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Basketball Without Borders is a basketball instructional camp organised by the NBA in conjunction with FIBA, it presents itself as a “basketball development and community outreach program that unites young basketball players to promote the sport and encourage positive social change in the areas of education, health, and wellness”. Organised annually since 2001, 41 BWB camps have been held across 23 cities in 20 countries with in excess of 2,300 participants from more than 120 countries and territories, 33 of whom were later drafted into the NBA. Around 150 different current and former NBA/WNBA players have joined nearly 140 NBA team personnel as staff.〔("Basketball Without Borders Mission." ), ''NBA''. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 ==History== Billed as a “summer camp for 12-14-year-olds designed to promote friendship and understanding through sport” the initial editions focused on peace and international relations, bringing together youths from former Yugoslavia in 2001 shortly after the Yugoslav Wars and from Greece and Turkey in 2002 amidst tense Greek–Turkish relations, with leading participation from the UN in both cases.〔("Basketball Without Borders': National Basketball Association stars to conduct camp for children from former Yugoslavia." )''UN'', Vienna, 26 March 2001. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕〔("Basketball Stars Unite for Goodwill." ), ''NBA'', 8 April 2002. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 From the 2003 editions onwards, basketball became the focus of the camps, the age of the participants grew (17 on average) and participants are now mostly selected for their potential although the selection process by FIBA and national federations is an inclusive system that sees consensual selections from weaker basketball countries. That year also saw the first edition of the camp in Africa, seen as uncharted basketball territory at the time, the camps would later expand to the Americas in 2004 and Asia in 2005, including youth from all around the globe (those from Oceania have attended editions in the two last mentioned regions). A global camp was first organised in 2015 in New York City as part of the All-Star Game Weekend, it gave an opportunity for the selected players, identified as the best in their regions, to have a taste of the game at its highest level, it was announced as an recurrent annual event.〔Freifelder, Jack. ("NBA goes global for its future." ), ''China Daily'', 16 February 2015. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 The camps have gradually become a hotspot for scouts, with an impressive number of former campers who have made it into the NBA (see Attendees) and/or College basketball it is seen as a means of spotting unheralded talent with high upside,〔Grant, Dan. ("Business Without Borders: The NBA and its International Feeder System." ), ''SamePageTeam.com'', 29 August 2014. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 players such as Luc Mbah a Moute〔("NBA Insider: Mbah a Moute changing lives." ), ''Star Tribune'', 22 March 2014. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 or Bruno Caboclo〔Koreen, Eric. ("Unplugged: Raptors’ Masai Ujiri and Bruno Caboclo’s personal advisor on Toronto’s draft pick." ), ''National Post'', 28 June 2014. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 are noted examples. Though basketball skill is now at the forefront of the camp, the social goal is also still pre-eminent, few campers are expected to make it as pros and a declared goal of the camp is to develop its attendees life-skills, with an emphasis on leadership and personal relations, to make them leaders of change in their home countries. Ideally the personal goal for them is to enter a high school or college in the U.S. to get an education they can use in the future,〔Blinebury, Fran. ("Young Africans see sport as ticket to U.S. education." )''Houston Chronicle'', 14 September 2004. Retrieved on 8 May 2015.〕 in a given year it was estimated more than sixty former participants were playing and studying in American colleges.〔Feinstein, Andrew. ("NBA's Basketball Without Borders focuses on more than just the sport." )''Houston Chronicle'', Johannesburg, 2 September 2011. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.〕 There is a camp for girls as well, with coaches from FIBA and the WNBA, however it receives far less exposure than the boys tournaments. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basketball Without Borders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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