Once again Daryl Morey is doing something to bide his time before the season starts, and this time it’s table tennis. Daryl LOVES ping pong. With our Lottery Party history, the jokes just write themselves.
On September 20th, the second annual Serving Up Empowerment to benefit the Battier Take Charge Foundation will happen at SPIN in Philadelphia, from 2pm until 5pm. There are ping pong tournaments (including Daryl playing), that you’ll play in, and you get to eat and drink as much as you want (be responsible). You can get tickets here.
Shane Battier’s foundation is a good one, helping kids in under-served communities get educational opportunities they might not otherwise get. Shane’s doing great work in Camden, and I was able to meet some of the kids who are taking advantage of the program at last year’s event. Daryl and his wife Ellen are big supporters of the Battier Take Charge Foundation.
Speaking of last year’s event, Andre Drummond was there, so was Ricky Council, and Shane Battier. But the real star was watching Daryl sweat his ass off playing ping pong. He’s pretty good at it, but you watch him playing and you think “to get this good you must be playing it a lot” and then that takes you down a whole other road. I played one round of ping pong, and I lost because I’m a normal person who is not that good at it.
BUT STILL… it’s a good cause. I’ll be there, and I hope to see you there too. Again, tickets here.
- Spike