WGAG Participants

This will be our final post of expected participants for the Fourth Annual World's Greatest Alumni Game. We have a few athletes who are tentatively scheduled to appear, but this list reflects those who as of today are expected: Jerry Stackhouse, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood, Jeff McInnis, George Lynch, Rashad McCants, Sean May, Marvin Williams, Raymond Felton, Dahntay Jones, Rodney Rogers, Darrell Armstrong, Chris Paul, JR Smith, Josh Howrd, Marquis Daniels, Daniel Ewing, Ronald Murray, Derrick Phelps, Brian Reese, Donald Williams, Rusty LaRue, Chris Carrawell, Rasheed Wallace, Joseph Forte, Chucky Brown, Tony Cummings, Robert Doggette, Tony Moore, Phil Ford, Phil Spence, Jimmy Black, Gene Banks, Tracey Williams, Chickee Yonakor, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith, and King Rice. Several other former athletes, including Melvin Scott, Jackie Manuel, JR Reid, Al Wood, Pat Sullivan, Ranzino Smith, Ed Geth, Curtis Hunter, and Jason Capel will also be in attendance. We look forward to a fun week-end as all of these participants, and all of you, join us as we team up to help others. Thank you for your support!

From the Charlotte Bobcat's official site: Felton And May To Take UNC Court Again

Charlotte Bobcats Website

Sometimes you just can't stay away.

A little under five months since winning the 2005 National Championship with the North Carolina Tar Heels, Bobcats rookies Raymond Felton and Sean May will be taking to the court at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill on August 27 for the fourth-annual World's Greatest Alumni Game.

The fifth (Felton) and 13th (May) overall selections of the 2005 NBA Draft will be part of the CarolinaPros All-Stars squad that will take on the ACC Pros All-Stars on at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2005 in their old stomping grounds.

The game will be hosted by North Carolina alumns Jerry Stackhouse (Dallas Mavericks) and Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards), with proceeds going to the American Diabetes Foundation.

Past participants have included current and former NBA players such as Stackhouse, Jamison, Rasheed Wallace (Detroit Pistons) Vince Carter (New Jersey Nets), George Lynch (New Orleans Hornets) and Brendan Haywood (Washington Wizards). Some members of this year's ACC Pros All-Stars include Josh Howard (Dallas Mavericks/Wake Forest), Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornest/Wake Forest), Daniel Ewing (Los Angeles Clippers/Duke) and Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic).

CarolinaPros, Inc. has a weekend of activity planned, starting on Friday, August 26 with a bowling tournament and a Las Vegas style casino night. Saturday, August 27 will be action packed as well, with Feed the Children, the Fan Appreciation Extravaganza, the World's Greatest Alumni Game and the Official CarolinaPros After Party all taking place. The weeked will wrap up on Sunday, August 28 with a morning worship service.

Participant Updates

The 2005 WGAG roster of participants will be posted on Monday, August 22nd....

Player Update

Duke's Chris Duhon will not be able to participate in the Fourth Annual WGAG. He is a past participant and we will miss him this year.

Game Updates

Pat Sullivan, member of UNC's 1993 NCAA Championship team, the 2004 NBA Championship Detroit Pistons staff, and new assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets, will join a couple of former Tar Heels at the WGAG....

JR Smith, drafted from high school and with the New Orleans Hornets, will also participate. JR joins George Lynch and Chris Paul as members of the Hornets team, and this will be his first appearance in the WGAG!

COMING SOON...

The King Rice Basketball Improvement Academy, to the Triangle. King, co-founder of CarolinaPros, brings 8 years of coaching and 5 years of individual workout experience to the Academy.

Fan Appreciation Club

Given the interest in attending the fan appreciation extravaganza, we have extended the number of fan appreciation club members that can register and participate in that event by an additional 50 members. Absolutely no more will be added once that number has been reached. This rare opportunity to "meet and greet" our participating athletes will be enjoyable for those basketball fans who have followed UNC and other ACC athletes over the years, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Player Updates

Duke's Chris Carrawell and UNC's George Lynch of the NBA's New Orleans Hornets will help us TEAM UP TO HELP OTHERS at this year's events!

WGAG PLAYER UPDATES

Added to the roster of talent for the ACC Pros All Stars are: Dwight Howard, 2004 #1 NBA draft pick, of the Orlando Magic, and Duke's Daniel Ewing, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers.