For most players, participating in the FIBA Basketball World Cup is about teaming with one’s countrymen on basketball’s biggest international stage and the pride and patriotism wrought from competing against the world’s best.
But rest assured, however deeply imbedded in the mind’s recesses, many harbor something of a secondary motivations: being noticed.
Authoring a breakout performance at FIBA can alter the trajectory of one’s career, serving as either a launching pad to bigger and better things, or as a reminder to everyone there’s still plenty of hardwood fuel left in the tank.
With that, let’s take a look at 10 players—some of them household names, some of poised to pop from the shadows—who’ve made their FIBA experience as much about opening eyes as raising a flag.
For all you Renaldo Balkman fans out there, we have some bad news. He didn’t quite make the cut.
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10 NBA Players Opening Eyes at 2014 FIBA World Cup
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