Your All-Foreign-Born NBA team
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Your All-Foreign-Born NBA team
Hey guys, I've never posted on this board before, and this may have been done before, but seeing the representation of NBA players on other countries' teams has had me thinking about all the talent the NBA has amassed from other countries. Taking into consideration all those players, which ones would form your All-time foreign-born NBA team? (These have to be players that still hold their citizenship with other countries, i.e. Kobe doesn't count just because he spent some time in Italy.)
Olajuwon/Mutombo/Divac
Nowitzki/Kaman/
Kirlenko/Kukoc/Pietrius (for defense)
Ginolbi/Stoyakovich or Turkolu (same skill set, doesn't matter which one)
Nash/Parker
Honorable Mentions: Rik Smits, Rony Seikley, Samuel Dalembert
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Olajuwon/Mutombo/Divac
Nowitzki/Kaman/
Kirlenko/Kukoc/Pietrius (for defense)
Ginolbi/Stoyakovich or Turkolu (same skill set, doesn't matter which one)
Nash/Parker
Honorable Mentions: Rik Smits, Rony Seikley, Samuel Dalembert
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Oops, I would probalby have to remove Kaman from that list:
"he was born and raised in Michigan. He joined the German team after becoming a citizen; his great-grandparents had German ancestry. "
http://www.atthehive.com/2008/8/7/58831 ... ketball-pr
I don't know if he should count or not. He is a foreign citizen, but he was born and raised in Michigan. I did say foreign-born though, so I guess that cancels him out.
"he was born and raised in Michigan. He joined the German team after becoming a citizen; his great-grandparents had German ancestry. "
http://www.atthehive.com/2008/8/7/58831 ... ketball-pr
I don't know if he should count or not. He is a foreign citizen, but he was born and raised in Michigan. I did say foreign-born though, so I guess that cancels him out.
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No Petrovic, no Sabonis? On which planet have you resided these past 20 years?
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Hakeem/Yao/Mutombo
Dirk/Gasol/
Wilkins/AK/Schrempf
Manu/Petrovic
Nash/Parker/Kerr
Dirk/Gasol/
Wilkins/AK/Schrempf
Manu/Petrovic
Nash/Parker/Kerr
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It's great that you put Divac on that list, since that guy was great. He flopped like no other, but he was a sensational passer. On that note, how in the is Arvydas Sabonis not on this list? And what kind of team has Pietrus, but no Jasikevicius? If you wanted a player solely for defense, you have Kirilenko.
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Tim Duncan/Yao Ming/Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki/Paul Gasol/Mehmet Okur
Andrei Kirilenko/Hedo Turkoglu/Andres Nocioni
Manu Ginobli/Peja Stojakovic/Leandro Barbosa
Steve Nash/Tony Parker/Jose Calderon
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lol jk... but that should be about the most accurate thing I can come up with.
Dirk Nowitzki/Paul Gasol/Mehmet Okur
Andrei Kirilenko/Hedo Turkoglu/Andres Nocioni
Manu Ginobli/Peja Stojakovic/Leandro Barbosa
Steve Nash/Tony Parker/Jose Calderon
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lol jk... but that should be about the most accurate thing I can come up with.
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Samuel Dalembert gets an honorable mention, while an awesome frontline of Gasol, Duncan, Yao and Sabonis are left out. haha
C-Hakeem, Yao Ming, Sabonis
PF-Duncan, Gasol, Nowitzki
SF-Deng, Peja, Kirilenko
SG-Ginobili, Petrovic
PG-Nash,Tony Parker
All the PFs can play at C also.
C-Hakeem, Yao Ming, Sabonis
PF-Duncan, Gasol, Nowitzki
SF-Deng, Peja, Kirilenko
SG-Ginobili, Petrovic
PG-Nash,Tony Parker
All the PFs can play at C also.
