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Green headed to Russia as hoops missionary

Spurs guard Danny Green spent part of last fall’s NBA lockout playing professionally in Slovenia. This month, he’s set to return to eastern Europe, but only for a few days.

Green has been selected to participate in the first-ever Basketball Without Borders event in Russia, to be held Sept. 13-16 in Moscow. There, he will help run basketball camps for as many as 50 up-and-coming European players.

Also scheduled to participate are Russian NBA players Andrei Kirilenko and Alexey Shved (both of Minnesota) and Denver’s Timofey Mozgov, as well as Brooklyn guard MarShon Brooks and Brian Cardinal, formerly of the Dallas Mavericks.

Lithuanian legend  Sarunas Marciulionis is also scheduled to participate.

Basketball Without Borders camps are held annually as a collaboration between the NBA and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

It is described in a news release as a “global basketball development program that uses the sport to create positive social change in the areas of education and health and wellness.”

Since its inception in 2001, Basketball Without Borders has staged 30 camps in 15 countries.

Green headed to Russia as hoops missionary

Spurs guard Danny Green spent part of last fall’s NBA lockout playing professionally in Slovenia. This month, he’s set to return to eastern Europe, but only for a few days.

Green has been selected to participate in the first-ever Basketball Without Borders event in Russia, to be held Sept. 13-16 in Moscow. There, he will help run basketball camps for as many as 50 up-and-coming European players.

Also scheduled to participate are Russian NBA players Andrei Kirilenko and Alexey Shved (both of Minnesota) and Denver’s Timofey Mozgov, as well as Brooklyn guard MarShon Brooks and Brian Cardinal, formerly of the Dallas Mavericks.

Lithuanian legend  Sarunas Marciulionis is also scheduled to participate.

Basketball Without Borders camps are held annually as a collaboration between the NBA and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

It is described in a news release as a “global basketball development program that uses the sport to create positive social change in the areas of education and health and wellness.”

Since its inception in 2001, Basketball Without Borders has staged 30 camps in 15 countries.

Ex-Spurs’ assistant names Magic staff

New Orlando Magic coach Jacque Vaughn has completed his staff, with the addition of six new assistants.

The former Spurs’ assistant coach, along with general manager Rob Hennigan, announced Thursday that the team hired James Borrego, Wes Unseld Jr. and Brett Gunning to serve as Vaughn’s main assistants. Laron Profit and Luke Stuckey will lead player development, and Gordon Chiesa was hired as a special consultant to Vaughn.

Borrego, a one-time video coordinator with the Spurs, spent the past two seasons as an assistant in New Orleans. Unseld was a Golden State assistant last season after a stint as a Washington assistant. Gunning served several roles with the Rockets the past four years.