Mission
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Our mission is to provide a platform where Koreans across North America can showcase their basketball skills and talents through competition. Through this mission, we hope that the following will be achieved:
Increase of brotherhood both locally and nationally. Through basketball and competition, each city will have the opportunity to meet, compete and network with players, staff and spectators from across North America. Create a platform for competition among the best. Allow top players of each city to play against other top players across the nation. It will be a medium where the top players can benchmark their skill sets. Build the pathway for younger athletes to develop Create the necessary developmental programs and outreach to help create youth programs. |
북미전역에 한국인들에게 가장 경쟁력있는 대회를 통해 자신의 농구기술과 재능을 선보일수 있는 플랫폼을 제공하는것을 목적으로 합니다. 이를 위해서 다음사항들이 수행되어야 합니다.
지역적,국가적인 선수의 증대, 각 도시는 농구대회를 통해 농구재능 및 개성을 발전시킬수 있는 기회를 갖고 친선을 도모합니다.나아가 그것은 전국대회에서 전미를 능가할 것입니다. 각 도시의 선수들은 타국가의 선수들과 대항을 통해 그들의 기술들을 벤치마크 할수 있는 매체가 될 것입니다. 농구 조직간의 존경과 진실성을 유지합니다. 북미최고의 선수들의 기술과 재능이 선보이며, 더 높은 수준으로 발전할수 있습니다. |
VISION
Korean Basketball Association of America (formerly: North American Basketball Association (KNABA)) is a dedicated non-profit organization aspiring to bring the best platform for development of Korean Basketball in the Western Hemisphere. Currently, it includes United States and Canada but is very open to teams from the rest of the continent.
The staff is made up of basketball organizers and players throughout the nation including Canada. We are striving to use KNABA as the launching organization to find and showcase prominent players with Korean heritage. Moreover, we hope our annual “Nationals” tournament will become the most sought after tournament in order to gain attention from various outlets, including KBL, Korean Basketball League, the premier league in South Korea.
Each summer in June holiday is our tournament and the teams consists of qualified players that represent each city. We have had up to 16 teams participate and the tournament is held from Friday to Sunday at a host city chosen by the organization. We hope that we can help and assist our next generation of basketball players to develop and play at the highest level, whatever it may be for that player.
The staff is made up of basketball organizers and players throughout the nation including Canada. We are striving to use KNABA as the launching organization to find and showcase prominent players with Korean heritage. Moreover, we hope our annual “Nationals” tournament will become the most sought after tournament in order to gain attention from various outlets, including KBL, Korean Basketball League, the premier league in South Korea.
Each summer in June holiday is our tournament and the teams consists of qualified players that represent each city. We have had up to 16 teams participate and the tournament is held from Friday to Sunday at a host city chosen by the organization. We hope that we can help and assist our next generation of basketball players to develop and play at the highest level, whatever it may be for that player.
Legacy of JOhn Han
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KBAA's inception as KNABA (Korean North American Basketball Association) is like many other organizations, built on the vision and drive of a small group of people. However, among that group there was one that had the passion to lead and forge KBAA as it is known today. John Han was the driving force behind KNABA, working hard to make time away from his family of three kids and wife, to lead a band of brothers from around the United States who shared John's passion and commitment to create an organization to enhance the level of play among Korean American basketball players and forging a platform from which players can connect with other brothers throughout North America through basketball. John Han was also passionate in coaching his Orange County team, whose five consecutive Championships in KNABA/KO is still stuff of legend. Unfortunately, John was taken from us too early due to a car accident in 2015, when he was driving to attend, what else, a Korean Sports Organizational meeting. The void he leaves can never be replaced, but KNABA has dedicated itself to continue his work and forge ahead to elevate KNABA to become that which John had envisioned. John was a man of faith, family and basketball, and we hope that he is looking down on us and our work from the basketball court up above. He will never be forgotten.
KORE article on John Han
KORE article on John Han