--- title: Drake Accepts Ping Pong Challenge from NBA Hall of Famer description: Drake will go head-to-head with the Hall of Fame guard in a game of table tennis over the NBA's upcoming All-Star Weekend. canonical: https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T19:11:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:45.117Z og:title: Drake Accepted a Ping Pong Challenge from a NBA Hall of Famer og:description: The matchup will take place during NBA All-Star Weekend og:url: https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Accepted a Ping Pong Challenge from a NBA Hall of Famer twitter:description: The matchup will take place during NBA All-Star Weekend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drake Accepted a Ping Pong Challenge from a NBA Hall of Famer > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=5bb50592-087f-487a-b91b-e6650c2c778b&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 5, 2016 7:11 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 5, 2016 7:11 PM UTC Fans who follow [Drake](http://time.com/4180941/drake-hotline-bling-bob-dylan-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/) on social media know that he has a huge passion for basketball. The 29-year-old rapper often Instagrams photos of himself at both [NBA](http://time.com/4202967/lakers-sign-make-a-wish-recipient-with-cancer-to-contract/) and college-level matchups and tweets in support of his favorite teams. But while he loves to watch the game of hoops, [playing is arguably not his greatest talent](https://vine.co/v/Obun3aLBKjw). However, there is a sport that Drake actually does excel at, and that is [ping pong](http://time.com/4189722/scott-kelly-astronaut-space-ping-pong-video/). Now, thanks to a tweet from Reggie Miller, the 6 God will have a chance to combine his two pastimes. He will go head-to-head with the Hall of Fame guard in a game of table tennis over the NBA’s upcoming All-Star Weekend (Feb. 12-14). Miller issued the challenge on Thursday. “Working on my NBA All-Star plans and my peeps say [@Drake](https://twitter.com/Drake) is a master ping pong player, maybe he’s up for a match,” he tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/ReggieMillerTNT/status/695292649880870912) **Read More:** [Watch Drake Make Some Changes to ‘Hotline Bling’ in T-Mobile’s Super Bowl Ad](http://time.com/4204129/drake-hotline-bling-t-mobile-super-bowl-commercial/) Drake, who will also [coach the Celebrity game](http://www.nba.com/2016/news/as.celebrity.game/01/14/2016-all-star-celebrity-game-coaches-official-release/) that weekend, was quick to accept. > [](https://twitter.com/Drake/status/695383458827227141) > [](https://twitter.com/ReggieMillerTNT/status/695656155134226432) Luckily for Drizzy, the three-day basketball exhibition is set to take place in Toronto, giving him the hometown advantage. Miller will obviously have to be on the lookout for any funny business. > [](https://twitter.com/Raptors/status/695395712381505537) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/"},"headline":"Drake Accepted a Ping Pong Challenge from a NBA Hall of Famer","datePublished":"2016-02-05T19:11:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:45.117Z","description":"The matchup will take place during NBA All-Star Weekend","url":"https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Athletes","celebrities","Rappers","Drake","NBA"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4209732/drake-nba-hall-of-famer-reggie-miller-ping-pong-challenge/","name":"Drake Accepted a Ping Pong Challenge from a NBA Hall of Famer"}}]}] ```