NEW YORK (USA) - The San Antonio Spurs have been putting the big chill on opponents at the Frost Bank Center, with the Minnesota Timberwolves the latest team to fall there. The Spurs won Game 6 of their Western Conference Semi-Finals at home and then traveled north to Minnesota before prevailing in Game 7 on Saturday, 139-109.
They also sent a message in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, stealing a win against the defending champions OKC Thunder, 122-115, in a double-overtime classic.
Several Spurs have national team experience. In the table below, you can click on their names to check their complete FIBA player profile.
Spurs Player | Position | Country | Last Played FIBA event |
Forward | USA | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup | |
Guard | USA | 2022 FIBA U18 AmeriCup | |
Guard | USA | 2023 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup | |
Forward | USA | 2021 Olympics | |
Center | USA | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers | |
Forward | Canada | 2024 Olympics | |
Center | USA | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup | |
Forward | France | 2024 Olympics |
France's Victor Wembanyama may be the best-known FIBA baller on the San Antonio Spurs after his dramatic Olympic debut on home soil when he led Les Bleus to the Final.
Remember how he averaged 15.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game? He also had 26 points and 7 rebounds in a thrilling Gold Medal Game defeat to USA.
Wemby is not the only Spurs player that has benefitted from international basketball. Far from it.
Mason Plumlee was a member of the USA squad that brushed aside every team on their way to 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup glory. Some fans argue that this version of USA was the most dominant team to ever reach the top of the podium at FIBA's flagship event.
Plumlee also played five years later at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where USA were upset by France in the Quarter-Finals.
Harrison Barnes, in the rampaging 2016 Olympic gold medal winning team in Rio de Janeiro, then played for USA three years later in China and averaged 11.6 points per game for the Americans.
Keldon Johnson played for USA at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where the Americans overcame an opening day setback to France by winning the gold.
Kelly Olynyk has suited up for Canada at numerous events in his career, dating back to his youth team days at the 2008 FIBA U18 AmeriCup.
He was still a star at Gonzaga when he played for Canada at the 2010 FIBA Basketball World Cup. In 2023, Olynyk helped his country reach the World Cup podium after victory over USA in the Third-Place Game in Manila.
Olynyk made his Olympic bow at the 2024 Summer Games in France, where Canada made it to the Quarter-Finals.
Dylan Harper was a standout player in the USA team that finished fourth at the 2023 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Hungary.
San Antonio's Stephon Castle helped the USA march to the title at the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup and Luke Kornet played for USA in the Americas Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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