Record 55 National Basketball Association Players to Compete in 2023 International Basketball ...

28th Aug 2023 | Source: APO Group

A record 55 current NBA (www.NBA.com) players are featured on national team rosters for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, which will be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from Friday, Aug. 25 – Sunday, Sept. 10, up from 54 in 2019. The tournament will feature a record 106 combined current NBA players, NBA draftees, and players with NBA experience, up from 103 in 2019.

Twenty-seven of the 32 participating national teams have at least one current NBA player, NBA draftee or a player with NBA experience, and national team rosters include 10 former NBA All-Stars: Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves; USA), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder; Canada), Luka Don?i? (Dallas Mavericks; Slovenia), Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves; France), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers; USA), Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans; USA), Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies; USA), Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz; Finland), Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves; Dominican Republic) and Nikola Vu?evi? (Chicago Bulls; Montenegro).

Outside of the United States, which features a tournament-high 12 NBA players, Australia has the most current NBA players (nine), followed by Canada (seven) and Germany (four).

Additional NBA stats and storylines for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 include:

Twenty-four NBA teams are represented on national team rosters, with the Orlando Magic, Jazz, Thunder and Timberwolves each featuring a league-high five players in the tournament, while the New York Knicks and Mavericks each have four players in the tournament.
There are 54 players with NBA G League experience on national team rosters.
The tournament features 16 players who have participated over the first three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), including 2023 BAL MVP Nuni Omot, who led Al Ahly (Egypt) to the 2023 BAL Championship after helping his native South Sudan qualify for the country's first-ever appearance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. The BAL is a professional league operated by the NBA and FIBA that features 12 club teams from across Africa and completed its third season in May 2023.
Australia National Team and former NBA Global Academy teammates Josh Giddey (Thunder) and Dyson Daniels (Pelicans), current NBA Academy Africa student-athlete Khaman Maluach (South Sudan), NBA Global Academy graduate Cui Yongxi (China) and NBA Academy Latin

America participant Jean Montero (Dominican Republic) are poised to become the first current and former NBA Academy student-athletes to compete in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

There are 87 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on national team rosters. BWB is the NBA and FIBA's global basketball development and community outreach program that has been conducted annually since 2001 and has seen 112 former campers advance to the NBA or WNBA.

A total of 80 national teams across four regions – Africa, Americas, Europe and Asia (which includes Oceania) – competed in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.

New this year, the NBA App and NBA.com will carry FIBA's digital platform, "Courtside 1891," allowing fans in 20 countries and territories to purchase the FIBA World Cup Pass and watch the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Beginning with the opening games on Aug. 25 and continuing through the Final on Sept. 10, Courtside 1891's FIBA World Cup Pass will offer fans access to live and on-demand games, extended highlights and top plays. Courtside 1891's FIBA World Cup Pass is available for purchase at NBA.com/WorldCup (https://apo-opa.info/452mF3W), and the complete game schedule is available at NBA.com/FIBA (https://apo-opa.info/47rEN9e).

The following is a complete list of current NBA players on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:

COUNTRY	NBA PLAYER	NBA TEAM
Angola	Bruno Fernando	Atlanta Hawks
Australia	Patty Mills	Atlanta Hawks
Australia	Josh Green	Dallas Mavericks
Australia	Jack White	Oklahoma City Thunder
Australia	Joe Ingles	Orlando Magic
Australia	Dyson Daniels	New Orleans Pelicans
Australia	Josh Giddey	Oklahoma City Thunder
Australia	Matisse Thybulle	Portland Trail Blazers
Australia	Xavier Cooks	Washington Wizards
Australia	Dante Exum	Dallas Mavericks
Canada	Dwight Powell	Dallas Mavericks
Canada	Luguentz Dort	Oklahoma City Thunder
Canada	Dillon Brooks	Houston Rockets
Canada	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Minnesota Timberwolves
Canada	RJ Barrett	New York Knicks
Canada	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Oklahoma City Thunder
Canada	Kelly Olynyk	Utah Jazz
China	Kyle Anderson	Minnesota Timberwolves
Dominican Republic	Lester Quiñones	Golden State Warriors
Dominican Republic	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Finland	Lauri Markkanen	Utah Jazz
France	Nicolas Batum	LA Clippers
France	Rudy Gobert	Minnesota Timberwolves

