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“WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE IS USING BASKETBALL TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN CULTURES. I THINK IT REALLY IS TRUE THAT PEOPLE, WHETHER ON A BASKETBALL COURT OR ON A SOCCER PITCH, WHEN THEY COMPETE TOGETHER, THEY SEE HOW MUCH THEY REALLY DO HAVE IN COMMON.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, according to the Associated Press, in Israel this week as part of “Basketball Without Borders,” a program that hosts training camps for top teenage players throughout the world.