Program Description: Come to the JCC on Sunday August 20th from 2:00pm-4:00pm for a meet & greet with our newest Basketball Instructor, former Power Forward for the NC State Wolfpack and professional player in Israel, Richard Howell.
Born in Brooklyn New York but Raised in Atlanta Georgia former professional basketball player Richard Howell has been playing organized basketball since 9 years old. Graduating from power house Wheeler High School and from there continuing his career at North Carolina State University.
After 4 amazing years, Richard started his professional basketball career with the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trailblazers before taking his talents to Asia, Italy, France, Dominican Republic and then settling in Israel for the last 7 seasons gaining Israeli citizenship and representing the Israeli national team. Richard won the championship with Hapoel Jerusalem then competed in the euro basketball with Israel against Germany, Poland and Italy; battling NBA and top European players around the world.
Richard is excited to be a part of our JCC and to meet our amazing community and promoting his upcoming basketball clinic at the JCC in October.
The day will be filled with hoops, music, snacks and maybe a few surprises!
We hope to see you at this FREE event for the community!
