LOS ANGELES (USA) - France center Cameron Houindo was named Most Valuable Player of the 2026 Basketball Without Borders All-Star Camp, showing off his excellent skill-set as part of NBA All-Star Weekend. He's no stranger to the FIBA Baasketball fans as he was selected MVP of the U16 EuroBasket 2024.
The 18-year-old claimed the top honor of the three-day event which featured on and off-court skills training in Los Angeles. It was the 10th time that FIBA and NBA's global development outreach program took place at the NBA showcase mid-season event. The camp was held from February 13-15 at the UCLA Health Training Center.
The 2026 edition of the BWB All-Star Camp brought together 40 high school-age prospects from 29 countries. The campers received basketball and life lessons from current and former NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including former NBA players Scotty Hopson, Khalid El-Amin and Craig Smith, and former WNBA player Meighan Simmons. Patrick Hunt (President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches; Australia), Chris Ebersole (Los Angeles Lakers Director of Player Development and Experience) and Luca Desta (longtime NBA front office executive; Ethiopia) served as the camp directors.
Of the record 135 international players on opening-night rosters this season, there were more than 50 former BWB campers, including 2026 NBA All-Stars Deni Avdija (Portland Trail Blazers; Israel; BWB Europe 2018; BWB All-Star 2019), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder; Canada; BWB All-Star 2016), Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets; Canada; BWB All-Star 2015) and Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012).
The Clippers team won the competition on the court with Latvian Ricards Aizpurs leading the way as he averaged 10.0 points including 9 points in Clippers 41-33 win over Atlanta in the Final. Aizpurs teammates were: Maksim Brnovic of Montenegro, Jahmai Caden Lemuel Drayton of Trinidad and Tobago, Noah El Baze of Morocco, Serbia’s Nikola Karalic, Germany’s Joel Lindsay, Marlan Martinez of Dominican Republic Felipe Quinones from Puerto Rico and Ignas Stombergas from Lithuania.
The second leading scorer was Anderson Diaz from Dominican Republic at 8.3 points from the Atlanta team while Houindo averaged a third-best 7.8 points.
Abdulla Mousa took the honors as 3-Point Champion while Nigeria's Obinna Ekezie was the Defensive MVP; and Teo Milicic of Poland was given the Sportsmanship Award.
BWB Global 2026 Boys All-Stars:
Anderson Diaz (Dominican Republic)
Felipe Quinones (Puerto Rico)
Jai Fa'ale (Australia)
Matthys Mahop (France)
Cheickh Niang (Italy/Senegal)
Jackson Ball (New Zealand)
Ricards Aizpurs (Latvia)
Caleb Ourigou (Ivory Coast)
Cameron Houindo (France)
Obinna Ekezie (Nigeria)
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