JOHANNESBURG, MIES, NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2016 –The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced that Hornets Center Cody Zeller will participate in conducting a camp for the top 87 boys and girls from 27 African countries. Zeller alongside fellow players and coaches will travel to the first Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa Camp in Angola, which will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba in Luanda. BWB, the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this summer.
BWB Africa, which will be supported by the Angolan Basketball Federation (Federaçao Angolana de Basquetebol) and the Angola Ministry of Youth and Sports, will bring together the top male and female players born in 1999 from across Africa to learn directly from Cody Zeller and other NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including Bismack Biyombo (Orlando Magic; Democratic Republic of the Congo), Eric Bledsoe (Phoenix Suns; U.