60 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FROM 28 COUNTRIES AND
TERRITORIES COMPETE IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS
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)
The following is a complete list of international players on 2006-07 NBA rosters (both active and inactive):
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Key
1 = Born in South Africa, raised in Canada
2 = Born in Sudan, became British citizen in 2006
3 = Born in Belgium
4 = Born in Nigeria, raised in England and moved to U.S.
5 = Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and raised in Serbia-Montenegro
PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE RIGHTS ARE HELD BY AN NBA TEAM
| Country |
Name |
NBA Team |
| Argentina |
Federico Kammerichs |
Portland Trail Blazers |
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Luis Scola |
San Antonio Spurs |
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| Australia |
David Andersen |
Atlanta Hawks |
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Ben Pepper |
Boston Celtics |
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| Belarus |
Vladimir Veremeenko |
Washington Wizards |
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| Belgium |
Alex Hervelle |
Denver Nuggets |
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| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Edin Bavcic |
Philadelphia 76ers |
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Nedzad Sinanovic |
Portland Trail Blazers |
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| China |
Xue Yuyang |
Denver Nuggets |
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| Croatia |
Kosta Perovic |
Golden State Warriors |
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Josip Sesar |
Boston Celtics |
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Roko Leni Ukic |
Toronto Raptors |
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| Czech Republic |
Loukas Mavrokefalidis |
Minnesota Timberwolves |
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| Denmark |
Christian Drejer |
New Jersey Nets |
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| England |
Andrew Betts |
Indiana Pacers |
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Joel Freeland |
Portland Trail Blazers |
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| France |
Alain Digbeu |
Atlanta Hawks |
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Ian Mahinimi |
San Antonio Spurs |
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Paccelis Morlende |
Seattle SuperSonics |
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Frederic Weiss |
New York Knicks |
| Georgia |
Viktor Sanikidze |
San Antonio Spurs |
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| Germany |
Peter Fehse |
Seattle SuperSonics |
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| Greece |
Sofoklis Schortsanitis |
Los Angeles Clippers |
| Israel |
Lior Eliyahu |
Houston Rockets |
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Yotam Halperin |
Seattle SuperSonics |
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Doron Sheffer |
Portland Trail Blazers |
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| Lithuania |
Robertas Javtokas |
San Antonio Spurs |
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Aurelijius Zukauskas |
Milwaukee Bucks |
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| Netherlands |
Ramon Van de Hare |
Orlando Magic |
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| Nigeria |
Ejike Ugboaja |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
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| Poland |
Marcin Gortat |
Orlando Magic |
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Szymon Szewczyk |
Milwaukee Bucks |
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| Puerto Rico |
Guillermo Diaz |
Los Angeles Clippers |
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Ricky Sanchez |
Denver Nuggets |
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| Russia |
Andrei Festisov |
Milwaukee Bucks |
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Sergei Karaulov |
San Antonio Spurs |
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| Senegal |
Malick Badiane |
Houston Rockets |
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Cheick Samb |
Detroit Pistons |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Dejan Bodiroga |
Sacramento Kings |
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Mladen Sekularac |
Golden State Warriors |
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Milos Vujanic |
Phoenix Suns |
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| Slovenia |
Sani Becirovic |
Denver Nuggets |
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Erazem Lorbek |
Indiana Pacers |
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| Spain |
Robert Duenas |
Miami Heat |
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Albert Miralles |
Boston Celtics |
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Juan Carlos Navarro |
Washington Wizards |
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Fran Vasquez |
Orlando Magic |
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| Turkey |
Cenk Akyol |
Atlanta Hawks |
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| Ukraine |
Sergey Lishok |
Memphis Grizzlies |
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Oleksiy Pecherov |
Washington Wizards |
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Chicago Bulls Forward, Andres Nocioni of Argentina
Doug Benc, NBAE/Getty
LA Lakers Forward, Ronny Turiaf of France
Rocky Widner, NBAE/Getty
Toronto Raptors Center, Andrea Bargnani of Italy
Rocky Widner, NBAE/Getty
San Antonio Spurs Forward, Francisco Elson of Netherlands
Chris Birck, NBAE/Getty
Milwaukee Bucks Center, Andrew Bogut of Australia
D. Lippitt/Einstein, NBAE/Getty
Phoenix Suns Guard, Leadnro Barbosa of Brazil
D. Clarke Evans, NBAE/Getty
New Jersey Nets, Center, Nenad Krstic of Serbia
Jim McIsaac, NBAE/Getty
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