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C: Hakeem , Sabonis
PF: Nowitzki, Divac,
SF: Kukoc, Schrempf, AK
SG: Petrovic, Manu, Sarunas Marculonis
PG: Nash, Parker
PF: Nowitzki, Divac,
SF: Kukoc, Schrempf, AK
SG: Petrovic, Manu, Sarunas Marculonis
PG: Nash, Parker
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Sabonis, Hakeem, Ewing,
Duncan, Dirk, Gasol, Radja
Nique, Peja, Schrempf
Drazen, Manu,
Nash, Parker, Kukoc
Thats a 15 man roster that could go 82-0 in todays NBA and beat the Dream Team.
Duncan, Dirk, Gasol, Radja
Nique, Peja, Schrempf
Drazen, Manu,
Nash, Parker, Kukoc
Thats a 15 man roster that could go 82-0 in todays NBA and beat the Dream Team.
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CRHeel94 wrote:C: Hakeem , Sabonis
PF: Nowitzki, Divac,
SF: Kukoc, Schrempf, AK
SG: Petrovic, Manu, Sarunas Marculonis
PG: Nash, Parker
replace AK with Nique and this is pretty much my team...
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Considering Dominique Wilkins a 'foreign-born' player is disingenuous. He was born in Paris because his father was in the military. The family returned stateside when he was a baby. He had NO contact with international basketball aqt all until more than 30 years later, when he prolonged his NBA career with a brief stint in Italy.
This is just like Walt Szczerbiak, Wally's father, who was born in Hamburg to Ukrainian expatriate parents before they all moved to the States. At all levels, Walt was a Pennsylvania-reared ballplayer - not a German or Ukrainian player.
Also, placing Vlade Divac ahead of Pau Gasol as a power forward is simply unfair.
This is just like Walt Szczerbiak, Wally's father, who was born in Hamburg to Ukrainian expatriate parents before they all moved to the States. At all levels, Walt was a Pennsylvania-reared ballplayer - not a German or Ukrainian player.
Also, placing Vlade Divac ahead of Pau Gasol as a power forward is simply unfair.
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Warspite wrote:Sabonis, Hakeem, Ewing,
Duncan, Dirk, Gasol, Radja
Nique, Peja, Schrempf
Drazen, Manu,
Nash, Parker, Kukoc
Thats a 15 man roster that could go 82-0 in todays NBA and beat the Dream Team.
Agreed, that's a great team.
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salaner wrote: when he prolonged his NBA career with a brief stint in Italy.
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C: Divac, Sabonis, Olajuwon, Gasol
PF: Dirk, Dino Radja
SF: Danilovic, Peja,
SG: Petrovic, Manu
PG: Parker, Nash
PF: Dirk, Dino Radja
SF: Danilovic, Peja,
SG: Petrovic, Manu
PG: Parker, Nash
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I went with "truly international" players who came outside the U.S. collegiate system. Yes, know Saras went to Maryland but he didn't earn his NBA spot from there, and can be by all means considered a truly international player.
Sabonis/Yao/Divac
Nowitzki/Gasol/Radja
Kukoc/Stojakovic/Kirilenko
Ginobili/Petrovic/Marciulionis
Parker/Calderon/Jasikevicius
Last cuts:
Turkoglu, Schrempf, Smits
Sabonis/Yao/Divac
Nowitzki/Gasol/Radja
Kukoc/Stojakovic/Kirilenko
Ginobili/Petrovic/Marciulionis
Parker/Calderon/Jasikevicius
Last cuts:
Turkoglu, Schrempf, Smits
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My team:
C - Sabonis/Ewing/The Dream
PF - Dirk Nowitzki/Dino Radja/Andrei Kirilenko
SF - Toni Kukoc/Detlef Schrempf/Stojakovic
SG - Petrovic/Marciulonis/Ginobili
PG - Steve Nash/Tony Parker/
C - Sabonis/Ewing/The Dream
PF - Dirk Nowitzki/Dino Radja/Andrei Kirilenko
SF - Toni Kukoc/Detlef Schrempf/Stojakovic
SG - Petrovic/Marciulonis/Ginobili
PG - Steve Nash/Tony Parker/
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