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NBA All-star Events Tip-off Across Canada!

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Nov 13, 2015

Are you ready Canada? The NBA is bringing the excitement of All-Star to 14 Canadian cities in 10 provinces from November through February!

NBA Global Ambassador and Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo and former NBA players Muggsy Bogues and Ron Harper, among others, will interact with fans across the country as they participate in All-Star-themed events and basketball activities, including appearances by NBA mascots and NBA team dancers.

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NBA ALL-STAR TOUR DATES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LOCATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Nov. 19 to&nbsp;Sunday, Nov. 22</p></td><td><p>Winnipeg, MB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Nov. 19 <span>to</span> Sunday, Nov. 22</p></td><td><p>St. John's, NL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Nov. 26 <span>to</span> Sunday, Nov. 29</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Nov. 26 <span>to&nbsp;</span>Sunday, Nov. 29</p></td><td><p>Fredericton, NB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Dec. 3 <span>to</span> Sunday, Dec. 6</p></td><td><p>Regina, SK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Dec. 3 <span>to</span> Sunday, Dec. 6</p></td><td><p>Montreal, QC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 7 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 10</p></td><td><p>Calgary, AB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 7 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 10</p></td><td><p>Charlottetown, PEI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 14 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 17</p></td><td><p>Halifax, NS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 14 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 17</p></td><td><p>Windsor, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 21 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 24</p></td><td><p>Edmonton, AB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 21 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 24</p></td><td><p>Vancouver, BC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 28 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 31</p></td><td><p>Ottawa, ON</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Jan. 28 <span>to</span> Sunday, Jan. 31</p></td><td><p>Sherbrooke, QC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thursday, Feb. 4 <span>to</span> Sunday, Feb. 7</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

NBA All-Star Kidsfest

Interactive family-friendly events at local YMCA's featuring Jr. NBA clinics and NBA Cares activities such as dance classes led by NBA dancers, and a youth art program that invites the community to design a canvas that will be displayed during NBA All-Star 2016

Bell NBA All-Star Challenge

A cross-country initiative to identify and showcase the country's next generation of rising stars (ages 14+). The regional challenges will be held at local universities and tie into each school's basketball games.  The Challenge will invite Canada's top three-point shooters, skills challenge competitors and dunkers on an all-expenses paid trip to compete for a national title at NBA All-Star 2016 in Toronto! Click here for the official contest waiver.

Visit www.nba.com/allstarevents for more information and follow @NBACanada and #AreYouReadyCanada on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates!

NBA All-Star 2016 will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of basketball.  Toronto also hosted the first game in NBA history on Nov. 1, 1946 at Maple Leaf Gardens.  NBA All-Star 2016 in Toronto is the first NBA All-Star to be held outside of the United States.