Top 30 international

[smeagol]

Please stop with the Timmy is an international player crap

[jag]

Am I the only one who thinks these international rankings are amazingly lame? There are so many international players these days I don't get the point of separating them out and ranking them. International players in the NBA isn't really a story anymore.

These rankings are just about as interesting if Hollinger listed the top ten black players in the NBA or the top ten white players. If you are going to rank players these days, do it by position or age ... not something irrelevant such as place of birth.

The list is wack, but not for any of the reasons you listed...

I judged this list based solely upon the lack of Beno.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

adding to JK2's post...

28. Wally Szczerbiak, Cleveland Cavaliers

Born: Madrid, Spain

3. Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
Born: Johannesburg, South Africa

Damn, Birthplace doesn't equal nationality.

[kace]

Same for TP. He's french. Point. who care where he was born (belgium).

[WalterBenitez]

Same for TP. He's french. Point. who care where he was born (belgium).

belgium ppl

[temujin]

that's not the point. US Virgin Islands belongs to the US, Duncan is an American citizen and he plays for the US national team. I'd say he is pretty much a national (American) player. Hollinger makes him international in order to have some Americans on the list of international players which is ridiculous.

Turiaf is a FULL french citizen, as Matinique is a french territory, and he enjoys ALL rights of ALL french citizens, whether of metropolitan France or overseas.

Duncan has an american passport, but he DOES NOT enjoys the right to vote for the top representative of "his" nation.
That can't be argued.

Coming to the point, Duncan is no doubt an american player, unlike Arroyo for example, who was happy enough to play for his Puerto Rico national Team.

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

I would love to see Delfino on the Spurs

[tp2021]

29. Rasho Nesterovic, Toronto Raptors

Age: 31 | Profile
Birth Date: 5/30/76
Born: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Position: Center
NBA experience: 10 years
2007-08 PER: 15.11

You might think of Rasho as just another generic big guy, but he's quietly put together two very solid seasons in Toronto. In fact, the Raptors probably acted about 70 games too late when they put Nesterovic into the starting lineup ahead of Andrea Bargnani Thursday night; Rasho has badly outplayed him this season.

yay rasho! i miss the big lug...

[ALVAREZ6]

Samuel Dalembert should not even touch that list. He's aweful.

[JK2]

where's Carlos Boozer on that list by the way? According to Hollinger's ridiculous rules he's international as well.