Olympic basketball: How have international stars performed 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 non-American NBA players participated. This year, 43 non-American NBA players competed in the Olympic tournament. That’s how big the progress has been.
How have all those international stars performed against the best American basketball talent? Well, it’s a mixed bag, but let’s just say many had rough shooting games.
Take a look at their stats 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 Bodiroga
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%