NBA Continues To Become More Global

2007/10/24 07:52:42 @NBA.com: News

In the MIAMI HERALD, Patrick Dorsey writes "officially, it's the Miami Heat vs. the San Antonio Spurs. But it might as well be the U.S. vs. the world. Heading into Tuesday night's exhibition game between the last two NBA champions, the Spurs have five players -- France's Tony Parker and Ian Mahinmi, Argentina's Manu Ginobili and Fabricio Oberto and Slovenia's Beno Udrih -- who entered the NBA directly from overseas. Two more -- U.S. Virgin Islands native Tim Duncan and Dutchman Francisco Elson -- were born outside the U.S. but played in American colleges."
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