Record 54 Current NBA Players to compete In 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup - ITREALMS

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A record 54 current NBA players will be featured on national team rosters at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, up from 45 in 2014, reports ITREALMS.

The tournament, which tipped off Saturday, Aug. 31, will feature a record 103 combined current NBA players, NBA draftees, and players with NBA experience, up from 92 in 2014.

National team rosters feature current NBA players from 21 teams, and 25 of the 32 participating national teams feature at least one current NBA player, NBA draftee or a player with NBA experience.

The Boston Celtics have six current NBA players in the tournament, while the Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings each have five. The Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs each have four current NBA players in the tournament.

Outside of the United States, France and Serbia have the most current NBA players with five each, while Australia and Spain each feature four current NBA players.

There are more than 50 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on national team rosters, including 11 current NBA players. BWB is the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program that has been conducted annually since 2001 and has seen 69 former campers drafted into the NBA or signed as free agents.

For the first time, the FIBA Basketball World Cup will feature an expanded field of 32 teams, up from 24 in the previous three World Cups. A total of 80 national teams across four regions - Africa, Americas, Europe and Asia (which includes Oceania) - competed in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers.

The following is a complete list of current NBA players on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters*:

COUNTRY   NBA PLAYER   NBA TEAM   Australia   Aron Baynes   Phoenix Suns   Australia   Joe Ingles   Utah Jazz   Australia   Matthew Dellavedova   Cleveland Cavaliers   Australia   Patty Mills   San Antonio Spurs   Brazil   Bruno Caboclo   Memphis Grizzlies   Brazil   Cristiano Felicio   Chicago Bulls   Canada   Khem Birch   Orlando Magic   Canada   Cory Joseph   Sacramento Kings   Czech Republic   Tomáš Satoranský   Chicago Bulls   France   Nicolas Batum   Charlotte Hornets   France   Evan Fournier   Orlando Magic   France   Rudy Gobert   Utah Jazz   France   Frank Ntilikina   New York Knicks   France   Vincent Poirier   Boston Celtics   Germany   Maxi Kleber   Dallas Mavericks   Germany   Dennis Schröder   Oklahoma City Thunder   Germany   Daniel Theis   Boston Celtics   Greece   Giannis Antetokounmpo   Milwaukee Bucks   Greece   Thanasis Antetokounmpo   Milwaukee Bucks   Italy   Marco Belinelli   San Antonio Spurs   Italy   Danilo Gallinari   Oklahoma City Thunder   Japan   Rui Hachimura   Washington Wizards   Japan   Yuta Watanabe**   Memphis Grizzlies   Lithuania   Domantas Sabonis   Indiana Pacers   Lithuania   Jonas Valančiūnas   Memphis Grizzlies   Montenegro   Nikola Vučević   Orlando Magic   Nigeria   Al-Farouq Aminu   Orlando Magic   Nigeria   Chimeze Metu   San Antonio Spurs   Nigeria   Josh Okogie   Minnesota Timberwolves   Puerto Rico   Isaiah Pineiro   Sacramento Kings   Serbia   Nemanja Bjelica   Sacramento Kings   Serbia   Bogdan Bogdanović   Sacramento Kings   Serbia   Mark Gudurić   Memphis Grizzlies   Serbia   Nikola Jokić   Denver Nuggets   Serbia   Boban Marjanović   Dallas Mavericks   Spain   Marc Gasol   Toronto Raptors   Spain   Willy Hernangómez   Charlotte Hornets   Spain   Juancho Hernangómez   Denver Nuggets   Spain   Ricky Rubio   Phoenix Suns   Turkey   Ersan Ilyasova   Milwaukee Bucks   Turkey   Furkan Korkmaz   Philadelphia 76ers   Turkey   Cedi Osman   Cleveland Cavaliers   U.S.   Harrison Barnes   Sacramento Kings   U.S.   Jaylen Brown   Boston Celtics   U.S.   Joe Harris   Brooklyn Nets   U.S.   Brook Lopez   Milwaukee Bucks   U.S.   Khris Middleton   Milwaukee Bucks   U.S.   Donovan Mitchell   Utah Jazz   U.S.   Mason Plumlee   Denver Nuggets   U.S.   Marcus Smart   Boston Celtics   U.S.   Jayson Tatum   Boston Celtics   U.S.   Myles Turner   Indiana Pacers   U.S.   Kemba Walker   Boston Celtics   U.S.   Derrick White   San Antonio Spurs       **NBA player on a two-way contract The following is a complete list of NBA draftees whose rights are currently held by NBA teams on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters*:   COUNTRY   NBA PLAYER   RIGHTS HELD BY   Brazil   Marcos Louzada Silva   New Orleans Pelicans   China   Wang Zhelin   Memphis Grizzlies   France   Louis Labeyrie   New York Knicks   France   Mathias Lessort   LA Clippers   Greece   Georgios Printezis   San Antonio Spurs   Lithuania   Renaldas Seibutis   Cleveland Cavaliers   Montenegro   Bojan Dubljević   Portland Trail Blazers   Serbia   Vasilije Micić   Philadelphia 76ers   Serbia   Nikola Milutinov   San Antonio Spurs   Spain   Sergio Llull   Houston Rockets   The following is a complete list of players on 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosters who previously played in the NBA*:   COUNTRY   PLAYER   Argentina   Nicolás Brussino   Argentina   Patricio Garino   Argentina   Nicolás Laprovittola   Argentina   Luis Scola   Australia   Andrew Bogut   Australia   Mitch Creek   Brazil   Leandro Barbosa   Brazil   Alex Garcia   Brazil   Marcelo Huertas   Brazil   Anderson Varejao   Brazil   Marcus Vieira de Souza   Canada   Kyle Wiltjer   China   Yi Jianlian   China   Zhou Qi   Dominican Republic   Luis David Montero   France   Nando De Colo   France   Axel Toupane   Germany   Paul Zipser   Greece   Nick Calathes   Greece   Georgios Papagiannis   Greece   Konstantinos Papanikolaou   Iran   Hamed Haddadi   Italy   Luigi Datome   Japan   Nick Fazekas   Lithuania   Mindaugas Kuzminskas   Nigeria   Ike Diogu   Nigeria   Ekpe Udoh   Nigeria   Ben Uzoh   Philippines   Andray Blatche   Puerto Rico   Gian Clavell   Puerto Rico   Renaldo Balkman   Russia   Sergey Karasev   Senegal   Hamady Ndiaye   Senegal   Maurice Ndour   Serbia   Miroslav Raduljica   Spain   Víctor Claver   Spain   Rudy Fernández   Tunisia   Salah Mejri   Turkey   Semih Erden   *As of August 31, 2019 (all rosters subject to change)

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