International Born NBA Players Quiz

Answer: South Africa

Nash was born in Johannesburg, Africa, but he was raised in British Columbia. Nash went to Santa Clara. Nash was drafted in 1996 by the Phoenix Suns.

Answer: Canada

Fox was a starting forward for the 2001-2002 L.A. Laker's championship team.

Answer: Germany

Shawn Bradley is huge, his shoe size is 17 and his wingspan is 90 inches. Bradley was born in Landstuhl, Germany.

Answer: Spain

Wally was born in Madrid, but he went to Miami (Ohio) University. Wally was the starting 2003 shooting guard for the T-wolves.

Answer: Ukraine

Vitaly went to Kiev State in Ukraine, and Wright State in Ohio. Vitaly is 6'10 and 285 pounds.

Answer: Dominican Republic

High-energy forward Lopez was born in Santo Domingo, but he played his college hoops at St. John's.

Answer: Turkey

"Hedo" was the 16th pick of the 2000 NBA draft. He had a great shooting touch like most Europeans. Hideo was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2000.

Answer: Belgium

Parker was born in Belgium but raised in France. Parker played professionally in France's A league, before joining the San Antonio Spurs and becoming their starting point guard for 2003. Tony's brother plays college ball at Northwestern.

Answer: DRC (Zaire)

Mutombo was drafted buy the Denver Nuggets in 1991. He wasn't an exceptional scorer, but he was one of the best shot-blockers of all-time.

Answer: Nigeria

"The Dream" lead the Rockets to back-to-back championships in '93-'94 and '94-'95. Olajuwon averaged 27 ppg and 10 rpg.

Answer: Spain

Gasol was the 2001-02 rookie of the year. He led all rookies in blocks, points and rebounds.

Answer: Russia

Andrei was the youngest Russian league player ever, when he joined the league at age 15, paying for Spartak St Petersburg. When Andrei was 18 he was drafted by the Utah Jazz in 1999.

Answer: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Adonal was at one point, the NCAA's all-time leading shot-blocker. Adonal lived on the island of Saint Vincent, in a house without electricity.

Answer: Czech Republic

Jiri was born in the Czech Republic, but he played in Slovenia. Jiri can hit the trey, or score in the low post.

Answer: Georgia

He was drafted in 1998 by the Seattle SuperSonics (moved in 2008 to become the Oklahoma City Thunder). He had a number of good offensive and rebounding skills.

Answer: Jamaica

Ewing, who played his college ball at Georgetown, was the reason the NBA has a draft lottery. NBA officials were afraid that teams would purposely lose games to acquire Ewing in the draft. Officials decided to institute a lottery to give any non-playoff team a chance to get him. Ewing played well with New York for long but never won a championship.

Answer: Brazil

Nene became the starting center for the Denver Nuggets in 2002-2003. Before he was drafted, he played pro ball in Brazil.

Answer: Haiti

Olden Polynice was born in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Polynice was drafted by the Bulls, but then was part of the trade which sent Scottie Pippen to Chicago from Seattle.

Answer: Lebanon

Rony was born in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Rony played a number of productive seasons (1988 to 1999) at center for Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic and NY Nets.

Answer: Sudan

Manute was a great shot-blocker, but never really became a good scorer. He was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1985 (they became the Washington Wizards in 1997).