Historical Collaboration: As published in Israel Today, the NBA and Basketball League will soon announce the Junior League in Israel, which will include 30 teams by age 14 • Omri Caspi: "Great program to encourage youth across the country to apply for the game" • All Explanations and schedule inside

• Omri Caspi in New Orleans uniform. The best league in the world comes to Israel

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Initial and innovative collaboration between the Basketball League and the Best League in the World, during which the children's league until the age of 14 will be announced as the NBA Junior League at an event to be held on Monday, March 3.2 at 4.30 pm in the Maccabiah Village.

It should be noted that the event sponsored by Omri Caspi, the first Israeli in the NBA to come, will be in the form of a draft, each of the 30 teams to advance to the new league, receive the name and uniform of one of the 30 NBA teams, and represent it until the end This season so eventually teams will call Maccabi Lakers or Hapoel Clippers, etc.

As we recall, as early as April 2019, we first published in Israel Today on a cooperation agreement between the union and the leaders of the UN and a special visit by the European representatives of the world's best league in Israel and meetings with the union leaders.

The innovative venture is part of the cooperation that has been agreed upon, and it is estimated that in the coming years the cooperation will be reflected in other ways.

The NBA Junior League is a global league and Israel will become one of the 75 political and has touched no fewer than 51.5 million players to date. New league goal: Developing the fundamentals of the game, sports values ​​and developing future talents alongside advancing coaches.

Amiram Halevi Basketball Association chairman said: I am very proud of this collaboration and appreciate that the young players' contact with the NBA will help them as future players of Israeli basketball as well as better people outside the game. This is a tremendous project in which the NBA invests very large resources And we are happy to be a part of this global thing. I have no doubt that the event will be successful and interesting and I thank all the people who helped us reach this moment. "

Amara Stodmeyer toying with children on his previous visit to Israel // Photo: Yossi Zeliger

Omri Caspi, who may be attending the event, said: "The NBA NBA Junior League is a great program to encourage youth across the country to apply for the game, especially when given the opportunity to represent some of their favorite NBA teams. I look forward to participating in the event and interacting with participants there, Share my story and the ways basketball has impacted my life. "

"We are very excited about the cooperation with the Israel Basketball Association aimed at promoting basketball at a young age," said NBA spokesman Neil Mayer in Europe and the Middle East. "Together we will promote a healthy program that teaches the values ​​of the game and creates a pleasant playing environment for the young players while fostering their basic skills."

Much like the NBA League, the Junior League will also include six homes in two counties and eventually, just like in the U.S., the first 16 will play in the playoffs and the first two from each district will play for the championship.