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#3 Tony Parker
The greatest Frenchman to play in the NBA. Parker went 28th overall in the 2001 NBA Draft, but soon enough became a San Antonio Spurs mainstay. Over his 18-year NBA career, Parker earned six All-Star nods and four All-NBA selections. In his 17 NBA seasons with San Antonio and one season (final season) with Charlotte, Parker averaged 15.5 ppg and 5.6 apg.
Parker won four NBA titles with the Spurs, but his crowning moment was his 2007 Finals performance. Parker averaged 24.5 ppg and 5.0 apg in those Finals versus LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers while shooting a phenomenal 56.8% from the field. His performance earned him a Finals MVP award ahead of teammate Tim Duncan, which made Parker join a select group of non-American players to have won the Finals MVP.
#2 Manu Ginobili
The NBA should consider renaming the Sixth Man of the year Award in honor of Manu Ginobili. Ginobili started only 349 of his 1057 career NBA games, all with the San Antonio Spurs. On any other NBA team, Ginobili would have been a definite starter. Ginobili is the ultimate example of sacrificing for the greater good of the team.
But even with playing more than 700 NBA games off the bench, Ginobili wound up as a four-time NBA champ, two-time All-Star and 2008 Sixth Man of the Year Winner. He won Argentina a gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and is one of the few players in basketball history to win a EuroLeague title, an NBA championship and an Olympic Gold medal. Ginobili could be clutch, play defense at the age of 40, Euro step his way to the basket in style and swatted bats out of the arena like nobody’s business. The NBA’s ultimate teammate will surely join Parker and Tim Duncan in the Basketball Hall of Fame soon.
#1 Dirk Nowitzki
Considering Hakeem Olajuwon to be an American (he went to college in America and won an Olympic Gold with Team USA in 1996), Dirk Nowitzki is easily the best non-American basketball player of all-time. Nowitzki revolutionized the way the NBA uses power forwards as he shot from long range with great efficiency. His one-legged fadeaway is also considered one of the greatest signature individual player moves in NBA history.
Over a 21-year career in the NBA, all with the Dallas Mavericks, Nowitzki finished with 20.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg while shooting 38% from downtown. He won the Dallas Mavericks their only NBA championship in 2011. Nowitzki was a member of the NBA’s 50-40-90 club and a 14-time All-Star. He made it to 12 All-NBA team selections and won league MVP in 2007. Nowitzki ranks sixth all-time on the NBA’s career points tally, fourth on the games played list and third on the all-time minutes played ladder.
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