San Antonio Spurs forward\u00a0Keldon Johnson is bringing his Thanksgiving tradition back to the Alamo City.<\/p>\n
Johnson, the reigning\u00a0NBA Sixth Man of the Year, will host a Thanksgiving drive in San Antonio on Nov. 21 through his KJ Kares foundation. The event continues his efforts to support local families during the holiday season.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving back to the city that has given\u00a0Keldon so much has always been close to his heart,\u201d KJ Kares said in an Instagram post announcing the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to come together this Thanksgiving season to support local families and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The location, time and information for families interested in attending have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n
KJ\u00a0Kares is also seeking sponsors and community partners for the drive. The organization said it has heard from potential partners and plans to share more information about sponsorships and partnerships soon.<\/p>\n
Those interested in becoming sponsors or community partners can contact KJ\u00a0Kares through its social media account and include an email address or other contact information.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore details coming soon,\u201d the organization said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to bring this one home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnson is coming off a standout season. He was named the 2025-26\u00a0Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year after averaging 13.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in all 82 regular-season games, all off the bench. He also set a Spurs single-season record with 1,081 points as a reserve.<\/p>\n
Johnson is the second Spurs player to win the award, joining\u00a0Manu Ginobili, who received it in 2007-08.<\/p>\n
The Spurs selected Johnson with the 29th overall pick in the 2019\u00a0NBA Draft. He has spent his entire NBA career with San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs forward\u00a0Keldon Johnson is bringing his Thanksgiving tradition back to the Alamo City. Johnson, the reigning\u00a0NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-459279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}