By Dionysis Aravantinos / info@eurohoops.net
NEW YORK, United States of America/MIES, Switzerland/BELGRADE, Serbia (Basketball Without Borders) – The NBA, FIBA and the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) on Tuesday announced the top 40 boys and 23 girls ages 17 and under from 25 countries who will participate in the 17th edition of Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Europe taking place from August 15-18 at Belgrade’s Zarkovo Sports Hall & Kosarkaski Centar.
BWB is the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program.
The campers will be put through their paces by current NBA and FIBA players Nemanja Bjelica (Sacramento Kings, Serbia), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings, Serbia); Gary Harris (Denver Nuggets, USA); Nikola Jokic (Nuggets, Serbia), Frank Kaminsky (Charlotte Hornets, USA/Serbia), Boban Marjanovic (Los Angeles Clippers, Serbia) and Nik Vucevic (Orlando Magic, Montenegro). WNBA players Ana Dabovic (Los Angeles Sparks, Serbia) and Sonja Petrovic (Phoenix Mercury, Serbia) will also participate in the camp.
FIBA Hall of Fame inductee and Kings’ General Manager Vlade Divac headlines a list of participants from the first-ever BWB Europe in 2001 who will also be present in Belgrade. He is joined by Radoslav “Rasho” Nesterovic (Slovenia), Bruno Sundov (Croatia), and Dragan Tarlac (Serbia), all of whom took part in the inaugural edition of BWB in Treviso, Italy, 17 years ago.
Additional former players taking part in BWB Europe 2018 include Zarko Cabarkapa (Serbia/Montenegro); Predrag Drobnjak (Montenegro), Gordan Giricek (Croatia), Bostjan “Boki” Nachbar (Slovenia), Zarko Paspalj (Serbia), Aleksandar “Sasa” Pavlovic (Montenegro), Dino Radja (Croatia), Vladimir Radmanovic (Serbia), Kings Assistant General Manager Peja Stojakovic (Serbia), former WNBA former player Ruth Riley (USA) and Beno Udrih (Slovenia).
Current NBA and USA national team head coach Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs, United States of America), together with NBA assistant coaches Dan Bisaccio (Miami Heat), Chase Buford (Erie Bayhwaks, G League), Popeye Jones (Indiana Pacers), Darko Rajakovic (Oklahoma City Thunder, Serbia), Ognjen Stojakovic (Denver Nuggets, Serbia), Nick U’Ren (Golden State Warriors) and Jacques Vaughn (Brooklyn Nets).
Marin Sedlacek (Philadelphia 76ers, Serbia) and Patrick Hunt (President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches, Australia), will serve as Camp Directors with Drew Yoder (Golden State Warriors) joining as Athletic Trainer.
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