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Can someone list out basketball roster with original country of origin?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:05 pm
This is going to be fascinating. Where were they all born and raised? How many different countries and cultures?
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:07 pm to CatfishJohn
Dale Brown didn’t get crucified when he brought all the foreigners over
Most couldn’t speak English so I don’t know how brown kept them eligible
Most couldn’t speak English so I don’t know how brown kept them eligible
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:08 pm to nicholastiger
I’m not crucifying anyone, I’m actually curious how diverse this team will be culturally and from a nationality perspective.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:15 pm to CatfishJohn
RJ Luis Jr. (G-League Celtics) - Miami, FL
Mo Dioubate (Kentucky) - Queens, NY
Marcio Santos ( International / Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv) - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Divine Ugochukwu (Michigan State) - Sugar Land, TX
Abdi Bashir Jr. (K-state) - Omaha, NE
Austin Nunez (UTSA) - San Antonio, TX
Saliou Niang ( International / Virtus Bologna) - Sengal / Italy
Brice Dessert ( International / Anadolu Efes) - France
Michael Ruzic - Croatia
Yam Madar - Israel
Mo Dioubate (Kentucky) - Queens, NY
Marcio Santos ( International / Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv) - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Divine Ugochukwu (Michigan State) - Sugar Land, TX
Abdi Bashir Jr. (K-state) - Omaha, NE
Austin Nunez (UTSA) - San Antonio, TX
Saliou Niang ( International / Virtus Bologna) - Sengal / Italy
Brice Dessert ( International / Anadolu Efes) - France
Michael Ruzic - Croatia
Yam Madar - Israel
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:16 pm to YeauxTigers
What about Ruzic? And thank you!
ETA:
And more of those guys born and raised in the states than it appears by their names
ETA:
And more of those guys born and raised in the states than it appears by their names
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:19 pm to nicholastiger
quote:List those players, the years they played, where they were from, and the years they played.
Dale Brown didn’t get crucified when he brought all the foreigners over
I'll give you the one I recall most vivdly (the only one, really) because we were at LSU at the same time (my fresahman, his senior year).
Andy Campbell, 77-78 to 80-81, Hackham, Australia, English.
Who else ya got?
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:22 pm to CatfishJohn
They going to learn sign language so everyone can communicate?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:23 pm to mdomingue
Neboisha, Zoran Jovanovich, Jose Vargas, Geert Hammink, technically Tito Horford etc. Dale also would have had Arvydas Sabonis if it wasn’t during the Cold War.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:23 pm to mdomingue
So it’s 6 countries including US as of now. Wild.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:36 pm to lsudave1
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Neboisha, Zoran Jovanovich, Jose Vargas, Geert Hammink, technically Tito Horford etc. Dale also would have had Arvydas Sabonis if it wasn’t during the Cold War.
Forgot about Geert, I remember him. I know Dale hit up those Eastern European/Slavic countries a bit. I did pay as much attention outside of the Shaq years for a while, and I had a period in the 90s when I almost completely lost touch with LSU Basketball.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:36 pm to CatfishJohn
LSU has an all pro team. Period. We are going to break nil. I thought Itd be baseball that did it but Jay royally fricked that up. All hail LSU.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:38 pm to CatfishJohn
Does Jose Vargas have eligibility remaining?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:43 pm to mdomingue
What about Roman Rubachenko (probably not spelling this right) - Ukraine
This post was edited on 5/20/26 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:45 pm to mdomingue
Pretty sure Hammink's son played here as well. I think that was about 10 years ago maybe?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:09 pm to bubbz
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Pretty sure Hammink's son played here as well.
Shane - 2012-2014 then transferred to Valparaiso. He was born in Baton Rouge, though.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:16 pm to CatfishJohn
Sergio de Larrea, PG 6-5.5 Spain 20 year old
Destinct possibility
Destinct possibility
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:21 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:would’ve guessed Ugochukwu was Nigerian. His father probably is
And more of those guys born and raised in the states than it appears by their names
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:21 pm to YeauxTigers
International Team of Mystery and Intrigue
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:25 pm to MrKnowItAll
Herman Montenegro.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:56 pm to LSUTIGAHS123
Bayou Globetrotters 
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