InterBasket Dream Team,
World
Name: The International Basketball
Dream Team
Nickname: IBN Dream Team
Members: See below
Languages: Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Italian, German, Chinese,
Vote: Click HERE
Rules: Please only vote for twelve total players, the players that you choose must fall in these guidelines -
1) Must have represented his National Team at least once in Olympic play or during the World Championships and
2) Cannot have represented the United States in Olympic Competition (a player like Hakeem Olajuwon).
Notes:
Based on the 1992 US Olympic
Team, the InterBasket International Dream Team is essentially an unscientific poll gathering the top twelve
greatest international basketball players
of all-time as
voted by InterBasket's registered members. This is an ongoing vote that
will continuously be updated as more votes come in trying to cull the opinion of
fans around the world. Click
here if you would like to voice your opinion on IBN's International Dream
Team!
As of September 20, 2005, 37 members have submitted their ballots and so far,
these are the results...
IBN's International Dream Team
Roster:
Drazen Petrovic, G - Yugoslavia (36
out of 37 total votes),
Arvydas Sabonis, C - Lithuania (36),
Toni Kukoc,
F - Croatia (29),
Oscar Schmidt,
G - Brazil (30),
Predrag Stojakovic,
F/G - Yugoslavia (23),
Nikos Galis,
G - Greece (23),
Vlade Divac,
C - Yugoslavia (22),
Sarunas Marciulionis,
G - Lithuania (18),
Dirk Nowitzki,
F - Germany (21),
Dejan Bodiroga,
G/F - Yugoslavia (17),
Sergei Belov,
G - Russia (13), Dino Radja,
F - Yugoslavia(12)
IBN's International Dream Team - Second Team
Pau Gasol,
F - Spain (10 total votes),
Jose Ortiz, C - Puerto Rico (10),
Kresimir Cosic, C -
Croatia (9),
Dino
Meneghin, C - Italy (8),
Emanuel Ginobili,
G - Argentina (7),
Steve Nash,
G - Canada (7),
Yao Ming,
C - China (7) ,
Fernando Martin,
F- Spain (6),
Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Spain (6),
Andrew Gaze,
G/F - Australia (6) ,
Detlef Schrempf,
F - Germany (5),
Aleksander "Sasha" Djordjevic, G - Yugoslavia (4)
Honorable Mention - (3 votes):
Antoine Rigadeau
(France),
Andrei Kirilenko
(Russia), Panayiotis Yannakis (Greece), Rimas Kurtinaitis (Lithuania), Drazen Dalipagic,
Bosnia (2 votes):
Tony Parker
(France), Zarko Paspalj (Yugoslavia),
Predrag Danilovic
(Yugoslavia),
Carlos Arroyo
(Puerto Rico), Anatoly Mishkin, Russia, Mirza Delibasic (Yugoslavia), Juan Antonio Corbalán
(Spain), Dragan Kikanovic, Yugoslavia,
Rik Smits, The
Netherlands,
Sarunas Jasikevicius
(Lithuania), Vladimir Tkachenko (Russia) (1 vote): Zoran Savic (Serbia), V. Chomicius (Lithuania), Mike D'Antoni (Italy), Jordi
Villacampa (Spain), M. Milanesio (Argentina), Zoran Sretenovic (S&M), Radivoj Korac
(S&M), Omar Quintero (Mexico), Valdis Valters, USSR, Wayne Brabender, Spain
* Remember, this is an continuously updated vote, so if you don't see a
deserving player on the above list or want to support those that have already
been voted for, click
here to voice your opinion,
good or bad, on IBN's International Dream
Team!
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