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 TOP 100 ATHLETES SELECTED FOR BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS AFRICA |
| The next Mutombo, Diop, Sene, Olajuwon from 28 countries across Africa to showcase skills at AISJ. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — AUGUST 10, 2006 — The National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Basketball South Africa (BSA) today announced the 100 top basketball players selected for Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa, a basketball instructional camp for young people that also promotes friendship, healthy living and education. Led by Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo (Congo) and two-time reigning NBA MVP Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash, the camp features current and former NBA players and team personnel as camp coaches, and uniquely incorporates community outreach activities and educational seminars addressing prevalent issues in today’s society such as HIV/AIDS education and prevention. The young players (ages 19 & under) from 28 countries across the continent were selected by FIBA and the NBA, based on their basketball skills, leadership abilities and dedication to the sport. Basketball without Borders Africa, scheduled to take place September 6-10, will once again return to the American International School of Johannesburg, the event’s host since 2003. Co-organized by the NBA, FIBA, and BSA, the camp features Reebok, South African Airways, Sprite and Spalding as BWB Marketing Partners. South African Airways will help fly the 100 players from all over Africa to the camp. Sprite will provide refreshments for camp participants, players, coaches and media. Reebok will provide on-court apparel, footwear, sports bags and towels for all campers. The inaugural Basketball without Borders took place in Europe in July 2001. Since then, Basketball without Borders has expanded its reach to four continents. In addition to Africa, Basketball without Borders Asia took place in Shanghai, China June 8-11. In its sixth year, Basketball without Borders Europe took place June 29-July 3 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The third annual Basketball without Borders Americas headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico July 17-20. Since its inaugural year in 2001, Basketball without Borders has expanded its reach to eight countries and territories on four separate continents and featured more than 160 NBA players, coaches and team personnel from 30 different teams as camp coaches for nearly 1000 young athletes from 100 different countries and territories. In addition, the program has reached countless others through its community relations outreach efforts in each region. The NBA family and the campers have traveled more than 100 million miles and logged more than one million hours of community service participating in Basketball without Borders. Three former Basketball without Borders campers are now part of NBA teams. Senegal native Mouhamed Sene, the Seattle SuperSonics 10th overall pick from the 2006 NBA Draft, participated in the 2004 Africa camp and is the first BWB Africa camper to be drafted. The first BWB participant ever to be drafted was Lithuanian Martynas Andriuskevicius, who was chosen in the second round of the 2005 draft by Cleveland. This year’s No. 1 draft pick by the Toronto Raptors, Andrea Bargnani, was a participant of BWB Europe in 2003 along with Andriuskevicius. Joining Nash and Mutombo, who has led the camp since it was first staged in Johannesburg in 2003 as Africa 100, will be former NBA player Manute Bol, NBA community Ambassador Jerome Williams, Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Phoenix Suns teammates guard Raja Bell and guard Boris Diaw, New Orleans/OKC Hornets forward Rasual Butler, San Antonio Spurs forward Bruce Bowen, Dallas Mavericks center DeSagana Diop (Senegal), Chicago Bulls teammates Luol Deng (Sudan) and Chris Duhon, Philadelphia 76ers forward Kyle Korver, Charlotte Bobcats forward-center Emeka Okafor, and Los Angeles Lakers teammates forward Luke Walton, forward Ronny Turiaf, forward Vladimir Radmanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) and forward-guard Jim Jackson. This will mark a special homecoming for Nash, who was born in South Africa and raised in Canada. Other NBA participants include Randy Ayers (Orlando Magic), Mike Brown (Cleveland Cavaliers), Bill Branch (Denver Nuggets), Mario Elie (Golden State Warriors), Harold Ellis (Atlanta Hawks), Alex English (Toronto Raptors), B.J. Johnson (Houston Rockets), Maurice Lucas (Portland Trail Blazers), Doc Rivers (Boston Celtics), Frank Ross (Charlotte Bobcats), Adam Simon (Miami Heat), Terry Stotts (Milwaukee Bucks), Chris Wallace (Boston Celtics), Mark West (Phoenix Suns) and Fred Tedeschi (Chicago Bulls). Lance Blanks (Cleveland Cavaliers) and R.C. Buford (San Antonio Spurs), Amadou Fall (Dallas Mavericks), Masai Ujiri (Denver Nuggets) and NBA scout Joe Touomou will oversee the camp as camp directors. To promote friendship and diversity, the campers will be divided into teams without regard to race and nationality. They will share living quarters with their new teammates and participate in daily motivational and life-skills seminars that promote education, leadership, character development, healthy living and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. The HIV/AIDS interactive educational seminars will be led by NBA Cares community partners, such as Hoops for Hope and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the world’s leading non-governmental organization dedicated to children. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg will again partner with the NBA for community outreach activities focused on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. The camp will be highlighted by extensive community outreach activities focusing on HIV/AIDS awareness, education and grassroots basketball development. Led by NBA Legend and Community Ambassador Bob Lanier, the program includes a return visit to the Ithuteng Trust, a Youth Empowerment Program founded in 1990 by Jackey “Mama Jackey” Maarohanye, in Pimville, South Africa, where a US Embassy-funded dining hall will be opened. A new multi-purpose dining facility will also be inaugurated at the Soweto Kliptown Youth Trust (SKY), where a Learn & Play Center was opened last year. Building on the importance of HIV/AIDS education and prevention, an awareness event will take place at Cotlands, a nonprofit organization in Johannesburg that operates one of the most renowned pediatric AIDS hospices for children ages 0-9 years old and provides onsite care for abused, abandoned and HIV/AIDS infected children. During the event, the NBA contingent will participate in an HIV/AIDS education training seminar led by staff members, take a tour of the facility, and spend time with the facility’s patients. NBA and FIBA will also donate products, such as basketballs, rims and sporting goods to local basketball federations and communities. Through Basketball without Borders, eight Learn & Play Centers and eight new or refurbished basketball courts have been opened outside the United States and Canada. As a part of NBA Cares, the NBA and its teams have created Learn & Play Centers, built homes, refurbished basketball courts and other play spaces. The NBA, founded in 1946, is a global sports and entertainment brand that features 30 teams in the United States and Canada. During the 2005-06 season, the NBA distributed 44,000 hours of programming to 215 countries and territories in 43 languages. The league's worldwide reach included 82 international players on NBA rosters. Domestically, the NBA televised 142 games on national television this season on ABC, TNT, ESPN and ESPN2. NBA Entertainment, the league's award-winning production and programming division, produces NBA TV, a 24-hour television network, and exclusive content for each of the NBA's team web sites, and the league's official sites, NBA.com, WNBA.com and NBADLEAGUE.com. The NBA is also an established leader in sports marketing, currently maintaining its longest list of fully integrated domestic and global marketing partnerships with the most recognizable brands in the world, including the leading Internet content and technology providers that bring the game even closer to fans around the world. As fans witness tremendous performances on the court, some of the NBA's most significant efforts occur off the court. This past year, the league launched its most ambitious community outreach endeavor, NBA Cares. Over a five-year span, players and teams will raise and contribute $100 million for charity, donate more than one million hours of volunteer service to communities worldwide, and build more than 100 educational and athletic facilities where children can learn and play. For more information on the NBA, visit NBA.com. |
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