NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023–A file 55 present NBA players are featured on nationwide group rosters for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, which shall be held in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from Friday, Aug. 25 – Sunday, Sept. 10, up from 54 in 2019. The event will function a file 106 mixed present NBA players, NBA draftees, and players with NBA expertise, up from 103 in 2019.
Twenty-seven of the 32 taking part nationwide groups have at the very least one present NBA participant, NBA draftee or a participant with NBA expertise, and nationwide group rosters embody 10 former NBA All-Stars: Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves; USA), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder; Canada), Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks; Slovenia), Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves; France), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers; USA), Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans; USA), Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies; USA), Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz; Finland), Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves; Dominican Republic) and Nikola Vučević (Chicago Bulls; Montenegro).
Outside of the United States, which encompasses a tournament-high 12 NBA players, Australia has probably the most present NBA players (9), adopted by Canada (seven) and Germany (4).
Additional NBA stats and storylines for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 embody:
- Twenty-four NBA groups are represented on nationwide group rosters, with the Orlando Magic, Jazz, Thunder and Timberwolves every that includes a league-high 5 players in the event, whereas the New York Knicks and Mavericks every have 4 players in the event.
- There are 54 players with NBA G League expertise on nationwide group rosters.
- The event options 16 players who’ve participated over the primary three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), together with 2023 BAL MVP Nuni Omot, who led Al Ahly (Egypt) to the 2023 BAL Championship after serving to his native South Sudan qualify for the nation’s first-ever look in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. The BAL is knowledgeable league operated by the NBA and FIBA that options 12 membership groups from throughout Africa and accomplished its third season in May 2023.
- Australia National Team and former NBA Global Academy teammates Josh Giddey (Thunder) and Dyson Daniels (Pelicans), present NBA Academy Africa student-athlete Khaman Maluach (South Sudan), NBA Global Academy graduate Cui Yongxi (China) and NBA Academy Latin America participant Jean Montero (Dominican Republic) are poised to grow to be the primary present and former NBA Academy student-athletes to compete in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
- There are 87 former Basketball Without Borders (BWB) campers on nationwide group rosters. BWB is the NBA and FIBA’s international basketball improvement and group outreach program that has been performed yearly since 2001 and has seen 112 former campers advance to the NBA or WNBA.
A complete of 80 nationwide groups throughout 4 areas – Africa, Americas, Europe and Asia (which incorporates Oceania) – competed in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.
New this 12 months, the NBA App and NBA.com will carry FIBA’s digital platform, “Courtside 1891,” permitting followers in 20 nations and territories to buy the FIBA World Cup Pass and watch the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Beginning with the opening video games on Aug. 25 and persevering with by means of the Final on Sept. 10, Courtside 1891’s FIBA World Cup Pass will provide followers entry to dwell and on-demand video games, prolonged highlights and high performs. Courtside 1891’s FIBA World Cup Pass is on the market for buy at NBA.com/WorldCup, and the whole sport schedule is on the market at NBA.com/FIBA.
The following is an entire checklist of present NBA players on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:
| COUNTRY | NBA PLAYER | NBA TEAM |
| Angola | Bruno Fernando | Atlanta Hawks |
| Australia | Patty Mills | Atlanta Hawks |
| Australia | Josh Green | Dallas Mavericks |
| Australia | Jack White | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Australia | Joe Ingles | Orlando Magic |
| Australia | Dyson Daniels | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Australia | Josh Giddey | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Australia | Matisse Thybulle | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Australia | Xavier Cooks | Washington Wizards |
