Stojakovic and Hedo Turkoglu of the Sacramento Kings led a group of Turkish and Greek basketball players serving as coaches for the second annual Basketball Without Borders. The summer camp for 12- to 14-year-olds is designed to promote friendship and understanding through sport.

"I think we did a pretty good job," said Stojakovic, a Yugoslavian who played professional basketball in Greece and is fluent in Greek. "This has been a lot of fun for everione and I was glad to take part."

After the two games, the young campers went sightseeing on a two-hour cruise that traveled along the Bosphorous, before saying goodbye to their newfound friends and teammates.

The inaugural Basketball Without Borders took place in July 2001 in Treviso, Italy, with Vlade Divac of the 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.

This year's Basketball Without Borders brought together 48 young Greeks and Turks, who were selected to participate on the basis of their basketball skills and leadership potential.

The coaches for the camp included some of the NBA's emerging stars. Stojakovic is an NBA All-Star and his Kings teammate, Turkoglu, is a native of Turkey and a key member of the Turkish national basketball team. Antonis Fotsis of the Memphis Grizzlies is of Greek descent. Turkish international players Mirsad Turkcan (CSKA Moscow) and Ibrahim Kutluai (Panathinaikos BSA Athens) also coached at the camp. Each professional player was assigned to one of the camp teams and worked with the children individually.

"This has been a great experience," said Fotsis. "This camp brings these kids together and teaches them tolerance of different cultures. I hope we can all learn from something like this."