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            <p>Ozen High School graduate and NBA veteran Kendrick Perkins will hold a school supply and uniform clothing distribution Thursday noon at the Port Arthur YMCA parking lot.</p>

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            <p>Perkins is a 13-year NBA veteran who was drafted out of Ozen in the first round, 27th overall, by the Memphis Grizzlies. He was immediately traded to the Boston Celtics, along with Marcus Banks. Perkins was on the Celtics' 2007-08 NBA championship team.</p>

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            <p>He boasts a career scoring average of 5.4 points and 5.8 rebounds in 781 regular season games.</p>

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