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I Feel Devotion
Best Basketball Players Ever By Country
I think this would be an interesting topic (the best basketball players ever by country), and YES, it will include discussions about MANY NBA players, so it SHOULD be in this forum.
Argentina -
Manu Ginobili -
Luis Scola (honorable mention)
Australia -
Andrew Gaze -
Shane Heal (honorable mention) -
David Andersen (honorable mention) -
Chris Anstey (honorable mention) -
Luc Longley (honorable mention) -
Andrew Bogut (if you only want to count NBA)
Belgium -
Tony Parker (best Belgian born) -
Willy Steveniers (best Belgian player) -
Axel Hervelle (honorable mention) -
Tomas Van Den Spiegel (honorable mention) -
D. J. Mbenga (honorable mention)
Bosnia -
Mirza Delibasic -
Mirza Teletovic (honorable mention)
Brazil -
Oscar Schmidt
Bulgaria -
Atanas Golomeev -
Georgi Glouchkov (honorable mention)
Canada -
Steve Nash
China -
Yao Ming
Croatia -
Drazen Petrovic (based on how good the players were) -
Kresimir Cosic (based on body of work and accomplishments) -
Toni Kukoc (if you only want to count NBA) -
Dino Radja (honorable mention) -
Nikola Vujcic (honorable mention) -
Stojan Vrankovic (honorable mention)
Czech Republic -
Jiri Zidek Sr. -
Ivan Mrazek (honorable mention)
Dominican Republic -
Al Horford -
Jack Michael Martinez (honorable mention) -
Sammy Mejia (honorable mention)
England -
Carlton Myers (best English player) -
Luol Deng (best with English citizenship, that is if you only want to count NBA) -
Ben Gordon (best English born, if you only count the NBA) -
Nate Reinking (honorable mention) -
Michael Olowokandi (honorable mention) -
John Amaechi (honorable mention) -
Andrew Betts (honorable mention) -
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (honorable mention) -
Joel Freeland (honorable mention) -
Finland -
Hanno Mottola -
Petteri Koponen (honorable mention) -
Sasu Salin (honorable mention) -
France -
Dominique Wilkins (best French born) -
Tony Parker (best with French citizenship) -
Antoine Rigaudeau (honorable mention) -
Alain Gilles (honorable mention) -
Stephane Ostrowski (honorable mention) -
Richard Dacoury (honorable mention) -
Jean-Paul Beugnot (honorable mention) -
FYRO Macedonia -
Petar Naumoski -
Bo McCalebb (honorable mention) -
Pero Antic (honorable mention) -
Vrbica Stefanov (honorable mention)
Germany -
Dirk Nowitzki -
Detlef Schrempf (honorable mention) -
Christian Welp (honorable mention) -
Chris Kaman (honorable mention)
Georgia -
Otar Korkia
Manuchar Markoishvili (honorable mention)
Giorgi Shermadini (honorable mention)
Zaza Pachulia (counting only NBA)
Greece -
Nikos Galis (best Greek blood diaspora) -
Panagiotis Giannakis (best Greek born)
Haiti -
Olden Polynice -
Samuel Dalembert (honorable mention)
Hungary -
Ferenc Nemeth -
Kornel David (honorable mention)
Iceland -
Petur Gudmundsson -
Jon Stefansson (honorable mention)
Iran -
Hamed Haddadi
Israel -
Miki Berkovich
Ireland -
Pat Burke
Italy -
Dino Meneghin -
Pier Marzorati (honorable mention) -
Antonello Riva (honorable mention) -
Gregor F u c k a (honorable mention)
Carlton Myers (honorable mention) -
Aldo Ossola (honorable mention) -
Jordan -
Zaid Abbas
Latvia -
Janis Krumins -
Valdis Valters (honorable mention) -
Andris Biedrins (if you only want to count NBA)
Lebanon -
Rony Seikaly
Fadi El Khatib (honorable mention)
Lithuania -
Arvydas Sabonis (pre-injury), if considering post injury Sabonis, then -
Sarunas Marciulionis or Sarunas Jasikevicius
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (counting only NBA)
Mexico -
Manuel Raga -
Gustavo Ayon (honorable mention) -
Romel Beck (honorable mention)
Eduardo Najera (honorable mention) -
Montenegro -
Nikola Pekovic
Netherlands -
Rik Smits -
Swen Nater (honorable mention) -
Kees Akerboom Sr. (honorable mention)
Francisco Elson (honorable mention) -
Dan Gadzuric (honorable mention)
New Zealand -
Kirk Penney -
Sean Marks (if you only want to count NBA) -
Pero Cameron (honorable mention)
Nigeria -
Hakeem Olajuwon
Peru -
Ricardo Duarte
Poland-
Marcin Gortat
Puerto Rico -
Jose Ortiz -
Teofilo Cruz (honorable mention) -
J.J. Barea (honorable mention) -
Daniel Santiago (honorable mention) -
Carlos Arroyo (if you only want to count NBA)
Republic of the Congo -
Serge Ibaka
Russia -
Andrei Kirilenko -
If you want to count Soviet Union/Russia as one for the actual Russian lineage players, then -
Sergey Belov
Scotland -
Robert Archibald
Senegal -
Boniface N'Dong
Pape Sow (honorable mention)
Serbia -
Hard to decide this one (probably Bodiroga though), when they had players like -
