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Damir Markota (also holds Swedish citizenship) – Milwaukee Bucks, Tulsa 66ers. Dražen Petrović – Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets (died in 1993) Zoran Planinić – New Jersey Nets. Dino Radja – Boston Celtics. Davor Rimac – Arkansas Razorbacks. Damjan Rudež – Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic.
The number of international players in the league rose after the formation of the Dream Team when NBA players were allowed into Olympic play starting in 1992. Global interest in basketball subsequently soared. On opening day of the 1991–92 season, NBA rosters included 23 international players from 18 countries. [6]
Nikola Jokić is the Serbian player with most NBA honours and is the first Serb, and only the third European, to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. In 2022, Jokić was named the NBA MVP for the second year in a row, becoming the 13th player to win the award in consecutive seasons, as well as the second European player to win the award more ...
Draft Pick Picked by Player Nationality Ref. 1962: 29 New York Knicks: Clifford Luyk Spain 1967: 145 Philadelphia 76ers: Wayne Brabender Spain 1970: 167 Atlanta Hawks
Aleksej Pokuševski (Serbian Cyrillic: Алексеј Покушевски; born 26 December 2001) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the ABA League, Basketball League of Serbia (KLS) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) and weighing 210 pounds (95 kg), he plays both the power forward and small ...
Neemias Esdras Barbosa Queta (born 13 July 1999) is a Portuguese professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He started playing basketball in 2009 for Barreirense and later played college basketball for the Utah State Aggies. A 7-foot-tall (2.1 m), 250-pound (110 kg) center, he was ...
Nikola Jokić. Nikola Jokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић, pronounced [nǐkola jôkitɕ] ⓘ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " the Joker ", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players and ...
Players born in Croatia. Nat Hickey (born on Korčula, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary as Nikola Zarnecić) Kosta Perović (born in Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) Predrag Savović (born in Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) Predrag Stojaković (born in Slavonska Požega, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia)