Record 54 Current NBA Players To Compete In 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

3rd Sep 2019 | Source: APO

National Team Rosters feature current NBA Players from 21 NBA Teams

There are more than 50 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on national team rosters

A record 54 current NBA (in.NBA.com) players will be featured on national team rosters at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, up from 45 in 2014.

The tournament, which tipped off Saturday, Aug. 31, will feature a record 103 combined current NBA players, NBA draftees, and players with NBA experience, up from 92 in 2014.

National team rosters feature current NBA players from 21 teams, and 25 of the 32 participating national teams feature at least one current NBA player, NBA draftee or a player with NBA experience.

The Boston Celtics have six current NBA players in the tournament, while the Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings each have five. The Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs each have four current NBA players in the tournament.

Outside of the United States, France and Serbia have the most current NBA players with five each, while Australia and Spain each feature four current NBA players.

There are more than 50 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on national team rosters, including 11 current NBA players. BWB is the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program that has been conducted annually since 2001 and has seen 69 former campers drafted into the NBA or signed as free agents.

For the first time, the FIBA Basketball World Cup will feature an expanded field of 32 teams, up from 24 in the previous three World Cups. A total of 80 national teams across four regions - Africa, Americas, Europe and Asia (which includes Oceania) - competed in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers.

The following is a complete list of current NBA players on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters*:

COUNTRY	NBA PLAYER	NBA TEAM
Australia	Aron Baynes	Phoenix Suns
Australia	Joe Ingles	Utah Jazz
Australia	Matthew Dellavedova	Cleveland Cavaliers
Australia	Patty Mills	San Antonio Spurs
Brazil	Bruno Caboclo	Memphis Grizzlies
Brazil	Cristiano Felicio	Chicago Bulls
Canada	Khem Birch	Orlando Magic
Canada	Cory Joseph	Sacramento Kings
Czech Republic	Tomáš Satoranský	Chicago Bulls
France	Nicolas Batum	Charlotte Hornets
France	Evan Fournier	Orlando Magic
France	Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz
France	Frank Ntilikina	New York Knicks
France	Vincent Poirier	Boston Celtics
Germany	Maxi Kleber	Dallas Mavericks
Germany	Dennis Schröder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Germany	Daniel Theis	Boston Celtics
Greece	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
Greece	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
Italy	Marco Belinelli	San Antonio Spurs
Italy	Danilo Gallinari	Oklahoma City Thunder
Japan	Rui Hachimura	Washington Wizards
Japan	Yuta Watanabe**	Memphis Grizzlies
Lithuania	Domantas Sabonis	Indiana Pacers
Lithuania	Jonas Valan?i?nas	Memphis Grizzlies
Montenegro	Nikola Vu?evi?	Orlando Magic
Nigeria	Al-Farouq Aminu	Orlando Magic
Nigeria	Chimeze Metu	San Antonio Spurs
Nigeria	Josh Okogie	Minnesota Timberwolves
Puerto Rico	Isaiah Pineiro	Sacramento Kings
Serbia	Nemanja Bjelica	Sacramento Kings
Serbia	Bogdan Bogdanovi?	Sacramento Kings
Serbia	Mark Guduri?	Memphis Grizzlies
Serbia	Nikola Joki?	Denver Nuggets
Serbia	Boban Marjanovi?	Dallas Mavericks
Spain	Marc Gasol	Toronto Raptors
Spain	Willy Hernangómez	Charlotte Hornets
Spain	Juancho Hernangómez	Denver Nuggets
Spain	Ricky Rubio	Phoenix Suns
Turkey	Ersan Ilyasova	Milwaukee Bucks
Turkey	Furkan Korkmaz	Philadelphia 76ers
Turkey	Cedi Osman	Cleveland Cavaliers
U.S.	Harrison Barnes	Sacramento Kings
U.S.	Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics
U.S.	Joe Harris	Brooklyn Nets
U.S.	Brook Lopez	Milwaukee Bucks
U.S.	Khris Middleton	Milwaukee Bucks
U.S.	Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz
U.S.	Mason Plumlee	Denver Nuggets
U.S.	Marcus Smart	Boston Celtics
U.S.	Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics
U.S.	Myles Turner	Indiana Pacers
U.S.	Kemba Walker	Boston Celtics
U.S.	Derrick White	San Antonio Spurs

**NBA player on a two-way contract

The following is a complete list of NBA draftees whose rights are currently held by NBA teams on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters*:

COUNTRY	NBA PLAYER	RIGHTS HELD BY
Brazil	Marcos Louzada Silva	New Orleans Pelicans
China	Wang Zhelin	Memphis Grizzlies
France	Louis Labeyrie	New York Knicks
France	Mathias Lessort	LA Clippers
Greece	Georgios Printezis	San Antonio Spurs
Lithuania	Renaldas Seibutis	Cleveland Cavaliers
Montenegro	Bojan Dubljevi?	Portland Trail Blazers
Serbia	Vasilije Mici?	Philadelphia 76ers
Serbia	Nikola Milutinov	San Antonio Spurs
Spain	Sergio Llull	Houston Rockets

The following is a complete list of players on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters who previously played in the NBA*:

COUNTRY	PLAYER
Argentina	Nicolás Brussino
Argentina	Patricio Garino
Argentina	Nicolás Laprovittola
Argentina	Luis Scola
Australia	Andrew Bogut
Australia	Mitch Creek
Brazil	Leandro Barbosa
Brazil	Alex Garcia
Brazil	Marcelo Huertas
Brazil	Anderson Varejao
Brazil	Marcus Vieira de Souza
Canada	Kyle Wiltjer
China	Yi Jianlian
China	Zhou Qi
Dominican Republic	Luis David Montero
France	Nando De Colo
France	Axel Toupane
Germany	Paul Zipser
Greece	Nick Calathes
Greece	Georgios Papagiannis
Greece	Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Iran	Hamed Haddadi
Italy	Luigi Datome
Japan	Nick Fazekas
Lithuania	Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Nigeria	Ike Diogu
Nigeria	Ekpe Udoh
Nigeria	Ben Uzoh
Philippines	Andray Blatche
Puerto Rico	Gian Clavell
Puerto Rico	Renaldo Balkman
Russia	Sergey Karasev
Senegal	Hamady Ndiaye
Senegal	Maurice Ndour
Serbia	Miroslav Raduljica
Spain	Víctor Claver
Spain	Rudy Fernández
Tunisia	Salah Mejri
Turkey	Semih Erden