Best Players Ever By Country

[Euroleague]

I forgot to add that Puerto Rico and Scotland techincally aren't countries either, although I realize that residents of each may often consider themselves seperate nations.

Anyways, Euroleague, you should add these countries to your OP (if you know international players who you think were better than list them, I am only going off NBA players):


Bahamas
Mychal Thompson


Cameroon
Luc Mbah a Moute


Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dikembe Mutombo


Jamaica
Patrick Ewing, Sr.


Japan
Yuta Tabuse


Panama
Rolando Blackman


Romania
Gheorghe Mursean


Info can be found here if you are interested in listing more countries: http://www.basketball-reference.com/...ntry=CH&state=





@Millwad,
Jonas Jerebko?

Yeah, that helps.

[scandisk_]

Philippines

Ramon Fernandez
Robert Jaworski

[PimpinZaZa]

Clearly Gaze is an all-time great. Playing 2 seasons in the NBA and averaging 3.1 PPG.

Andrew Gaze is the GOAT Australian Basketballer. No doubt at all, do some research and don't be a dick!

[magic chiongson]

all of europe: anthony parker

[The Real JW]

Kobe Bryant - ITALY

Nope. From Philadelphia, born and raised.

[Magic bird]

Andrew Gaze is the GOAT Australian Basketballer. No doubt at all, do some research and don't be a dick!

This, averaging 40 something points is no small deal even if it is the Australian league.

[outbreak]

Nope. From Philadelphia, born and raised.

Didn't he live in italy until mid teens hoping to be a soccer player until he started flying to the states to play summer leagues?

Vucevic will be up there for monte negro soon.
You have some players listed by birth/citizenship kyrie irving was born in australia

[Jasi]

Carlton Myers was absolute beast mode......if we really want to consider him Italian, then he's one of the best ever for Italy. You lost me totally on Gallinari though........no way in hell.

Lol, he's already a top 3 Italian player all time nd heading for the top spot, regardless of what you think about the Nba.

[Magic bird]

Serge Ibaka from Congo?

[Partizan]

Lol, he's already a top 3 Italian player all time nd heading for the top spot, regardless of what you think about the Nba.

Not sure if serious...
Can you please give some arguments why will Gallinari be GOAT Italian player?

Anyway, I think players that are playing or played for one National Team can not be consider as best players for other countries regardless of their origins.

Dalipagic, Kicanovic and Bodiroga are only Serbian players that are seriously considered as best of all time. Despite of Stojakovic NBA career noone thinks of him as a possible GOAT, Divac is ranked above him.

[I<3NBA]

Serge Ibaka from Congo?

no. he ain't about that life

[Jasi]

Not sure if serious...
Can you please give some arguments why will Gallinari be GOAT Italian player?

Simply because his combination of size, skills, IQ, mindset is unprecedented in Italy + he's the Italian with the best career in the best league in the world.

The only thing he has yet to show is being able to lead the Italian NT in a more decisive way than he has done so far, but it's not easy when your coach plays Marco freaking Belinelli at PG, who dribbles around for 20 seconds and then shoots a deep 3 most of the times.

[iznogood]

The only way this thread makes sense is if we choose the greatest players since it's impossible to compare players from different eras.

Slovenia - (lots of players on similar levels)

Ivo Daneu -

Gregor F u c k a (honorable mention) -
Jaka Lakovic (honorable mention) -
Erazem Lorbek (honorable mention) -
Rasho Nesterovic (honorable mention) -
Goran Dragic (if you only want to count NBA)

Matjaz Smodis (honorable mention) -
Bostjan Nachbar (honorable mention) -
Beno Udrih (honorable mention) -
Sani Becirovic (honorable mention) -
Sasha Vujacic (honorable mention) -
Primoz Brezec (honorable mention)

Jure Zdovc and Peter Vilfan deserve honorable mention, the others don't (not at this point). Zdovc won 2 ECs (89, 92), and a WC in 1990. He was considered the best defensive perimeter player in Europe in his prime. As a member of Yugoslavian team, Vilfan won gold and bronze in WC and gold an silver in EC. As for other players, Gregor Fu.cka is not even considered Slovenian player since he played for Italian national team all of his career. Sasha Vujacic shouldn't make any of the national GOAT lists and so shouldn't Brezec, Nachbar, Becirovic, Lorbek, Dragic, Udrih and Nachbar at this point. Marko Milic ranks higher then any of them (the first Slovenian ever to get drafted to the NBA, great EL career, made the famous over-the-car dunk).

[Euroleague]

Kobe Bryant - ITALY

I actually thought about listing Kobe for Italy, since he himself says that's where he learned to play basketball............but I didn't want the American NBA only fans to start a total shit storm over it, and hijack the thread.

But yeah, Kobe could be considered with Italy.

[Euroleague]

Lol, he's already a top 3 Italian player all time nd heading for the top spot, regardless of what you think about the Nba.

You are overrating Gallo to an extreme degree. He's not even better than Aradori.