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SEOUL, KOREA, MAY 14, 2008 -- The second consecutive Korea Development Camp, co-organized by the Korean Basketball League (KBL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), will take place at the Yangjae Seoul Education & Culture Center in Seoul, Korea from May 16 to 20, the KBL and the NBA announced today. This year, the camp will feature the inaugural NBA Coaches Clinic. In addition, the camp MVP will earn a spot to participate in Basketball without Borders India this summer from July 3 to 6 in New Delhi.

The camp, also supported by the Korea Basketball Association (KBA) and partners adidas, Electronic Arts, Gatorade, New York Life and Spalding, will serve as a platform to promote the sport of basketball and develop basketball talent in Korea. NBA and KBL coaches and players will provide coaching instruction to camp participants. The Milwaukee Bucks’ starting point guard Mo Williams and forward Charlie Villanueva join NBA assistant coaches Jeff Capel (Charlotte Bobcats) and Neal Meyer (L.A. Clippers) in this role.

The KBL coaches and players who will participate as coaches at the camp include Jong-Chun Park, assistant coach of Incheon ET Land, Jae-Hoon Kim, Power Forward of Ulsan Mobis, Tae-Soo Joo, Center of Incheon ET Land, Sun-Kyu Jung, Point Guard of Incheon ET Land, Byung-Kook Jung, Point Guard of Incheon ET Land, Ki-Seok Oh, Center of Incheon ET Land, Chan-Young Lee, point guard of Incheon ET Land, Joo-Ik Baik, Power Forward of Dongyang Orions and Byung-Hoon Choi, team manager and former player of Incheon ET Land.

The NBA Coaches Clinic, a program specially designed for the Korean basketball coaches, will be conducted on May 16, the first day of the camp. Thirty local coaches will have a unique opportunity to learn from the exposure to world-class coaching skills from the NBA coaches through seminars and on court demonstrations.

The camp will bring together the top 40 Korean basketball players ages 16 to 19 to take part in basketball instruction and competition. Camp participants were selected by the KBA based on their performance in tournaments held during their respective high school seasons. The campers will be divided into four teams and receive formal training from the KBL and NBA coaches and players. Campers will have the opportunity to put the skills they’ve learned to use in games that will be held each day after the clinic session. An All-Star game will be played on the final day of the camp, showcasing the top talent.

“The return of the Korea Development Camp is based on the terrific success of our camp last year,” said In-Yang Kim, General Manager of the KBL. “We received positive feedback from our coaches and players on the remarkable improvement in their overall basketball skills. We are excited to work with the NBA again to raise the standard of basketball in Korea.”

“The NBA, KBL and our partners share the mission to improve the level of play of young basketball players and accelerating the development of basketball in Korea,” said Mark Fischer, Senior Vice President of NBA China. “The inaugural NBA Coaches Clinic will not only help to improve the standard of local basketball coaches, but also have a long-term impact on basketball in Korea.”

To develop as successful basketball players on and off the court, the campers will also participate in motivational and life-skills seminars that promote leadership, character development and teamwork.

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About KBL
The Korean Basketball League (KBL) was established in 1997. KBL has been leading Korean basketball with high-quality games and various basketball businesses. Ten teams play in the league.

About NBA
The NBA, founded in 1946, is a global sports and entertainment brand that features 30 teams in the United States and Canada. During the 2007-08 season, the NBA distributed games and programming to 215 countries and territories in 41 languages. The league’s worldwide reach was seen with 76 international players from 31 countries and territories on NBA rosters. Domestically, the NBA broadcasted 142 games on national television last season on ABC, TNT, ESPN and ESPN2.

NBA TV, launched in 1999 as the first 24-hour television channel created and operated by a professional sports league, is distributed to 80 countries. NBA merchandise is sold in more than 100,000 stores in 100 countries on six continents; NBA.com gets more than half of its visitors from outside the United States.

NBA Cares is the league's social responsibility initiative that builds on the NBA's long tradition of addressing important social issues in the United States and around the world. Through this umbrella program, the NBA, its teams and players have committed to donating $100 million to charity, providing a million hours of hands on service to the community and creating 250 places where kids and families can live, learn or play. NBA Cares works with internationally-recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: UNICEF; the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.

 The following is a complete list of young players participating in the Korea Development Camp 2008: