BASKET BALL : La liste des joueurs et entraineurs qui prendront part au Basketball Without Borders Europe 2018
La NBA a annoncé aujourd’hui la liste complète des joueurs et entraineurs qui prendront part au prochain Basketball Without Borders Europe 2018…
L’équipe complète des joueurs NBA, WNBA, G-League, FIBA et entraineurs actuels ou retraités est renseignée ci-dessous.
La 17ème édition du camp BWB comprendra ainsi 63 des meilleurs jeunes joueurs et jeunes joueuses de 17 ans et moins parmi 25 pays européens. Vous trouverez la liste détaillée à la fin de ce mail.
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– 17th Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp Will Bring Together 63 of the Top Boys and Girls from 25 European Countries –
NEW YORK, BELGRADE, MIES, Aug. 14, 2018 – The National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Basketball Federation of Serbia announced today the full roster of current and former NBA, WNBA, G-League and FIBA players and coaches who will take part in Basketball Without Borders Europe 2018. The 17th edition of BWB Europe will also feature 63 of the top boys and girls ages 17 and under from 25 European countries.
BWB Europe 2018 will feature a number of current NBA and WNBA players including Boban Marjanovic (L.A. Clippers, Serbia); and Nik Vucevic (Orlando Magic, Montenegro) who will be joining the previously announced Nemanja Bjelica (Sacramento Kings, Serbia); Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sacramento Kings, Serbia); Gary Harris (Denver Nuggets, USA); Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets, Serbia) and Frank Kaminsky (Charlotte Hornets, USA/Serbia). WNBA players Ana Dabovic (L.A. Sparks, Serbia) and Sonja Petrovic (Phoenix Mercury, Serbia) will also participate in the camp.
Sacramento Kings’ General Manager Vlade Divac (Serbia) will join Radoslav « Rasho » Nesterovic (Slovenia); Bruno Sundov (Croatia); and Dragan Tarlac (Serbia), who took part in the inaugural 2001 BWB Europe camp in Treviso, Italy.
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); WNBA former player Ruth Riley (USA); and Beno Udrih (Slovenia).
Also participating in BWB Europe will be NBA assistant coaches Dan Bisaccio (Miami Heat), Chase Buford (Erie Bayhwaks, G League) Darko Rajakovic (Oklahoma City Thunder, Serbia), Ognjen Stojakovic (Denver Nuggets, Serbia), and Nick U’Ren (Golden State Warriors) who will join the previously announced Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs), Popeye Jones (Indiana Pacers) 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.
The first-ever Basketball Without Borders camp took place in Europe in July 2001. Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Toni Kukoc (Croatia), together with former teammates from the Yugoslav national team, reunited to work with 50 children from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro at La Ghirada in Treviso, Italy.
BWB Europe 2018 will also include NBA Cares community outreach efforts with youth in Belgrade, including packing and delivering care packages to young people dealing with illnesses. Nike, a BWB global partner since 2002, will outfit the campers and coaches with Nike apparel and footwear.
BWB has reached more than 3,300 participants from 130 countries and territories since 2001, with more than 55 former campers drafted into the NBA or signed as free agents. A record 24 former BWB campers were on opening-night rosters for the 2017-18 season, including Milos Teodosic (L.A. Clippers; Serbia; BWB Europe 2001).
The NBA and FIBA have staged 55 BWB camps in 34 cities across 27 countries on six continents. More than 260 current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA players have joined more than 200 NBA team personnel from all 30 NBA teams to support BWB across the world.
Follow BWB using the hashtag #BWBEurope on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
BWB Asia 2018 was held in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), India from May 30 – June 2. BWB Africa 2018 was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from Aug. 1 – 4.
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The following is a complete list of girls and boys participating in the BWB Europe 2018:
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