PHILADELPHIA - Former La Salle standout Rodney Green has agreed to play for the Philly team in The Basketball Alumni Legends League (The-BALL) Showcase on August 5 at Hagan Arena on the campus of Saint Joseph's University. The-BALL is a new summer-time professional basketball league for college basketball fans set to debut in 2013. The Philadelphia squad, comprised of recent alumni from fellow City 6 schools, will take on the Washington, D.C. team, which is composed of alumni from Georgetown, George Mason, George Washington and Maryland. 

The game will tip-off at 8 PM and will be televised on Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Washington, D.C., and other East Coast markets. The two teams will also meet on August 4 at the Smith Center on the campus of George Washington University.

Tickets start as low as $15 and can be purchased by visiting http://the-ball.com/tickets/. 

The new league is designed to feature former college standouts from the local universities,giving the teams instant star power and a built-in fan base. The-BALL will run from June to August filling a void for basketball fans and giving top players a high-quality professional hoops alternative during their off-season break from the NBA D-League or international competition.

The-BALL is for those players that haven't landed in the NBA but still have a loyal following in the cities where they made a name for themselves while playing at the collegiate level.

Green, a three-time All-Big 5 selection and two-time All-Atlantic 10 pick, scored 1,914 points in his career to rank ninth all-time at La Salle. He was also ninth all-time in assists at LU with 390 and joined Donnie Carr as the only Explorers to rank in the top 10 in both categories. 

The Philadelphia product also joined Lionel Simmons as the only Explorers with at least 600 rebounds and 300 assists. Only six other players in Big 5 history can boast those statistics.

Since graduating in 2010, Green has played professionally in Israel and the Ukraine. This past season, he averaged 16.9 ppg. and 5.0 rpg. for Mykolaiv in the Ukraine. 

He will be joined on the-BALL's Philadelphia team by Villanova's Allan Ray and Curtis Sumpter, Saint Joseph's Pat Carroll, Dwayne Jones and Tasheed Carr, Temple's Ryan Brooks, Dionte Christmas, Ramone Moore, Dustin Salisbery and Mark Tyndale, and Drexel's Frank Elegar. 

For more information on The-BALL, visit www.the-ball.com or follow the league on Facebook (www.facebook.com/theBALLhoops) or Twitter (@theBALLhoops).