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Don't dodge this: Deron Williams dishes on his charity event and the coming Mavericks' season

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Mavericks guard Deron Williams, shown here driving against Russell Westbrook last season, will have a celebrity dodgeball tournament on Sept. 10. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)

Deron Williams is a golf fanatic. But when it came time for him to have a charity fundraiser, he didn't choose his passion.

There are more good-will golf tournaments than you can shake a 9-iron at.

That's why Williams chose to have a celebrity dodgeball tournament to raise money for his Point Of Hope charity, which supports autism awareness. The cause hits close to home as one of Williams' children, D.