Seven NBA stars to donate US$1,000 per point
NEW YORK: Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O’Neal and four other NBA players have promised to donate US$1,000 for every point they score in a game later this week to help victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami.
Bob Sura of the Houston Rockets, Jalen Rose of the Toronto Raptors, and Spanish star Pau Gasol and Mike Miller of the Memphis Grizzlies also are taking part in the US$1,000-per-point donations, which will be made to Unicef.
“I first talked about it with Jermaine and Tracy right before New Year’s. We talked about different ideas, and that’s how it started,'' said agent Arn Tellem, who said he will match the highest donation made by any of the players.
On Tuesday, the Washington Wizards sold “Tsunami Relief Bands” for a minimum donation of US$2, with all proceeds going to Unicef. The Wizards wore the wristbands during their game against the New Jersey Nets.
Bryant, McGrady, Miller, Sura, Rose and Gasol will base the size of their donations on the number of points they score in tomorrow’s games, and O’Neal will donate US$1,000 for each point they score today.
Tellem said the programme, called “Shoot-a-Thon”, hopes to raise about US$250,000.
The seven players who have pledged donations are all represented by Tellem’s agency, SFX.
“I think when more players find out about it, they’ll get involved,” Rose said. “Sometimes you hear a lot of horror stories about relief funds not getting to designated party, but in this case Unicef will make certain that won’t happen.” – AP
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