With more than 40 media members in attendance, mainly from Turkey, the news conference took place on the main court of the Darussafaka Ayhan Sahenk facility in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference also included Turgay Demirel, President of the Turkish Basketball Federation; Andrew Messick, Senior Vice President, NBA International; and Adolf Ogi, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace.

Media in attendance included CNN Turkey, NTV, TRT and SuperSport, three of the major television stations in Turkey. Other media included Hurriyet Sabah, Miliyet, Radikal and Cumhuriyet, the four major newspapers in Turkey. Also in attendance was Fanatik, the largest sports newspaper in Turkey with a daily circulation of 300,000.

After the news conference and photo opportunities for the media, the players met with the teams, which they will be coaching throughout the weekend. The 48 Greek and Turkish young players were divided into four teams: Grizzlies, Kings, Pistons and Suns.

The young campers were also accompanied by coaches from their respective federations: Charissis Tassoulas and Nikoloas Lizardos of the Hellenic Basketball Federation and Ali Sahin and Ozan Havuzlu of the Turkish Basketball Federation. To help campers get to know one another, they share living quarters with their teammates and eat three meals a day together.

Antonis Fotsis (Memphis Grizzlies), Mirsad Turkan (CSKA Moscow) and Safin are the coaches for the Grizzlies. Hedo Turkoglu (Sacramento Kings), Dimitri Papanikolau (Olympiakos) and Tassoulas are the coaches for the Kings. Peja Stojakovic (Sacramento Kings), Lizardos and Kerem Tunceri (Efes Pilsen) are the coaches for the Pistons. Ibrahim Kutluay (Panathinaikos BSA Athens), Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiakos), Vladimir Radmanovic (Seattle SuperSonics) and Havuzlu are the coaches for the Suns.

"This is a very good thing for everyone involved," Tunceri said. "Being here is very important and we hope we can make a difference."

"This is a lot of fun and a very important event," Fotsis said. "This will bring many long-lasting memories for these players. It reminds me of myself when I was a young boy and learning how to play basketball."

The inaugural Basketball without Borders took place in July 2001 in Treviso, Italy, with Vlade Divac of the Sacramento Kings, Toni Kukoc of the Atlanta Hawks and five other NBA players from the former Yugoslavia uniting to work with 50 children from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYRO Macedonia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.

The camp's clinics address the basic fundamentals of the game of basketball. The professional basketball players were assigned to six stations, which incorporated drills for passing and receiving the ball, dribbling, shooting, off-the-screen, one-on-one, rebounding and post moves. Each station provides general knowledge of the key elements of the station topic. The campers for the basketball stations were divided according to height and broken into six groups (eight players each).

After the stations, the players took part in a media availability session before heading out for a break. During this break, the campers had lunch and took part in seminars led by the United Nations intended to promote leadership, conflict resolution and living a healthy life without drugs.

The four teams took part in two games in the afternoon. The Suns defeated the Pistons 43-35. The Grizzlies beat the Kings in overtime 45-43. Each game has 20-minute halves with running time and a five-minute halftime.

The young campersed end their day by watching NBA Videos, playing in the facility's computer room and reading books.