10th Basketball Without Borders Asia camp brings together top 66 boys and girls from 16 countries and territories
NEW YORK/MIES/MUMBAI - The National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) on Thursday announced the top 66 boys and girls from 16 countries and territories who will participate in the 10th edition of Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Asia.
BWB Asia 2018 will be held May 30-June 2 at The NBA Academy India in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR), marking the second time that the NBA and FIBA's global basketball development and community outreach program will be held in India. Nike will serve as the official partner.
Kelly Olynyk (Miami Heat; Canada; BWB Americas 2009), Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks; Canada), Corey Brewer (Oklahoma City Thunder; U.S.), Caris LeVert (Brooklyn Nets; U.S.), two-time WNBA Champion Ruth Riley, and former WNBA player Ebony Hoffman will coach the top high school age campers from throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Current NBA assistant coaches Bret Brielmaier (Nets), Darvin Ham (Atlanta Hawks), Ryan Saunders (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Mike Wells (Utah Jazz) will also serve as BWB Asia 2018 coaches. Patrick Hunt (President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches; Australia) will be the camp director. Casey Smith (Mavericks) will serve as the camp's athletic trainer.
Players and coaches will lead the campers through a variety of activities on and off the court, including movement efficiency, positional skill development, shooting and skills competitions, 5-on-5 games, and daily life skills seminars focusing on health, leadership and communication. One boy and one girl will be named BWB Asia 2018 MVPs at the conclusion of the four-day camp.
Here are the campers - 40 boys and 26 girls - taking part in BWB Asia 2018.
| Boys | Most recent FIBA event |
| Matin Aghajanpour (IRI) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Amirhossein Aliyaridehkordi (IRI) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Reuben David Faustino Amado (SIN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Vassiliy Belozor (KAZ) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Clancy Joseph Lourey Bird (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Lachlan Joseph Bofinger (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Cha Minseok (KOR) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Chen Chiang-Shuang (TPE) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Raven Angelo Cortez (PHI) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Shintaro Ehara (JPN) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Daniel Foster (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Joshua James Giddey (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Sam Jenkins (NZL) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Tang Jun Kai John (MAL) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Marc Khoueriry (LBN) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Lam Man Kei Anson (HKG) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Li Yuanxin (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Ma Chien-Hao (TPE) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Kaiga Matsuo (JPN) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Keijiro Mitani (JPN) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Moon Jeonghyeon (KOR) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Taine Jackson Murray (NZL) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Rence Keith Sean Padriago (PHI) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Tanawat Preechahan (THA) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Priyanshu Priyanshu (IND) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Amaan Sandhu (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Darryl Sebastian (INI) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Harpreet Singh (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Princepal Singh (IND) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Ezekiel Awahou Stallworth (NZL) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Mac Stodart (NZL) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Andre Junior Tannoury (LBN) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Prashant Tomar (IND) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Mohammadsina Vahedi (IRI) | FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2017 |
| Wu Chao (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Wu Yuanxin (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Xia Haoran (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Zhang Zhiyao (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Girls | Most recent FIBA event |
| Khushi Ahlawat (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Riya Baliyan (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Priyanka Behal (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Indiah Yuwaal Buluurr Ella-Mai Bowyer (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Siya Deodhar (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Rajvi Desai (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Khushi Sanjay Dongre (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Elijabet Ekka (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Gao Jianjun (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Niranjan Grishma (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Monica Jayaseeli Jayakumar (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Anmariya Johny (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Neha Karva (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Liu Guanpeng (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Paige Tiffany Price (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Sanjana Ramesh (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Radha Rani (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Sreekala Rani (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Tang Ziqi (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Pushpa Senthil Kumar (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Arya A Sreeraman (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Asmat Kaur Taunque (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Kainat Trehan (IND) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Lauren Ebony Wise (AUS) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Vaishnavi Yadav (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Yuan Meiya (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
| Ann Mary Zachariah (IND) | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 Div B |
| Zhao Dan (CHN) | No FIBA event played yet |
Two of the New Zealand players in the camp, Sam Jenkins and Mac Stodart, will be playing at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018 in Argentina at the end of June-start of July.
Both of the Philippines players on the list, Rence Keith Sean Padriago and Raven Angelo Cortez, helped their country finish fourth at the FIBA U16 Asian Championship in Foshan, China, to qualify for the U17 World Cup. Padriago finished fourth in the competition in assists with 4.2 per game.
Korean Moon Jeonghyeon ranked sixth in scoring in Foshan with 15.9 points and third in rebounds (8.9 per game). Iranian Matin Aghajanpour was the leading scorer at the U16 Asian Championship with 23.2 points a game and was fourth in rebounding with 8.4 rebounds, while his compatriot Mohammadsina Vehedi was second in assists (5.2) and third in steals (2.8 steals per game).
Among the girls selected to take part in the camp is the entire Indian team that won the FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017, Division B.
Nike, a BWB global partner since 2002, will outfit the campers and coaches with Nike apparel and footwear.
Follow BWB using the hashtag #BWBAsia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
BWB has reached more than 3,190 participants from 127 countries and territories since 2001, with more than 50 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.
The NBA and FIBA have staged 53 BWB camps in 33 cities across 27 countries on six continents. More than 250 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. BWB Asia was previously held in India in 2008.
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