Lakers’ Sasha Vujacic on Basketball Without Borders; Lakers team for 2007-08 season

Point guard Sasha Vujacic of Slovenia recently talked with Lakers.com in an interview about his experience with the Basketball Without Borders program. Vujacic, a third-year team member, went to the Asia series of the program, which was held in China and brought youth together from South Korea, Kazakhstan, and from all other parts of the region, according to the NBA player, who said he ended up choosing China as his destination for the program due to an overwhelming amount of emails he received from youth in that country and from Asia all together. Basketball Without Borders, or BWB, is a program sponsored by the NBA and the International Basketball Federation and has sponsored more than 1,000 youth from 50 different countries, helping them to develop social and life skills and strengthen their athletic background through NBA mentors. “All four days we were there we had a great time,” Vujacic said. “Not just the players, but the coaches too. We loved it. Scottie (Pippen) was there, Vlade, Chris Duhon, Luther Head, Matt Carroll. I like how the NBA kept everyone together with team dinners, lunches, just whenever they had a chance with an appearance to do something with the group. That was great.”

Vujacic also said he was excited for the Lakers to start their season and how much he loves his new home in Los Angeles. “I love LA. Going home is always something you have to do, and something I’m going to do every year, but like I said before, at first I had a hard time fitting in, but now people in LA, people that I’ve met, people that I have around… it’s just like the song – I Love LA. My family is here now and they like it as well. They miss going home, but for now it’s OK.”

LA fans are getting excited for the season to start, too, and those who love their home team can buy Lakers tickets at Stubhub.com.

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