Record 46 NBA players competing in Rio Olympics
A record 46 current NBA players will be featured on national team rosters during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the league announced Friday.
The previous record was 41, set at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Twenty-three NBA teams have player representatives, starting with the San Antonio Spurs (five), followed by the Utah Jazz (four), then the Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors, each with three.
The United States leads all national teams with 12 NBA players on its roster. Spain has the second-most (seven), followed by Australia, Brazil and France (five).
The full list of players is below:
Argentina
- Nicolas Brussino - Dallas Mavericks
- Patricio Garino - San Antonio Spurs
- Manu Ginobili - San Antonio Spurs
- Luis Scola - Brooklyn Nets
Australia
- Aron Baynes - Detroit Pistons
- Andrew Bogut - Dallas Mavericks
- Matthew Dellavedova - Milwaukee Bucks
- Joe Ingles - Utah Jazz
- Patty Mills - San Antonio Spurs
Brazil
- Leandro Barbosa - Phoenix Suns
- Cristiano Felicio - Chicago Bulls
- Marcelo Huertas - Los Angeles Lakers
- Nene - Houston Rockets
- Raul Neto - Utah Jazz
Croatia
- Bojan Bogdanovic - Brooklyn Nets
- Mario Hezonja - Orlando Magic
- Dario Saric - Philadelphia 76ers
France
- Nicolas Batum - Charlotte Hornets
- Boris Diaw - Utah Jazz
- Rudy Gobert - Utah Jazz
- Joffrey Lauvergne - Denver Nuggets
- Tony Parker - San Antonio Spurs
Lithuania
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas - New York Knicks
- Domantas Sabonis - Oklahoma City Thunder
- Jonas Valanciunas - Toronto Raptors
Nigeria
- Michael Gbinije - Detroit Pistons
Serbia
- Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets
Spain
- Alex Abrines - Oklahoma City Thunder
- Jose Calderon - Los Angeles Lakers
- Pau Gasol - San Antonio Spurs
- Guillermo Hernangomez - New York Knicks
- Nikola Mirotic - Chicago Bulls
- Sergio Rodriguez - Philadelphia 76ers
- Ricky Rubio - Minnesota Timberwolves
United States
- Carmelo Anthony - New York Knicks
- Harrison Barnes - Dallas Mavericks
- Jimmy Butler - Chicago Bulls
- DeMarcus Cousins - Sacramento Kings
- DeMar DeRozan - Toronto Raptors
- Kevin Durant - Golden State Warriors
- Paul George - Indiana Pacers
- Draymond Green - Golden State Warriors
- Kyrie Irving - Cleveland Cavaliers
- DeAndre Jordan - Los Angeles Clippers
- Kyle Lowry - Toronto Raptors
- Klay Thompson - Golden State Warriors
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