The Playoffs feature 22 international players in the Eastern Conference and 38 in the Western Conference. The Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors each have six international players. At the end of the 2006-07 regular season, the NBA featured 85 international players from 37 countries and territories on team rosters (both active and inactive).
International players in the NBA Playoffs 2007:
EASTERN CONFERENCE (22)
Chicago Bulls (5): Martynas Andriuskevicius (Lithuania), Luol Deng (England), Andres Nocioni (Argentina), Viktor Khryapa (Russia) and Thabo Sefolosha (Switzerland)
Cleveland Cavaliers (3): Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Lithuania), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Montenegro) and Anderson Varejao (Brazil)
Detroit Pistons (1): Carlos Delfino (Argentina)
Orlando Magic (3): Carlos Arroyo (Puerto Rico), Darko Milicic (Serbia) and Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu (Turkey)
New Jersey Nets (3): Mile Ilic (Serbia), Nenad Krstic (Serbia) and Bostjan Nachbar (Slovenia)
Toronto Raptors (6): Andrea Bargnani (Italy), Jose Manuel Calderon (Spain), Jorge Garbajosa (Spain), Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovic (Slovenia), Uros Slokar (Slovenia) and Pape Sow (Senegal)
Washington Wizards (1): Darius Songaila (Lithuania)
WESTERN CONFERENCE (37)
Dallas Mavericks (5): Jose Juan Barea (Puerto Rico) , DeSagana Diop (Senegal), Didier Ilunga-Mbenga (Congo), Pops Mensah-Bonsu (England) and Dirk Nowitzki (Germany)
Denver Nuggets (4): Yakhouba Diawara (France), Linas Kleiza (Lithuania), Eduardo Najera (Mexico) and Nene (Brazil)
Golden State Warriors (6): Kelenna Azubuike (England), Andris Biedrins (Latvia), Zarko Cabarkapa (Serbia), Adonal Foyle (St. Vincent and Grenadines), Sarunas Jasikevicius (Lithuania) and Mickael Pietrus (France)
Houston Rockets (4): Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), Vassilis Spanoulis (Greece), Jake Tsakalidis(Greece) and Yao Ming (China)
Los Angeles Lakers (3): Ronny Turiaf (France), Sasha Vujacic(Slovenia) and Vladimir Radmanovic (Serbia)
Phoenix Suns (6): Leandro Barbosa (Brazil), Raja Bell (U.S. Virgin Islands), Pat Burke (Ireland), Boris Diaw (France), Sean Marks (New Zealand) and Steve Nash (Canada).
San Antonio Spurs (6): Tim Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands), Francisco Elson (Netherlands), Manu Ginobili (Argentina), Fabricio Oberto (Argentina), Tony Parker(France) and Beno Udrih (Slovenia)
Utah Jazz (4): Rafael Araujo (Brazil), Gordan Giricek (Croatia), Andrei Kirilenko (Russia) and Mehmet Okur (Turkey)
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