NBA fans definitely have a reason to follow the 2010 FIBA World Championship as there are 26 NBA players in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Turkey.
Of course 12 of them are Americans, but the nation with the second most NBA players is Turkey (four – including Semih Erden and Omer Asik) while Argentina have three.
The NBA teams most represented in the quarters are Milwaukee and Oklahoma City with three players (Ersan Ilyasova, Primoz Brezec and Carlos Delfino/Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Nenad Krstic).
Here a breakdown by nation:
Spain
Rudy Fernandez – Portland
Marc Gasol – Memphis
Serbia
Nenad Krstic –Oklahoma City
Turkey
Ersan Ilyasova – Milwaukee
Semih Erden – Boston
Omer Asik – Chicago
Hedo Turkoglu – Phoenix
Slovenia
Goran Dragic – Phoenix
Primoz Brezec – Milwaukee
United States
Chauncey Billups – Denver
Kevin Durant – Oklahoma City
Derrick Rose – Chicago
Russell Westbrook – Oklahoma City
Rudy Gay – Memphis
Andre Iguodala – Philadelphia
Danny Granger – Indiana
Stephen Curry – Golden State
Eric Gordon – Los Angeles Clippers
Kevin Love – Minnesota
Lamar Odom – Los Angeles Lakers
Tyson Chandler – Dallas
Russia
Timofey Mozgov – New York
Argentina
Luis Scola – Houston
Fabricio Oberto – Washington
Carlos Delfino – Milwaukee
Lithuania
Linas Kleiza – Toronto