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Jose Bautista will be Drake's assistant coach for the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista watches during batting practice before Game 1 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya/AP)
By Gemma Kaneko

This year's NBA All-Star Weekend will be held in Toronto (from Feb. 13-14), which means that this year's All-Star Celebrity Game roster is looking particularly Canadian. Drake will coach one team, but he'll be going up against four-time Celebrity Game MVP winner Kevin Hart, and he won't have Mo'ne Davis to help him.
Plus, Hart has Chauncey Billups, Muggsy Bogues and WNBA star Elena Delle Donne on his team, as well as Michael Jordan. OK, Michael B. Jordan, but names have power! That's a stacked roster. How can Drake compete?
Answer: Get Jose Bautista involved. He'll be one of Drake's assistant coaches, along with Steve Nash. Presumably Joey Bats will lead the rest of the team, which includes Win Butler (of Arcade Fire), former Sugar Land Skeeter Tracy McGrady, Rick Fox and the WNBA's Natalie Achonwa, in a post-game victory celebration: 

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