By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced the top 67 boys and girls from 32 countries and territories who will travel to New Orleans for the third annual Basketball without Borders (BWB) Global Camp. The camp will be held Feb. 17-19 at the New Orleans Pelicans’ practice facility as part of NBA All-Star 2017, and Nike will serve as the official partner.
NBA and FIBA players and coaches, including Cheick Diallo (New Orleans Pelicans; Mali), Wayne Ellington (Miami Heat; U.S.), Justin Holiday (New York Knicks; U.S.), Meyers Leonard (Portland Trail Blazers; U.S.), Thon Maker (Milwaukee Bucks; South Sudan; BWB Americas 2015/BWB Global 2016) and Emmanuel Mudiay (Denver Nuggets; Democratic Republic of the Congo), will coach the top high school age campers from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Diallo, Ellington, Holiday, Leonard, Maker and Mudiay will be joined by former NBA player Adonal Foyle (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), former WNBA players Rushia Brown (U.S.), Ebony Hoffman (U.S.) and Ruth Riley (U.S.), as well as select players from the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge.
The European boys selected are the following: Andrija Marjanovic and Balsa Koprivica from Serbia, Sergi Martinez from Spain, Kristian Sjolund from Norway, Arnas Velicka from Lithuania, Ricky Waxlax from Finland, Sandro Mamukelashvili from Georgia, Isaac Bonga and Philipp Herkenhoff from Germany
The European girls are the following: Nerea Hermosa from Spain, Monique Sahnan from United Kingdom, Aleksa Gulbe from Latvia, Awak Kuier, Lotta-Maj Lathinen and Sara Bejedi from Finland and Melisa Brcaninovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina.