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NEW YORK, USA – African standouts Emmanuel Mudiay and Thon Maker will be among NBA players who will coach 67 top global youth players in a Basketball Without Borders camp at the NBA All-Star Game.
The camp announced Tuesday, February 7 by the league for February 17-19 at the New Orleans Pelicans practice facility will also feature New Orleans forward Cheick Diallo of Mali and Americans Wayne Ellington of Miami, Justin Holiday of New York and Meyers Leonard of Portland.
Mudiay, a Denver Nuggets guard from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Maker, a 19-year-old Milwaukee Bucks power forward from Sudan who is also an Australian national, will join them in instructing promising high school boys and girls from 32 nations across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
The youth will attend the 66th NBA All-Star Game on February 19.
Basketball Without Borders has reached 2,690 participants from 133 countries and territories since 2001 with 43 campers eventually drafted into the NBA, including Maker.
In all, the NBA and FIBA have staged 46 such camps in 27 cities across 23 countries with more than 215 current and former NBA, Women’s NBA and FIBA players helping boost global growth. – Rappler.com
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