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With the NFL season in full-swing, avid basketball junkies are anxiously waiting for their chance to watch the new NBA season. What many people don't know is that a myriad of Hispanic players has made a laborious journey into this prestigious league and consequently left their imprints on the game.
Countries like Brazil, Spain, Argentina, and more have birthed dozens of gifted athletes who possess an insatiable love for the game. Nene Hilario, Grevivis Vasquez, and Tiego Splitter are just a handful of Latino players today who are impacting the game.
Take a look at which NBA players rise to the occasion every game and are deemed to be some of the best ballers in the league today.
Ricard "Ricky" Rubio i Vives is originally from Spain and plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has been playing professional basketball since the tender age of 14! Anthony plays for the New York Knicks and is famously married to LaLa Anthony. This past summer, the Afro-Latino player earned his third Olympic Gold medal with team USA. 8 Best Latino NBA PlayersThe Puerto Rican point guard for the Dallas Mavericks is another scrappy player whose reputation as an energizer is valued in the NBA. Dominican center, Al Horford, inked a monstrous deal with the Boston Celtics this past offseason because of his stellar play with his former team the Atlanta Hawks. Pau Gasol is another Spanish player for the San Antonio Spurs. Gasol solidified his rep. with a bevy of NBA championships during his with the Los Angeles Lakers. Spaniard Marc Gasol Sáez plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2013 he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He is the younger brother of Pau Gasol. Ariza is of Dominican and Turks & Caicos Islands descent. He once considered changing his citizenship to play for the Dominican Republic national basketball team. However, he later accepted an invitation to the Team USA training camp.
