RECORD NUMBER OF NBA PLAYERS AT WORLD CUP
- Updated: August 30, 2014
A record 45 current NBA players will take part in the Basketball World Cup in Spain.
The tournament also features a record 75 players who have played in the NBA, and 17 former NBA draftees whose rights are currently held by NBA teams.
Twenty-one of 24 national teams feature at least one current NBA player, former NBA player or NBA draftee, and 22 NBA teams are represented on national team rosters.
The Cavaliers and Rockets each have four current NBA players in the tournament, while the Bulls, Jazz, Nets and Timberwolves each have three. The Grizzlies, Kings, Knicks, Pacers, Pelicans, Raptors, Spurs, Trail Blazers and Warriors each have two current NBA players in the tournament.
Outside of the United States, Spain has the most current NBA players with six. France and Australia feature four current NBA players, while Brazil and Greece each feature three. Argentina, Croatia and Lithuania each feature two current NBA players.
| COUNTRY | NBA PLAYER | NBA TEAM |
| Argentina | Luis Scola | Indiana Pacers |
| Argentina | Pablo Prigioni | New York Knicks |
| Australia | Cameron Bairstow | Chicago Bulls |
| Australia | Matthew Dellavedova | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Australia | Dante Exum | Utah Jazz |
| Australia | Brock Motum | Utah Jazz |
| Brazil | Anderson Varejao | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Brazil | Tiago Splitter | San Antonio Spurs |
| Brazil | Nenê | Washington Wizards |
| Croatia | Bojan Bodgdanovic | Brooklyn Nets |
| Croatia | Damjan Rudez | Indiana Pacers |
| Dominican Republic | Francisco Garcia | Houston Rockets |
| Finland | Erik Murphy | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| France | Evan Fournier | Orlando Magic |
| France | Nicolas Batum | Portland Trail Blazers |
| France | Boris Diaw | San Antonio Spurs |
| France | Rudy Gobert | Utah Jazz |
| Greece | Kostas Papanikolaou | Houston Rockets |
| Greece | Nick Calathes | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Greece | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Lithuania | Donatas Motiejunas | Houston Rockets |
| Lithuania | Jonas Valanciunas | Toronto Raptors |
| Mexico | Jorge Gutierrez | Brooklyn Nets |
| Puerto Rico | J.J. Barea | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Senegal | Gorgui Dieng | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Slovenia | Goran Dragić | Phoenix Suns |
| Spain | Pau Gasol | Chicago Bulls |
| Spain | Marc Gasol | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Spain | Ricky Rubio | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Spain | José Calderon | New York Knicks |
| Spain | Serge Ibaka | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Spain | Victor Claver | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Turkey | Omer Asik | New Orleans Pelicans |
| United States | Mason Plumlee | Brooklyn Nets |
| United States | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls |
| United States | Kyrie Irving | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| United States | Kenneth Faried | Denver Nuggets |
| United States | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons |
| United States | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| United States | Klay Thompson | Golden State Warriors |
| United States | James Harden | Houston Rockets |
| United States | Anthony Davis | New Orleans Pelicans |
| United States | DeMarcus Cousins | Sacramento Kings |
| United States | Rudy Gay | Sacramento Kings |
| United States | DeMar DeRozan | Toronto Raptors |
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