Horry will conduct clinics, interact with fans, and
sign
autographs.
NBA 3X
presented by Sprite will also visit Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai and features
the
largest 3-on-3
basketball tournament ever staged in India with 400 teams expected to
participate;
performances
from top musical artists or well-known DJ’s each day; and a variety of on and
off
the court
activities for fans.
While in
Delhi, Horry will conduct an NBA Cares event with Love in Action -- a
Delhi-based
NGO which uses
the sport of basketball to provide life-skills education to children from
slums.
The 6ft 10in
former forward who won NBA titles with Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers
and San
Antonio Spurs, making him one of only two players to have won NBA championships
with three
different teams, is also scheduled to undertake a tour of the Indian capital as
well as
visit Kingdom
of Dreams.
NBA 3X
presented by Sprite is being supported by adidas, HP, Spalding and the
Basketball
Federation of
India (BFI). Sprite will send two participants from the national champion team
in
the 18-23
division to NBA All-Star 2013. These two participants may get a chance to be
part of
the global
pool of players from which NBA All-Stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James will
select
to be part of
the Sprite Team Sudden and Team Intense competition during NBA-All Star 2013.
In addition,
the first Sprite Basket Blast 2012 will take place in select cinemas across
select cities
in India from
September through October. Fans can purchase a Sprite Combo at participating
cinemas to
enter a lucky draw to get a chance to travel to NBA All-Star 2013. Four Winners
will be
selected and win trips to All-Star.
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