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Rashard Lewis paying for kids to attend BIG3 games

Steve Mitchell / USA Today Sports

Children will be able to attend BIG3 games for free this summer thanks to Rashard Lewis.

The former NBA player, now playing for the 3 Headed Monsters in Ice Cube's three-on-three league, announced in a Huffington Post op-ed piece that he'll cover the ticket cost for every kid 13 and under who's accompanying a paying adult to a BIG3 game:

You need quality time with someone you can look up to – whether it's the mom, the dad, an uncle or cousin, an older brother. Whoever it is. It's family time. Quality family time that you can't replace. That kid whose dad or mom takes him to a game – they'll always remember that.

That's where the BIG3 comes in. I never went to an NBA game until... well, until I was already in the NBA. We couldn't afford it.

So wouldn't it be awesome if kids had the chance to go to BIG3 games this summer... for free? It would be their first experience watching professional basketball in person!

The BIG3 kicks off its inaugural season June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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