Your All-Foreign-Born NBA Team

Rod700 · Post #1 » by **Rod700** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:40 pm

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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killbuckner · Post #2 » by **killbuckner** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:02 pm

You probably want to put Tim Duncan on there... and then move it to a more appropriate board.

Kaman was born in the US.

conleyorbust · Post #3 » by **conleyorbust** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:07 pm

Ewing if from Jamaica...

Rod700 · Post #4 » by **Rod700** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:12 pm

I figured it would give Hawks fans something to do since this board has slowed down since the Smoove signing. I could post it elsewhere too though.

Rod700 · Post #5 » by **Rod700** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:20 pm

killbuckner wrote:
Kaman was born in the US.

Isn't he playing with the German Olympic team? If he was born in the U.S., woudn't that make him a U.S. citizen, or did he just renounce that right?

Rod700 · Post #6 » by **Rod700** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:24 pm

Answer to my own question:

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.

Theology · Post #7 » by **Theology** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:13 pm

U might want to add Drazen Petrovich & Detlef Shrempf to that list

also Hakeem played for Team USA in the 96 Olympics

Rod700 · Post #8 » by **Rod700** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:55 pm

I can see this is more difficult than I had originally envisioned. Thanks for the info though guys. I learn something new everyday.

EDIT: P.S. I somehow left off Yao Ming and didn't mention Shremph,

Leiro · Post #9 » by **Leiro** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:08 pm

Sabonis and Drazen deserves a spot in that line up.

Skyhawk1 · Post #10 » by **Skyhawk1** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:34 pm

Pietrus ?????????? The guy played his NBA carreer for GS, probably the worst defensive team in the league and his on that list. No way. Sabonis, Ewing ( I miss watching him, one of the greatest ), Dirk, Nash, Mutombo, Ginobli are great and the ones I've been able to watch more...

Harry10 · Post #11 » by **Harry10** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:50 pm

shouldn't the All-Foreign-Born NBA Team just be the Argentina basketball team plus Parker (and maybe Yao).

bling_singh · Post #12 » by **bling_singh** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:39 am

Theology wrote:U might want to add Drazen Petrovich & Detlef Shrempf to that list

also Hakeem played for Team USA in the 96 Olympics

QFT

I cant believe Drazen was left off that list.

BadWolf · Post #13 » by **BadWolf** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:27 am

Harry10 wrote:shouldn't the All-Foreign-Born NBA Team just be the Argentina basketball team plus Parker (and maybe Yao).

huh? lol

Which team is stronger up front

All foreign born

Dream - Sabonis - Ewing - Yao
Duncan - Nowitzki

All American born

Wilt - Russell - Shaq
Malone - Garnett - Barkley

Rod700 · Post #14 » by **Rod700** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:41 pm

bling_singh wrote:
Theology wrote:U might want to add Drazen Petrovich & Detlef Shrempf to that list

I cant believe Drazen was left off that list.

Just threw a few together to see what other people would add to it.

reazun · Post #15 » by **reazun** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:02 pm

yall forgot Gasol, Ilgauskus, Rony Seikaly, and Luc Longly