NBA around the world

[McDwyane]

NBA Players From Around the World (60 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FROM 28 COUNTRIES COMPETE IN 2007 PLAYOFFS) 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 (8): 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): Argentina Carlos Delfino Detroit Pistons
Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili San Antonio Spurs
Walter Herrmann Charlotte Bobcats
Andres Nocioni Chicago Bulls Fabricio Oberto spurs
Australia Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Bucks

Bosnia- Herzegovina Damir Markota Milwaukee Bucks
Brazil Rafael Araujo Utah Jazz
Leandro Barbosa Phoenix Suns
Anderson Varejao Cleveland Cavaliers
Marcus Vinicius N.O./Okla. City Hornets
Nene Denver Nuggets
Canada Jamaal Magloire Portland Trail Blazers
Steve Nash 1 Phoenix Suns
China Yao Ming Houston Rockets
Congo Didier Ilunga-Mbenga Dallas Mavericks
Dikembe Mutombo Houston Rockets
Croatia Gordan Giricek Utah Jazz
Dominican Republic Francisco Garcia Sacramento Kings
England Luol Deng 2 Chicago Bulls
Pops Mensah-Bonsu Dallas Mavericks
France Boris Diaw Phoenix Suns
Yakhouba Diawara Denver Nuggets
Mickael Gelabale Seattle SuperSonics
Tony Parker 3 San Antonio Spurs
Johan Petro Seattle SuperSonics
Mickael Pietrus Golden State Warriors
Ronny Turiaf Los Angeles Lakers
Georgia Zaza Pachulia Atlanta Hawks
Germany Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Houston Rockets
Jake Tsakalidis Memphis Grizzlies
Guyana Rawle Marshall Indiana Pacers
Haiti Samuel Dalembert Philadelphia 76ers
Ireland Pat Burke Phoenix Suns
Italy Andrea Bargnani Toronto Raptors
Latvia Andris Biendrins Golden State Warriors
Lithuania Martynas Andriuskevicius Chicago Bulls
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Cleveland Cavaliers
Sarunas Jasikevicius Indiana Pacers
Linas Kleiza Denver Nuggets
Darius Songaila Washington Wizards
Mexico Eduardo Najera Denver Nuggets
Montenegro Aleksandar Pavlovic Cleveland Cavaliers
Netherlands Francisco Elson San Antonio Spurs
Dan Gadzuric Milwaukee Bucks
New Zealand Sean Marks Phoenix Suns
Nigeria Michael Olowokandi 4 Boston Celtics
Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo Orlando Magic
Jose Juan Barea Dallas Mavericks
Russia Viktor Khryapa Chicago Bulls
Andrei Kirilenko Utah Jazz
Yaroslav Korolev Los Angeles Clippers
Senegal DeSagana Diop Dallas Mavericks
Mouhamed Sene Seattle SuperSonics
Pape Sow Toronto Raptors
Serbia Zarko Cabarkapa Golden State Warriors
Mile Ilic New Jersey Nets
Marko Jaric Minnesota Timberwolves
Nenad Krstic New Jersey Nets
Darko Milicic Orlando Magic
Vladimir Radmanovic 5 Los Angeles Lakers
Zeljko Rebraca Los Angeles Clippers
Predrag Stojakovic NO/OKC Hornets
Slovenia Primoz Brezec Charlotte Bobcats
Bostjan Nachbar New Jersey Nets
Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovic Toronto Raptors
Uros Slokar Toronto Raptors
Beno Udrih San Antonio Spurs
Sasha Vujacic Los Angeles Lakers
Spain Jose Manuel Calderon Toronto Raptors
Jorge Garbajosa Toronto Raptors
Pau Gasol Memphis Grizzlies
Sergio Rodriguez Portland Trail Blazers
St. Vincent & Grenadines Adonal Foyle Golden State Warriors
Switzerland Thabo Sefolosha Chicago Bulls
Turkey Ersan Ilyasova Milwaukee Bucks
Mehmet Okur Utah Jazz
Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu Orlando Magic
Ukraine Vitaly Potapenko Sacramento Kings
Uruguay Esteban Batista Atlanta Hawks
U.S Virgin Islands Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs
Raja Bell Phoenix Suns
PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHOSE RIGHTS ARE HELD BY AN NBA TEAM
Argentina Federico Kammerichs Portland Trail Blazers
Luis Scola San Antonio Spurs

Australia David Andersen Atlanta Hawks
Ben Pepper Boston Celtics

Belarus Vladimir Veremeenko Washington Wizards

Belgium Alex Hervelle Denver Nuggets

Bosnia-Herzegovina Edin Bavcic Philadelphia 76ers
Nedzad Sinanovic Portland Trail Blazers

China Xue Yuyang Denver Nuggets

Croatia Kosta Perovic Golden State Warriors
Josip Sesar Boston Celtics
Roko Leni Ukic Toronto Raptors

Czech Republic Loukas Mavrokefalidis Minnesota Timberwolves

Denmark Christian Drejer New Jersey Nets

England Andrew Betts Indiana Pacers
Joel Freeland Portland Trail Blazers

France Alain Digbeu Atlanta Hawks
Ian Mahinimi San Antonio Spurs
Paccelis Morlende Seattle SuperSonics
Frederic Weiss New York Knicks
Georgia Viktor Sanikidze San Antonio Spurs

Germany Peter Fehse Seattle SuperSonics

Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis Los Angeles Clippers
Israel Lior Eliyahu Houston Rockets
Yotam Halperin Seattle SuperSonics
Doron Sheffer Portland Trail Blazers




Lithuania Robertas Javtokas San Antonio Spurs
Aurelijius Zukauskas Milwaukee Bucks

Netherlands Ramon Van de Hare Orlando Magic

Nigeria Ejike Ugboaja Cleveland Cavaliers

Poland Marcin Gortat Orlando Magic
Szymon Szewczyk Milwaukee Bucks

Puerto Rico Guillermo Diaz Los Angeles Clippers
Ricky Sanchez Denver Nuggets

Russia Andrei Festisov Milwaukee Bucks
Sergei Karaulov San Antonio Spurs

Senegal Malick Badiane Houston Rockets
Cheick Samb Detroit Pistons
Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Bodiroga Sacramento Kings
Mladen Sekularac Golden State Warriors
Milos Vujanic Phoenix Suns

Slovenia Sani Becirovic Denver Nuggets
Erazem Lorbek Indiana Pacers

Spain Robert Duenas Miami Heat
Albert Miralles Boston Celtics
Juan Carlos Navarro Washington Wizards
Fran Vasquez Orlando Magic

Turkey Cenk Akyol Atlanta Hawks

Ukraine Sergey Lishok Memphis Grizzlies
Oleksiy Pecherov Washington Wizards
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