John Moore / Inspin.com

The "Homecoming Tour" is on - With the NBA's lockout negotiations gone to pits, four of the biggest names in Basketball will return home to host a set of exhibition games.

LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony will be leading the All-Star games with a matchup starting at LeBron's hometown of Akron, Ohio on Dec. 1, followed by a Dec. 4 game in New Orleans, a Dec. 7 game in Chicago and culminating with a Dec. 10 contest in East Rutherford, N.J.

The tour will benefit the charitable foundations of the four NBA star headliners. In addition, each game will have charitable aspects such as food drives and educational outreach programs.

"It'll be very neat," Wade told The Associated Press, "...first of all, this is something we talked about doing a long time ago as players. To have an opportunity to go to these different cities that we're from, to bring basketball to them at a high level and also have a charitable component in each city and to be with the guys, it'll be cool. It's something we're looking forward to."

The Tickets for the first three games go on sale Tuesday and for the East Rutherford game on sale Wednesday.

Events begin on Nov. 29 in New York with a court dedication and food drive, before the group moves to Akron for events the following day that include a Wheels for Education program -- something James is extensively involved with in an effort to help keep kids from dropping out of high school -- and a basketball clinic at the Boys & Girls Club bearing the two-time NBA MVP's name.

The Homecoming Tour is sponsored by Google Plus, who will stream each of the four games live.

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