Washington Wizards' forward, Caron Butler held his annual High School Basketball Classic last evening at Coolidge High.
Teams from Roosevelt Senior High School, Dematha Catholic School, Montrose Christian School, and Coolidge Senior High School not only battled to take home the winning trophy, and bragging rights, but also used the event to help raise funds for their school's athletic departments through ticket sales.
Dematha defeated Coolidge, 71-59 while Montrose won over Roosevelt, 63-47.
Butler collaborated this year with Bread for the City by holding a canned food drive. Attendees who came to the event with canned good items received a certificate for tickets to a future Wizards game.
The event was sponsored by DTLR.
Butler also held his annual bike giveaway today at the Verizon Center, part of the Wizards Care and the Wizards' 12 Days of Holiday Cheer. (See last year's event)
The Wizards are at home tonight facing off with the Boston Celtics who are on an 8-0 win streak. Game time 8pm. **Update** Wizards lose to Boston 106-104.
The Wizards will honor Abe Pollin by wearing an 'ABE' patch on their jerseys for the remainder of the 2009-2010 season.
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Washinton-Boston Ties
Caron Butler and Celtics guard Eddie House were teammates in Miami during Butler's rookie season in 2002-03; Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace was selected 4th overall by the Washington Bullets in the 1995 NBA Draft; Wizards guard Randy Foye was traded by Boston, who selected him with the 7th overall pick, to Portland on draft night in 2006; Antawn Jamison and Celtics guard Marquis Daniels were teammates in Dallas in 2003-04; Wizards Head Coach Flip Saunders coached Celtics forward Kevin Garnett in Minnesota from 1995-2005, and Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace in Detroit from 2005-2008; Wizards assistant coach, Sam Cassell, was a member of the 2007-08 NBA Champion Boston Celtics squad, he played in 17 games for the Celtics during that season, averaging 7.6 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.8 rebounds per game; Sam Cassell and Celtics forward Kevin Garnett were teammates in Minnesota from 2003-2005; Wizards assistant coach Randy Wittman (22nd pick) and Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers (31st pick) were both drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1983 NBA Draft where they played five seasons together.
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