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Smith, Doug Christie, and Vin Baker shook hands with North Korean players before moving onto the court at the Pyongyang Indoor Gymnasium.\u003cbr/\u003eRodman's team is expected to play a friendly match with a North Korean side on Wednesday. \u003cbr/\u003eOrganisers said that in the first half of the match, Americans will face North Koreans, and then for the second half, the teams will be mixed.\u003cbr/\u003eThe North Korean players come from various local teams and are not the national team.\u003cbr/\u003eThey said they hoped to learn from the former NBA stars, and improve their game.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I hope that teaching each other and exchanging ideas between our two countries, to develop basketball techniques, will be very successful,\" one of the players said.\u003cbr/\u003eChristie told reporters the North Koreans were surprisingly good.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They were a little better than I anticipated actually. They had some guys who could shoot, they moved around really well, and one of the biggest things is (that) when we were teaching, they really paid attention, and it looked like that they were really interested, had a vested interest in trying to improve,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eFacing criticism over his involvement in North Korea, Rodman made a plea for understanding about his project, imploring Americans not to meet him and his players with \"negativity\" when they returned home.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're not trying to stand here, trying to control things, no, we're just coming to do something very nice,\" he told reporters.\u003cbr/\u003eRodman has said that his match is intended as a birthday present for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and that is why it is taking place on January 8.\u003cbr/\u003eThe NBA and the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) criticised his visit.\u003cbr/\u003eThe NBRPA released a statement saying the trip \"is not supported by our organization in any way,\" a similar sentiment to what was offered by NBA Commissioner David Stern.\u003cbr/\u003eRodman travelled to North Korea for the first time last February with the Harlem Globetrotters for an HBO series. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter spending time together, Rodman called Kim a \"friend for life\" and came back just before Christmas (2013) to hold tryouts for the North Korean basketball team, though he did not meet with Kim then.\u003cbr/\u003eRodman has been given the red-carpet treatment on each of his trips, but visiting North Korea for any high-profile American is a political minefield.\u003cbr/\u003eAmericans are regarded as enemies in North Korea since the two countries never signed a peace treaty to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War. \u003cbr/\u003eThousands of US troops are still based in South Korea, and the Demilitarised Zone between the North and South is one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world.\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of former NBA (National Basketball Association) players shaking hands with North Korean basketball players \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of hand shakes\u003cbr/\u003e3. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman  walking onto basketball court and giving thumbs up sign \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide pan of American and North Korean basketball players during training session\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of American and North Korean basketball players talking on court \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of training session with American and North Korean players \u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of Rodman on court \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of training session\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Chong Il, North Korean basketball player:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I hope that teaching each other and exchanging ideas between our two countries, to develop basketball techniques, will be very successful.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid pan of training session\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Christie, former NBA player:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, they were a little better than I anticipated actually, they had some guys who could shoot, they moved around really well, and one of the biggest things is (that) when we were teaching, they really paid attention, and it looked like that they were really interested, had a vested interest in trying to improve, which was... you don't know, I teach basketball all the time, to kids, and different things, attention spans waver, they were looking us in our eye, and it was really eye-opening, and an incredible experience.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of training session\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of North Korean basketball players watching, smiling\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of training session\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of Rodman with Ri Myong Hun, former North Korean basketball player \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Rodman, former NBA player:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So when we come back to America, please, do one thing, don't give us negativity, just shake our hand, because we tried to do something very nice. That is it guys, we're not trying to stand here, trying to control things, no, we're just coming to do something very nice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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