“I don’t expect to get a community award because I do …

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The NBA and the NBPA Foundation will donate $20,000 to the Edrice Adebayo Foundation in honor of his efforts. The award is named after late Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, a former NBA star who was an NBA league office executive and NBA Cares ambassador for more than 30 years. “I don’t expect to get a community award because I do it out of love, passion and understanding of where I come from,” Adebayo, 28, told Andscape. “A lot of kids don’t have an opportunity to see somebody in the NBA playing at a high level, being successful and coming from their type of situation. Giving back has always been part of me. “Obviously, it’s a good thing to get recognized. But I never did it for the attention. I did it for the love and the passion for the people.”

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