Though there are plenty of fantastic basketball players who haven't played in the NBA and likely won't for either their entire careers or a significant portion of them—Argentina's Facundo Campazzo and Brazil's Marcelo Huertas immediately spring to mind—the Association tends to have the sport's largest collection of talent.
So, how is that being distributed out among the 24 teams set to play in Spain at the 2014 World Cup, an international competition that begins at the end of August?
As John Schuhmann explains for NBA.com, "With the four free agents and 46 guys under contract, there will be a total of 50 current NBA players, representing 22 different teams and 18 different countries, at the World Cup, unless there's an unexpected roster change in the next four days."
Let's break those players—as well as the dozens who used to play in the sport's top league—down by country, using some visual aids.
Will any team come close to touching Team USA's number of NBA talents?
The Argentines would normally have Manu Ginobili on their side, but ...
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