The NBA today announced Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey as the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for the offseason.\u00a0 Maxey is being recognized for his efforts in supporting youth in Philadelphia and his hometown of Dallas through the Tyrese Maxey Foundation.\u00a0 Maxey will receive the Bob Lanier trophy, and the NBA will donate $10,000 to the Tyrese Maxey Foundation.<\/p>\n
Over the summer, Maxey and his foundation launched the inaugural Tyrese Maxey Foundation Friends and Family Weekend in Philadelphia.\u00a0 As part of the weekend, Maxey invited youth ages 7-12, to participate in his 1% Better Skills Camp \u2013 a free basketball camp that included skills training, giveaways and lunch with Maxey and coaches from the camp.\u00a0 Maxey also hosted another family focused basketball camp in Dallas the following weekend, which included a free golf clinic for youth in the area.\u00a0 In total, Maxey hosted over 700 youth between the two events.<\/p>\n
During Friends and Family Weekend, Maxey announced two scholarships \u2013 one for a college student and another for a community partner \u2013 reflecting the event\u2019s mission to provide students with the support needed to pursue their academic endeavors.\u00a0 He also committed to donating $1 million to Philadelphia-based youth organizations, solidifying his deep connection to giving back to the city he\u2019s played in since joining the NBA in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such an honor to receive the NBA Cares Community Assist Award for the offseason.\u00a0 I\u2019m grateful to even be in a position to make a difference in the lives of Philadelphia- and Dallas-area youth,\u201d Maxey said.\u00a0 \u201cI believe in the power of education and sports to transform lives and am committed to supporting our youth as they pursue their dreams.\u00a0 Thank you to the NBA for this recognition, and to everyone who has supported the Tyrese Maxey Foundation along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is the second time Maxey has earned the Community Assist Award.\u00a0 In 2022, Maxey was named the November winner in recognition for his dedication to strengthening families and communities and supporting youth development.<\/p>\n
Maxey will be recognized in-arena as the NBA<\/a> Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner during the season opening Bucks-76ers game on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n The NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award honors Bob Lanier, an NBA League Office executive and NBA Cares Ambassador for more than 30 years.\u00a0 He had an enormous influence on the NBA family and young people globally, traveling the world to teach the values of the game and making a positive impact through his kindness and generosity.\u00a0 The legacy he built will continue to live on through the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award recognition, which honors the next generation of players\u2019 commitment to positively impacting their community throughout the NBA season.\u00a0 Over the course of each NBA season, there is an offseason winner followed by seven monthly award winners.\u00a0 The offseason winner receives the Bob Lanier trophy, and each monthly winner receives the David Robinson trophy.\u00a0 The NBA also makes a donation to the charity or foundation of the player\u2019s choice.\u00a0 To learn more, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/communityassist.nba.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the second time Maxey has earned the Community Assist Award.\u00a0 In 2022, Maxey was named the November winner in recognition for his dedication to strengthening families and communities and supporting youth development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":409289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-409288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-press-release-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GaGdUi5XEAAvhiD.jpeg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409288"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=409288"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=409288"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=409288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}