All of these guys were top basketball prospects in their own country. They came to the NBA because it was the highest paying and had the best competition. Some of them faired better than others, so vote up the best and down vote the worst.
http://m.ranker.com/list/the-best-foreign-basketball-players-in-the-nba/stokified, sports, basketball players, athletes, NBA, people, basketball, current sports, current nba,
Anderson Varejão
Andrea Bargnani
Manu Ginóbili
Marc Gasol
Nicolas Batum
Sasha Pavlovic
Nenê
Evan Fournier
Nikola Vucevic
Jonas Valanciunas