{"id":2116,"date":"2016-10-06T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2016-10-05T23:18:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T23:18:36","slug":"lakers-basketball-pechanga-team-up-to-bring-hoops-for-troops-to-local-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakers-basketball-pechanga-team-up-to-bring-hoops-for-troops-to-local-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Basketball &#038; Pechanga Team Up to Bring &#8220;Hoops for Troops&#8221; to Local Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1615\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoopsForTroopsOntario-15_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1615 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoopsForTroopsOntario-15_sm-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"HoopsForTroopsOntario-15_sm\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoopsForTroopsOntario-15_sm-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoopsForTroopsOntario-15_sm.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoops for Troops 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES <\/strong>(Oct. 6, 2016) \u2013 U.S. military living and stationed in Southern California will be able to brush up on their basketball skills with the help of Los Angeles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/lakers\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers<\/a> before three of this year\u2019s preseason games. A special partnership between the Lakers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Pechanga.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino<\/a> created the \u201cHoops for Troops\u201d program in 2015. It\u2019s back this year and offers the chance for 50 U.S. Armed Forces servicemen and women to receive tips from former Lakers player Brian Cook on shooting, dribbling and other skills before the games at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego on Oct. 19 and at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Oct. 21. With their families able to watch the clinics from the stadium stands, military members in the one-hour clinics receive free t-shirts, tickets to that night\u2019s game, and amazing memories to last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lakers love to connect with our military. With these Hoops for Troops clinics we have replaced the traditional on-court recognition ceremony with something more active and engaging. We bring them down to the court to show them a little Lakers basketball, get them sweating and help them feel more connected to the team they cheer for while serving in Southern California and abroad.\u201d said Jason McDevitt, the Lakers Director of Community Relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deeply appreciate the tireless work of our military,\u201d said Patrick Murphy, President of the Pechanga Development Corporation. \u201cWe are honored to support them and their families. We want the clinics to be a way of showing them how many people care about them and value their dedication to protecting our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Military participants in the Lakers preseason \u201cHoops for Troops\u201d basketball clinics will compete in a few on-court challenges for some extra special opportunities. Two people in each clinic will win a spot to be the Honorary Team Captain and the Game Ball Delivery person. Military participants\u2019 children will be invited to be a part of the High Five Squad. High Five Squad kids get to give high fives and welcome the players onto the court before tip-off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (Oct. 6, 2016) \u2013 U.S. military living and stationed in Southern California will be able to brush up on their basketball skills with the help of Los Angeles Lakers before three of this year\u2019s preseason games. A special partnership between the Lakers and Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino created the \u201cHoops for Troops\u201d program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pechanga-resort-casino"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lakers Basketball &amp; Pechanga Team Up to Bring &quot;Hoops for Troops&quot; to Local Soldiers - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakers-basketball-pechanga-team-up-to-bring-hoops-for-troops-to-local-soldiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lakers Basketball &amp; Pechanga Team Up to Bring &quot;Hoops for Troops&quot; to Local Soldiers - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES (Oct. 6, 2016) \u2013 U.S. military living and stationed in Southern California will be able to brush up on their basketball skills with the help of Los Angeles Lakers before three of this year\u2019s preseason games. 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