MR23 Foundation · Youth basketball

Empowering futures through sport.

We empower and uplift young people from underserved backgrounds through sport — free basketball camps that change the game on and off the court.

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Camps · New York Camps · Florida Camps · Louisiana Charity events · nationwide

The Mission

A shot for every kid.

Championing change

The MR23 Foundation runs free basketball camps in New York City, Florida, and Louisiana, plus charity events throughout the country. The work is simple and stubborn: real camps, at no cost, for young people who deserve a shot — building resilience, confidence, and a lasting legacy of opportunity for underserved youth.

States with camps

Free.

Every camp, every kid

All·in

Community first

Our Story

Meet Mitchell Robinson.

#23 · New York Knicks

1998Apr 1

Born in Pensacola, Florida.

First organized basketball at Pine Forest High in Pensacola — the start of a long road.

2014HS

A move, and a growth spurt.

Sophomore year takes him to New Orleans (Landry-Walker), then to Chalmette High in St. Bernard Parish — and a leap from 6'2" to 7'0".

2016Jr.

20.9 PPG · 13.6 RPG · 8.1 BPG.

Junior year at Chalmette. All-District, All-Metro, All-State.

2017Sr.

25.7 PPG · 12.6 RPG · 6.0 BPG.

Senior season. Naismith Trophy All-America Honorable Mention; MaxPreps All-America Honorable Mention.

2018Draft

New York Knicks

Drafted 36th overall.

Forgoes college eligibility to enter the 2018 NBA Draft. The Knicks call his name in the second round. As a rookie, he finishes 2nd in the NBA in blocks.

2019Rook

A 9-block game. A 19–21 night.

Sets a Knicks rookie record with 9 blocks; posts 19 points and 21 rebounds — the first Knicks rookie to do that since Willis Reed in 1965. Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

2020Record

Breaks Wilt Chamberlain's mark.

Sets a new NBA single-season field-goal-percentage record.

20268 yrs

Eight seasons a Knick. Now a Celtic.

Eight years protecting the rim in New York — then, in 2026, a new chapter: signed with the Boston Celtics. Same number, same mission: the MR23 Foundation keeps putting free basketball camps into the communities that raised him.

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