Bolt was invited to play in the Celebrity
Game, featuring a mixture of well-known people from all walks of life,
including some former NBA players at the showcase weekend from Feb.
15-17.
The world’s best basketballers have
little hope of catching him in a race up the court and now Jamaican
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is getting to ready to show them he
can jump as well when he appears at the NBA’s All-Star weekend in
Houston
“I’m very excited, you know,” Bolt said
after opening his track and field season with a low-key race in his
hometown of Kingston on Saturday.
“It’s something big and something good
for me, so I’m just going to go out there to try and enjoy myself, try
to dunk a few times.
“(I’m) not a good shooter, but hey.”
Bolt, who won three gold medals at each
of the last two Olympics and holds the world record for 100 and 200
metres, has all the physical attributes of an athlete who could make it
in several sports and his appearance in Houston is sure to attract
plenty of interest.
Not only does he run a like a
thoroughbred, he says his 6ft 5in (1.95 metre) frame allows him to leap
high enough to reach the basketball hoop.
“I can’t say I’m any good right now
because I stopped playing basketball and started to play football
(soccer) so I’m really rusty,” he said. “But one thing, I’m sure I can dunk.”
Asked if he was worried about getting injured during the game, he laughed off the notion, saying he was only playing for fun. “It won’t be anything aggressive,” he said.
“It’s just all guys who know nothing
(about basketball) or just play ball with their friends, so it should be
easy and just fun.”
Source: Punchng.com
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