| Australia | Dante Exum | Dallas Mavericks |
| Canada | Dwight Powell | Dallas Mavericks |
| Canada | Luguentz Dort | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Canada | Dillon Brooks | Houston Rockets |
| Canada | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Canada | RJ Barrett | New York Knicks |
| Canada | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Canada | Kelly Olynyk | Utah Jazz |
| China | Kyle Anderson | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Dominican Republic | Lester Quiñones | Golden State Warriors |
| Dominican Republic | Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Finland | Lauri Markkanen | Utah Jazz |
| France | Nicolas Batum | LA Clippers |
| France | Rudy Gobert | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| France | Evan Fournier | New York Knicks |
| Georgia | Goga Bitadze | Orlando Magic |
| Georgia | Sandro Mamukelashvili | San Antonio Spurs |
| Germany | Daniel Theis | Indiana Pacers |
| Germany | Franz Wagner | Orlando Magic |
| Germany | Moritz Wagner | Orlando Magic |
| Germany | Dennis Schroder | Toronto Raptors |
| Greece | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Italy | Simone Fontecchio | Utah Jazz |
| Japan | Yuta Watanabe | Phoenix Suns |
| Latvia | Dāvis Bertāns | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Lithuania | Jonas Valančiūnas | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Montenegro | Nikola Vučević | Chicago Bulls |
| Philippines | Jordan Clarkson | Utah Jazz |
| Serbia | Bogdan Bogdanović | Atlanta Hawks |
| Serbia | Nikola Jović | Miami Heat |
| Serbia | Filip Petrušev | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Slovenia | Luka Dončić | Dallas Mavericks |
| South Sudan | Carlik Jones | Chicago Bulls |
| Spain | Santi Aldama | Memphis Grizzlies |
| USA | Mikal Bridges | Brooklyn Nets |
| USA | Cameron Johnson | Brooklyn Nets |
| USA | Tyrese Haliburton | Indiana Pacers |
| USA | Austin Reaves | Los Angeles Lakers |
| USA | Jaren Jackson Jr. | Memphis Grizzlies |
| USA | Bobby Portis | Milwaukee Bucks |
| USA | Anthony Edwards | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| USA | Brandon Ingram | New Orleans Pelicans |
| USA | Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks |
| USA | Josh Hart | New York Knicks |
| USA | Paolo Banchero | Orlando Magic |
| USA | Walker Kessler | Utah Jazz |
The following is an entire checklist of NBA draftees whose rights are at the moment held by NBA groups on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:
| COUNTRY | NAME | RIGHTS HELD BY |
| Brazil | Gui Santos | Golden State Warriors |
| China | Wang Zhelin | New York Knicks |
| France | Mathias Lessort | New York Knicks |
| Italy | Gabriele Procida | Detroit Pistons |
| Italy | Matteo Spagnolo | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Lithuania | Rokas Jokubaitis | New York Knicks |
| Montenegro | Bojan Dubljevic | New York Knicks |
| Serbia | Vanja Marinkovic | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Serbia | Nikola Milutinov | Brooklyn Nets |
| Spain | Sergio Llull | New York Knicks |
The following is an entire checklist of players who beforehand performed in the NBA on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 rosters*:
| COUNTRY | NAME |
| Australia | Dante Exum |
| Brazil | Marcelinho Huertas |
| Brazil | Bruno Caboclo |
| Brazil | Cristiano Felicio |
| Brazil | Raul Neto |
| Canada | Kyle Alexander |
| China | Zhou Qi |
| Dominican Republic | Angel Delgado |
| France | Nando De Colo |
| France | Elie Okobo |
| France | Yakuba Ouattara |
| France | Guerschon Yabusele |
| Georgia | Tornike Shengelia |
| Germany | Isaac Bonga |
| Greece | Kostas Papanikolaou |
| Greece | Giorgos Papagiannis |
| Iran | Hamed Haddadi |
| Italy | Luigi Datome |
| Jordan | Rondae Hollis Jefferson |
| Latvia | Rodions Kurucs |
| Latvia | Dairis Bertāns |
| Latvia | Anžejs Pasečņiks |
| Lebanon | Omari Spellman |
| Lithuania | Ignas Brazdeikis |
| Lithuania | Mindaugas Kuzminskas |
| Lithuania | Donatas Motiejūnas |
| Lithuania | Deividas Sirvydis |
| Mexico | Jorge Gutierrez |
| Montenegro | Marko Simonovic |
| Puerto Rico | Tremont Waters |
| Puerto Rico | John Holland |
| Serbia | Marko Guduric |
| Slovenia | Michael Tobey |
| South Sudan | Wenyen Gabriel |
| South Sudan | Mangok Mathiang |
| South Sudan | Marial Shayok |
| Spain | Álex Abrines |
| Spain | Victor Claver |
| Spain | Rodolfo Fernandez |
| Spain | Usman Garuba |
| Spain | Guillermo Hernangómez |
| Spain | Juan Hernangómez |
*As of August 24, 2023 (all rosters topic to change)
