Nash leads Basketball without Borders team NEW YORK (AP) -- Steve Nash will return to his birthplace at this year's Basketball without Borders camp in South Africa. Steve Nash在今年籃球無國界營隊中將回到他的出生地南非。 The basketball instructional camp, in its sixth year, also teaches about such social issues as HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. More than 120 players, coaches and team personnel have taken part. 這個即將在今年邁入第六年的營隊除了指導籃球技巧外，也教導與愛滋病防治的議題。 將有超過120個球員、教練和球隊工作人員參與這個營隊活動。 The camp also will go to Lithuania and Puerto Rico for the first time. It also will return to China. Yao Ming will lead the group that goes to his hometown of Shanghai. Last year's camp was in Beijing. 這是營隊第一次在立陶宛和波多黎各舉行。 去年的營隊在北京舉行，今年則由姚明帶領營隊到他的故鄉上海。 NBA commissioner David Stern said the program "transcends all boundaries'' and uses basketball to unite "young people from diverse cultural, national and economic backgrounds on four separate continents.'' NBA的執行長David Stern說:這個超越邊界的計畫將利用籃球凝聚來自四大洲 不同文化、國家跟經濟背景的年輕人。 Nash, the NBA's MVP last season, was born in Johannesburg, which will host a camp in September. NBA上一季的MVP Nash的出生地Johannesburg將於九月份舉辦營隊。 Africans Dikembe Mutombo (Congo) and Chicago's Luol Deng (Sudan) will be on that trip. 非洲球員Dikembe Mutombo及芝加哥公牛隊的Luol Deng將會參與這趟行程。 Cleveland's Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Lithuania) and Orlando's Carlos Arroyo (Puerto Rico) will take part in camps in their home countries. Philadelphia's Samuel Dalembert of Haiti will be at European and Asian camps. 克里夫蘭騎士隊的Zydrunas Ilgauskas以及奧蘭多魔術隊的Carlos Arroyo也將會回到他 們的國家來參與這個營隊。費城76人隊的Samuel Dalembert將會參與歐洲人及亞洲人營隊 資料來源: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2407790 --

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