Dejan Bodiroga -
Drazen Dalipagic (honorable mention) -
Dragan Kicanovic (honorable mention) -
Radivoj Korac (honorable mention) -
Sasha Danilovic (honorable mention) -
Vlade Divac (honorable mention) -
Peja Stojakovic (honorable mention) -
Sasha Djordjevic (honorable mention) -
Slovakia -
Stanislav Kropilak -
Anton Gavel (honorable mention) -
Richard Petruska (honorable mention) -
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)
Soviet Union -
Sergey Belov -
Alexander Belov (honorable mention)
Spain -
Juan Carlos Navarro (based on how good the players were) -
Pau Gasol (based on accomplishments, he could be argued as the best) -
Epi (honorable mention) -
Juan Antonio Corbalan (honorable mention) -
Emiliano Rodriguez (honorable mention)
Sweden -
Maciej Lampe (he grew up in Sweden) -
Jonas Jerebko (best Swedish born) -
Jeffery Taylor (honorable mention)
Switzerland -
Nikola Vucevic (he was born in Switzerland) -
Enes Kanter (he was born in Switzerland) -
Thabo Sefalosha (best fully Swiss player)
I can't think of any other Swiss players, so I put Vucevic and Kanter there, even though they are Montenegrin and Turkish.
Tunisia -
Salah Mejri
Turkey -
Ibrahim Kutluay -
Mirsad Turkcan (honorable mention) -
Hedo Turkoglu (if you only want to count NBA)
Ukraine -
Vladimir Tkachenko -
Alexander Volkov (honorable mention) -
Viktor Khryapa (if you count him, since he is Ukraine born - honorable mention)
USA -
Michael Jordan -
Magic Johnson (honorable mention) -
Larry Bird (honorable mention)
US Virgin Islands -
Tim Duncan
Venezuela -
Greivis Vasquez -
Oscar Torres (honorable mention)
Last edited by Euroleague; 01-11-2013 at 10:30 AM.
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NBA Legend
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Planet of the Kai's -
Gawdbe
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Lol
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
I did a similar thread once: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=233560
BTW Virgin Islands isn't a country.
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I Run NY.
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Darryl Dawkins
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Laker Gang #COYG
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No love for Peja Stojakovic? Luol Deng for UK (born in Sudan) otherwise Ben Gordon. Our players suck
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Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by RRR3
BTW Virgin Islands isn't a country.
Exactly, it's a US property.
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I feel devotion
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Dalipagic should be listed for Serbia not Bosnia .
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MJ of ISH *Brotherhood
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by Money 23
Exactly, it's a US property.
And yet Tim Duncan is still considered an international player.
Also I'm sure most people know, but Nash was born in South Africa. Although I think it's fair to associate him with Canada.
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Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by (e)
And yet Tim Duncan is still considered an international player.
Never really heard that myself. He played for Team USA in the Olympics.
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Bernie 2020
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by Fiba basketball
Dalipagic should be listed for Serbia not Bosnia .
He was born and raised in Mostar...finished school in Mostar...but since his name is Serbian, he should be listed as a Serbian...? What am I missing here? You do realize a shit ton of Serbs live in Bosnia right?
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Deep In The Q
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
No mention for Lebron and Kobe for USA??
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Sentenza
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by Marv_Albert
No mention for Lebron and Kobe for USA??
As awful as he is as a poster he still gets some things right, although the Bird mention could probably be replaced with Kareem.
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Bernie 2020
Re: Best Players Ever By Country
Originally Posted by RRR3
And you did a horrible job...Stojakovic as Croatian (idc if you were doing it from where they were born, thats ****ing retarded) and vlad rad for bosnia..
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