France	Evan Fournier	New York Knicks
Georgia	Goga Bitadze	Orlando Magic
Georgia	Sandro Mamukelashvili	San Antonio Spurs
Germany	Daniel Theis	Indiana Pacers
Germany	Franz Wagner	Orlando Magic
Germany	Moritz Wagner	Orlando Magic
Germany	Dennis Schroder	Toronto Raptors
Greece	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
Italy	Simone Fontecchio	Utah Jazz
Japan	Yuta Watanabe	Phoenix Suns
Latvia	D?vis Bert?ns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Lithuania	Jonas Valan?i?nas	New Orleans Pelicans
Montenegro	Nikola Vu?evi?	Chicago Bulls
Philippines	Jordan Clarkson	Utah Jazz
Serbia	Bogdan Bogdanovi?	Atlanta Hawks
Serbia	Nikola Jovi?	Miami Heat
Serbia	Filip Petrušev	Philadelphia 76ers
Slovenia	Luka Don?i?	Dallas Mavericks
South Sudan	Carlik Jones	Chicago Bulls
Spain	Santi Aldama	Memphis Grizzlies
USA	Mikal Bridges	Brooklyn Nets
USA	Cameron Johnson	Brooklyn Nets
USA	Tyrese Haliburton	Indiana Pacers
USA	Austin Reaves	Los Angeles Lakers
USA	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Memphis Grizzlies
USA	Bobby Portis	Milwaukee Bucks
USA	Anthony Edwards	Minnesota Timberwolves
USA	Brandon Ingram	New Orleans Pelicans
USA	Jalen Brunson	New York Knicks
USA	Josh Hart	New York Knicks
USA	Paolo Banchero	Orlando Magic
USA	Walker Kessler	Utah Jazz

The following is a complete list of NBA draftees whose rights are currently held by NBA teams on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:

COUNTRY	NAME	RIGHTS HELD BY
Brazil	Gui Santos	Golden State Warriors
China	Wang Zhelin	New York Knicks
France	Mathias Lessort	New York Knicks
Italy	Gabriele Procida	Detroit Pistons
Italy	Matteo Spagnolo	Minnesota Timberwolves
Lithuania	Rokas Jokubaitis	New York Knicks

Montenegro	Bojan Dubljevic	New York Knicks
Serbia	Vanja Marinkovic	Memphis Grizzlies
Serbia	Nikola Milutinov	Brooklyn Nets
Spain	Sergio Llull	New York Knicks

The following is a complete list of players who previously played in the NBA on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:

COUNTRY	NAME
Australia	Dante Exum
Brazil	Marcelinho Huertas
Brazil	Bruno Caboclo
Brazil	Cristiano Felicio
Brazil	Raul Neto
Canada	Kyle Alexander
China	Zhou Qi
Dominican Republic	Angel Delgado
France	Nando De Colo
France	Elie Okobo
France	Yakuba Ouattara
France	Guerschon Yabusele
Georgia	Tornike Shengelia
Germany	Isaac Bonga
Greece	Kostas Papanikolaou
Greece	Giorgos Papagiannis
Iran	Hamed Haddadi
Italy	Luigi Datome
Jordan	Rondae Hollis Jefferson
Latvia	Rodions Kurucs
Latvia	Dairis Bert?ns
Latvia	Anžejs Pase??iks
Lebanon	Omari Spellman
Lithuania	Ignas Brazdeikis
Lithuania	Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Lithuania	Donatas Motiej?nas
Lithuania	Deividas Sirvydis
Mexico	Jorge Gutierrez
Montenegro	Marko Simonovic
Puerto Rico	Tremont Waters
Puerto Rico	John Holland
Serbia	Marko Guduric
Slovenia	Michael Tobey
South Sudan	Wenyen Gabriel

South Sudan	Mangok Mathiang
South Sudan	Marial Shayok
Spain	Álex Abrines
Spain	Victor Claver
Spain	Rodolfo Fernandez
Spain	Usman Garuba
Spain	Guillermo Hernangómez
Spain	Juan Hernangómez

*As of August 24, 2023 (all rosters subject to change)

Graphic: NBA Players on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Rosters (Credit: NBA) (https://apo-opa.info/3KW6g9w).

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