The Top 10 Greatest Foreign-Born NBA Players of All-Time

Most importantly, Jokic is now an NBA Champion. His Nuggets climbed the NBA’s mountaintop last season

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and he was named Finals MVP. Jokic will move up even higher on this list when his career is over.

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Manu Ginobili, Argentina - Manu Ginobili is one of a kind. San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich certainly thought so

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Popovich had told Spurs superstar Tim Duncan that they found a diamond in the rough before Ginobili joined the Spurs right before the 2002-03 season

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Duncan’s response: an eye-roll. Ginobili quickly made a believer out of Duncan and the rest of the NBA as he helped the Spurs to their second ever NBA Championship in 2003

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Ginobili went on to win four NBA Championships with the Spurs, was a twice an NBA-All Star, and won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award for the 2007-08 season

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The godfather of “The Eurostep” also once caught a flying bat out of the air during a game! Ginobili too had a decorated

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career in the Euroleague before coming to the NBA. He’s a two-time Olympic

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Medalist (Gold in 2004) and a Silver medalist at the 2002 FIBA World Championships

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The Hall-of-Famer is one of two players in the history of the game to win a Euroleague

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Olympic Gold Medal, AND an NBA Championship

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