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The 20 best international NBA players (Luka Doncic!) not at the 2024 Paris Olympics, ranked
While some of the best basketball players in the world are representing their countries in the 2024 Paris Olympics, other international superstars failed to qualify.
That means that although we will see some of the top talent in the game, there are still several notable names who will get an extended vacation this summer instead of traveling to France for a chance to win the gold medal.
For this exercise, we focused entirely on players who have already suited up for their senior national team in the past. That means that some top international players (e.g. Cameroon's Pascal Siakam and Nigeria's OG Anunoby) did not make the list.
Others excluded from this list are players from countries whose teams qualified for the Olympics but were not on the rosters. That includes notable names such as Germany's Isaiah Hartenstein, Canada's Andrew Wiggins and Chris Boucher as well as Australia's Ben Simmons and Matisse Thybulle.
You can check out our snubs from Team USA's roster and player pool as well.
Let’s run through some of the other notable names you won't see on these rosters.
What this is: For our list, we ranked these players based on how impactful they are in the NBA. Basically, if you are a casual NBA fan, these are the names you are most likely to recognize based on how well well the played during the 2023-24 season. We looked at several advanced metrics to reach our conclusion.
What this is not: These are not projections that would have factor playing time or their roles for each nation. For example, Goga Bitadze tends to have a bigger usage rate with Georgia than he does with the Magic.
Luka Doncic
NATION: Slovenia
POSITION: PG
NBA TEAM: Dallas
Domantas Sabonis
NATION: Lithuania
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Sacramento
Kristaps Porzingis
NATION: Latvia
POSITION: PF
NBA TEAM: Boston
Lauri Markkanen
NATION: Finland
POSITION: PF
NBA TEAM: Utah
Karl-Anthony Towns
NATION: Dominican Republic
POSITION: PF
NBA TEAM: Minnesota
Alperen Sengun
NATION: Turkey
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Houston
Jusuf Nurkic
NATION: Bosnia
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Phoenix
Clint Capela
NATION: Switzerland
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Atlanta
Jonas Valanciunas
NATION: Lithuania
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Washington
Nic Claxton
NATION: US Virgin Islands
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Brooklyn
Al Horford
NATION: Dominican Republic
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Boston
Ivica Zubac
NATION: Croatia
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: LA Clippers
Jakob Poeltl
NATION: Austria
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Toronto
Goga Bitadze
NATION: Georgia
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Orlando
Jonathan Kuminga
NATION: DR Congo
POSITION: SF
NBA TEAM: Golden State
Deandre Ayton
NATION: Bahamas
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Portland
Nikola Vucevic
NATION: Montenegro
POSITION: C
NBA TEAM: Chicago
Deni Avdija
NATION: Israel
POSITION: SF
NBA TEAM: Portland
Kyle Anderson
NATION: China
POSITION: SF
NBA TEAM: Golden State
Buddy Hield
NATION: Bahamas
POSITION: SG
NBA TEAM: Golden State
This article originally appeared on For The Win: The 20 best international NBA players (Luka Doncic!) not at the 2024 Paris Olympics, ranked
