It's not about when a player got a passport, but about if/when he was registered as a greek citizen. If you're a registered greek citizen it's absolutely no deal to get a greek passport (it's like renewing your passport), no matter what.
I guess Stergakos and Korfas were americans with greek roots - something that allowed them to get greek passports as well, but FIBA didn't count them as Greeks as they neither had a greek passport nore were registered as Greeks before they turned 18. I know that this isn't the case with Koufos, he's greek-american since his birth and that's why he also received his passport so fast. He won't count as naturalized.
I don't know about the Calathes bros. though, things might be different in their case. The biggest obstacle in Nick Calathes case is not his passport though, but the fact that he played for the Nike USA Elite team in Douai 2006.
I guess Stergakos and Korfas were americans with greek roots - something that allowed them to get greek passports as well, but FIBA didn't count them as Greeks as they neither had a greek passport nore were registered as Greeks before they turned 18. I know that this isn't the case with Koufos, he's greek-american since his birth and that's why he also received his passport so fast. He won't count as naturalized.
I don't know about the Calathes bros. though, things might be different in their case. The biggest obstacle in Nick Calathes case is not his passport though, but the fact that he played for the Nike USA Elite team in Douai 2006.
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