Olympic basketball: How did international stars fare against Team USA?
As the quality of foreign players has improved over time, Team USA has faced an increasing number of international stars.
When USA Basketball first sent NBA players to the Olympic Games, only seven NBA players participated. This year, 43 non-American NBA players competed in the Olympic tournament. That's how great the progress has been.
How did all those international stars fare against America's best basketball talent? Well, it's a mixed bag, but let's just say that many had serious shooters.
Check out their statistics below:
Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
Three games: 27.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.7 spg, 38.6 FG%
Carlos Arroyo
One game: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 56.3 FG%
Drazen Petrovic
Three games: 23.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 3.3 spg, 43.9 FG%
Evan Fournier
Two games: 22.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.5 spg, 41.6 FG%
Andrew Gaze
Two games: 21.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 0.5 spg, 51.9 FG%
Sarunas Marciulionis
Three games: 20.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2.7 spg, 41.5 FG%
Pau Gasol
Six games: 18.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.2 apg, 0.7 spg, 44.3 FG%
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Five games: 17.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 4.8 apg, 1.0 spg, 52.9 FG%
Dino Radja
Four games: 16.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.2 spg, 51.3 FG%
Manu Ginobili
Four games: 16.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.5 spg, 49.5 FG%
Luis Scola
Four games: 16.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg, 50.1 FG%
Nikola Jokic
Two games: 15.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.5 spg, 66.7 FG%
Detlef Schrempf
One game: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 41.7 FG%
Dirk Nowitzki
One game: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 40.0 FG%
Juan Carlos Navarro
Five games: 14.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.4 spg, 33.0 FG%
Milos Teodosic
Two games: 13.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.5 apg, 0.5 spg, 40.4 FG%
Ricky Rubio
Four games: 13.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.8 spg, 30.8 FG%
Aleksandar Djordjevic
One game: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 50.0 FG%
Dejan Bodroga
One game: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 57.1 FG%
Arvydas Sabonis
Four games: 12.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.0 spg, 38.1 FG%
Nando De Colo
Four games: 12.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.8 spg, 51.5 FG%
Serge Ibaka
One game: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block, 40.0 FG%
Rudy Gobert
Three games: 12.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 0.3 apg, 81.1 FG%
Theodoros Papaloukas
Two games: 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 2.0 spg, 48.4 FG%
Sergio Rodriguez
Three games: 11.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, 1.3 spg, 51.8 FG%
Andrei Kirilenko
One game: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 50.0 FG%
Andres Nocioni
Four games: 10.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 0.5 spg, 53.1 FG%
Tony Parker
One game: 10 points, 1 rebound, 36.4 FG%
Toni Kukoc
Four games: 10.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 7.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 33.1 FG%
Andrew Bogut
Three games: 10.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.3 spg, 58.3 FG%
Rudy Fernandez
Six games: 9.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.3 spg, 37.9 FG%
Joe Ingles
Three games: 9.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.3 spg, 70.0 FG%
Marc Gasol
Four games: 9.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, 50.6 FG%
Predrag Danilovic
One game: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 33.3 FG%
Nicolas Batum
Four games: 7.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.8 apg, 0.5 spg, 41.2 FG%
Jose Manuel Calderon
Three games: 7.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.3 apg, 22.7 FG%
Bogdan Bogdanovic
Two games: 7.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.0 spg, 29.8 FG%
Boris Diaw
Two games: 7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.0 spg, 45.0 FG%
Vassilis Spanoulis
Two games: 7.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.5 spg, 15.4 FG%
Jonas Valanciunas
One game: 4 points, 1 rebound, 50.0 FG%
Vlade Divac
One game: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 0.0 FG%
Dimitris Diamantidis
One game: 0 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal, 0.0 FG%
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