Best Players Ever By Country

[Euroleague]

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)

[FKAri]

Planet of the Kai's -

Gawdbe

[Money 23]

Nikos Galis is American

[RRR3]

I did a similar thread once: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=233560

BTW Virgin Islands isn't a country.

[niko]

Turkey: D-Will

[DonDadda59]

The Planet Lovetron
Darryl Dawkins

[KobesFinger]

No love for Peja Stojakovic? Luol Deng for UK (born in Sudan) otherwise Ben Gordon. Our players suck

[Money 23]

BTW Virgin Islands isn't a country.

Exactly, it's a US property.

[Fiba basketball]

Dalipagic should be listed for Serbia not Bosnia .

[(e)]

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.

[Money 23]

And yet Tim Duncan is still considered an international player.

Never really heard that myself. He played for Team USA in the Olympics.

[Bosnian Sajo]

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?

[Marv_Albert]

No mention for Lebron and Kobe for USA??

[AngelEyes]

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.

[Bosnian Sajo]

I did a similar thread once: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=233560

BTW Virgin Islands isn't a country.

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..