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Los Angeles Clippers to play exhibition game in Honolulu

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Los Angeles Clippers new draft players Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, and Jerome Robinson are introduced as the newest Clippers guards at the Los Angeles Clippers Training Center in Los Angeles on Monday.

The Los Angeles Clippers will hold a second annual training camp in Honolulu and play the Sydney Kings of Australia in a Sept. 30 exhibition game at the Stan Sheriff Center, the teams announced today.

The training camp will run Sept. 24-30 at the University of Hawaii in partnership with the Hawaii Tourism Authority. The Clippers Hawai’i Classic will tipoff at 3:30 p.m. on the 30th.

Prime Ticket and FOX Sports San Diego will air the game.

“A week in Hawaii is the perfect way for the Clippers, our fans and our partners to start the season and it’s wonderful for the entire Clippers family to be able to make a difference in the local community while preparing for the season,” said Gillian Zucker, Clippers’ President of Business Operations, in a release.

“The Hawaiian Islands are a favorite destination for travelers from Southern California and Australia, so this matchup against the Sydney Kings gives us an opportunity to expand our reach to potential travelers in two of our key source markets,” said George D. Szigeti, president and CEO of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

The Kings play in the professional National Basketball League comprising Australia and New Zealand. Seven-foot center Andrew Bogut, an Australian native who spent 13 seasons in the NBA, is on the Kings roster.

Ticket sales information as well as full details of public and community events will be announced later this summer, the Clippers said.

This year, the Clippers plan to visit and make a technology-based donation to a local school and hold a special event teaching young fans the fundamentals of basketball, a statement said.

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