Singapore set to host 2025 edition of Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp

BWB Asia 2024 (c/o BWB)

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) jointly announced that sixty individuals have been invited to participate in the fifteenth edition of the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Asia Camp, which will take place at the Singapore Basketball Centre inside the city-state on June 19-22.

In announcing the location of BWB Asia 2025, NBA Senior Vice President and Head of International Basketball Operation Troy Justice says, "Bringing Basketball Without Borders back to Singapore reflects our commitment to growing the game in the country and across Asia-Pacific. This year’s camp is particularly special, as it will coincide with our new basketball and entertainment festival and the NBA Rising Stars Invitational, our first regional high-school basketball tournament.  We look forward to a memorable week of events that will leave a lasting impact on fans and players from across the region."

On FIBA's end, Head of Players Unit Kimberley Gaucher adds, "We are delighted that Basketball Without Borders Asia is being held this year in Singapore – a nation that has consistently demonstrated its ability to host world-class events like the FIBA Intercontinental Cup and the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup. BWB Asia offers an incredible platform to inspire and develop the next generation of basketball talent across the region, and we are confident that participants will gain invaluable experiences throughout the camp, learning meaningful lessons both on-and-off the court."

This will be the first time since 2010 that the BWB, which is the global basketball development and community will return to Singapore, which will serve as part of the NBA's multi-day immersive basketball and entertainment festival there. The activity will be capped off by the inauguration of the NBA Rising Stars Invitational, the league's first regional high school basketball tournament bringing together teams from eleven countries for both boys and girls. Action there will take place from June 25-29 at the Kallang Tennis Hub.

BWB Asia 2025 brings together thirty boys and thirty girls that are all 17 and under from across the region to learn and compete against each other, while also receiving coaching from current and former NBA and WNBA players and coaches.

The kids will be going through activities like movement efficiency drills, offensive and defensive skill stations, three-point contests, as well as 5-on-5 games.

For this batch, helping mentor these campers are 2024 NBA champion Derrick White (Boston Celtics) and 2024 NBA All-Star Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia 76ers). Other notables set to share their knowledge are Duop Reath (Portland Trailblaers), 2025 FIBA Hall of Fame inductee Ticha Penicheiro, and NBA assistant coaches Vinay Bhavnani (Toronto Raptors), Jared Dudley (Dallas Mavericks), Ronald Nored (Atlanta Hawks) and Khalid Robinson (Golden State Warriors).

Maxey says about his upcoming obligations, "I’m excited to visit Singapore and be part of Basketball Without Borders for the first time. I look forward to working with the top young players in the region and sharing my knowledge and experiences with them."

Serving as camp director is World Association of Basketball Coaches president Patrick Hunt, while Katherine Babcock (Memphis Grizzlies) is its athletic trainer. 

Participants will also go through life-skills and leadership development sessions, as well as social responsibility programming during the camp.

To cap off the camp, a ceremony will take place to award the Kim Bohuny Camp MVP, the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the Three-Point Champion and the Defensive MVP to the male and female players who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.

In addition, the NBA will hold a youth clinic for boys and girls on June 20 in conjunction with SportCares, the philanthropic arm of Sport Singapore with the objective of empowering individuals from vulnerable backgrounds through sport, as well as a coaches clinic the next day with FIBA.

Supplying the campers with apparel and footwear is Nike, which has been BWB's global partner since 2002.

BWB has already made inroads towards the NBA and WNBA, with 132 alums having made either league out of over 4600 participants from 144 countries and territories since its establishment in 2001, with 79 such camps staged in 53 cities across 33 countries. Notable alumni from the Asia-Pacific include Australians Josh Giddey (Chicago Bulls, BWB Asia 2018 and BWB Global 2020) and Josh Green (Charlotte Hornets, BWB Global 2018) and Japanese forward Rui Hachimura (Los Angeles Lakers, BWB Global 2016).

For BWB Asia 2025, three Filipinos have been invited.

NU-Nazareth School student-athletes Zaydhen Rosano and Rob Celiz, as well as Bacolod Tay Tung standout Paul Barcelona have been picked to join the sixty-player camp. Rosano and Celiz were vital in the Bullpups earning their spots in the NBA Rising Stars Invitational for both boys and girls, while Barcelona is fresh from reinforcing Western Visayas’ silver medal finish at the recently-concluded Palarong Pambansa in Laoag City.

The following is a complete list of players participating in the 15^th BWB Asia camp

(rosters subject to change) (Filipinos in italics):

 

GIRLS ROSTER		BOYS ROSTER
Kaila Proctor		Harry Cook
Aysha Kemp		Isaac Riddle
Taryn Bond		Issac Weldon
Cheyenne Bobongie		Koby Moir
Siyao He		Guer Bar
Qirui Xie		Junxian Li
Yingying Rao		Zhenhe Liu
Yu Chen Peng		Huicong Chen
Yu Shan Hsu		You-Cheng Jhou
Madeleine Ada		Piyush Choudhary
Yuzu Hamaguchi		Roi Honda
Hoor Alkarain		Kenichiro Benedict
Heewon Cho		Oga Sato
Juha Kang		Laith Sahlieh
Sohee Lee		Cooper Lepou
Caysey Hermawan		Hoani Ifopo-Togia
Yi Tin Ellie Chen		Aubrey Chunga
Pei Wen Jolin Ting		Cole Hopoi
Fathimath Shubaa Shujau		Cooper Te Ratana
Taia Lana Ama McMechan		Rob Celiz
Olivia Rose Hastings		Paul Barcelona
Gia Ana Vukona		Abdulla Mousa
Zaydhen Rosano		Zacharias Neli Sasulu
Tereise Sufia Reupena		Chase Kai
Mylaani Shay Siolosega Sione		Haram Yoo
Tricia Lau		Geonwoo Kwak
Marsya Sazali		Jiwon Yoon
Kanokpone Travulvera		Thanawat Pisarnyuttanapong
Fa'anaetaua Puloka		Ali Toychiev
Taarushee Tarun		Ramazan Sarkiev