BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - July 2, 2005 - Basketball Without Borders inaugurates the Center of Reading in the Benjamín Zorrilla del Distrito Escolar 8. The center includes a hall multimedia, a bookstore with more than 2500 titles as well as an area with computers and printers.

The event counted on the participation of Claudius Morreso, Secretary of Sports of Argentina, Emanuel Ginóbili, Carlos Delfino, Andrés Notion, Dikembe Mutombo, Samuel Dalembert and the former coach of the NBA John Thompson.

Declarations of some of the players of the NBA that was present in this historical event:

Claudio Morresi, Secretary of Sports of Argentina
This is a great example of great stars with its shared in common function. In this place since doing sport values are gotten up very many that throughout the life of these people are going away to carry out. Very many of these boys as of today they are going to have the possibility of enjoying this Center of Reading. Honestly I am thankful to the people of the NBA by its leadership in this communitarian job class and hopefully this can be repeated in our country.

Andrés Noción, Chicago Bulls
For us it is a pride to be part of this event to visit all the boys of the school. I hope that the children enjoy and use much this reading room, I believe that it is a pretty project. Hopefully that reads much, we on the part of the NBA thought that if reads much they are going to be able to make better people and they are going away to work a better future. I want to thank to him to the people of the school for this pretty day that they gave us.

Emanuel Ginóbili, San Antonio Spurs
Doubtlessly this it is a very special day for us. Playing for the NBA many things are lived, but they are the moments like this those that to one plus fill it and they give satisfaction him to be able to be to live them on this form. The NBA the weather comes making this type from projects is good, as well as today we inaugurated this Center of Reading, the NBA already made 106 centers of reading anywhere in the world, this center 107. So these boys are due to feel very lucky to have this center in their school. The form to give back this gratefulness is using it of the best way. The way of the learning and the knowledge next to the sport are the things that really can mark the difference in the future of these boys.