Who is the best international player of all time?

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Who would you pick?

[ducks]

DUNCAN

[poeticism707]

Since Duncan is a US citizen,

Dirk.

[ducks]

dirk is a usa citizen now and germany right?

[lefty]

MJ

He is a alien




But srsly



This man :

[Yuixafun]

faauuq... dream shake

[romain.star]

The Dream

[LakerHater]

My favorite was Dražen Petrović

[spurs10]

I'd have to say Mark. Half Manu and half Dirk.

[Leetonidas]

Since you said international and not just European I'ma go with Hakeem the Dream but if you don't find that valid since he played college ball in the US then I'll go with Nowitzki

[TXstbobcat]

I'm going with Tony Parker.

[chapnis]

Hakeem, Dirk, Petrovic, Sabonis, Manu and Nash

[spurraider21]

If Hakeem counts, its him. If not, its Dirk. How many other internationals were true franchise players? Manu obviously being my personal favorite though

[spurraider21]

MJ

He is a alien




But srsly



This man :

i don't think space counts as interNATIONAL tbh

[lefty]

Hakeem, Dirk, Petrovic, Sabonis, Manu and Nash

shhiiiit

If Sabbas didnt get blocked by the Soviets .......


Imagine a young and healthy Sabonis with the Blazers

Dude could run and dunk like D-Rob ... combine that with hands and court vision

Jordan = ed

[ego]

The best : Krešimir Ćosić I saw him in Zadar . Incredible and awesome player

[spurraider21]

shhiiiit

If Sabbas didnt get blocked by the Soviets .......


Imagine a young and healthy Sabonis with the Blazers

Dude could run and dunk like D-Rob ... combine that with hands and court vision

Jordan = ed

and he was 7'3

[FireMicoHalili]

Vesely or Bargnani, tough call!

[mudyez]

Not including guys like Duncan or Ewing and looking at the player overall and not only his time in the NBA my list looks something like this (Manu is pretty hard to evaluate...imo you could make a case between 4. and 8.):

1. Hakeem
2. Arvydas
3. Dirk
4. Tony
5. Dražen
6. Manu
7. Nash
8. Pau
9. Yao
10. Mutombo

[mudyez]

BTW.: I talked to one of Sabonis' assistant coaches once and he said Arvydas was better than MJ but he also was so lazy, that Coleman would be called a "hard worker" if Arvydas would have been around. He didn't even really warm up, only doing some lazy in between the legs dribblings and crazy shots while not caring about his teammates.

[lefty]

Speaking of international GOATS


Remember Yinka Dare, the next Hakeem/Shaq ?

[DesignatedT]

Dream
Dirk
Nash
Tony
Manu
Pau
Yao

[Vash StampedE]

Manu the best even at the twilight of his career he's being paid double his true value.

[The Reckoning]

Scola

[Boomersgold]

That Drazen guy was pretty good too.