Los Estados Latinos

San Antonio,_Watching Manu Ginobili and Fabricio Oberto from Argentina both playing for the San Antonio Spurs and on other nights seeing Pau Gasols from Spain leading the Lakers under the basket is a real and relatively new treat for Latino and all basketball fans. Latinos have really come into their own in the last handful of years and this bodes well for the fans and the sport in the years ahead. It wasn’t that many years ago that Latinos could only dream of the NBA. It took many years for the American sport to become popular and then to improve the level of play internationally until like the Europeans the Latin American countries and their ball players got to NBA caliber. The sport has been popular with Latinos for many years but like every other facet of society the time has come for hoop Latinoization. Other top Latinos in the NBA include:

• Carlos Arroyo (Puerto Rico)—Detroit Pistons

• Leandro Barbosa (Brazil)—Phoenix Suns
  
• Esteban Batista (Uruguay)—Atlanta Hawks
  
• José Calderón (Spain)—Toronto Raptors
  
• Carlos Delfino (Argentina)—Detroit Pistons
  
• Francisco García (Dominican Republic)—Sacramento Kings
  
• Pau Gasol (Spain)—Los Angeles Lakers
• Emanuel Ginóbili (Argentina)—San Antonio Spurs
  
• Al Horford (Dominican Republic)—Atlanta Hawks
  
• Raúl López (Spain)—Memphis Grizzlies
  
• Eduardo Nájera (Mexico)—Denver Nuggets
  
• Nene (Brazil)—Denver Nuggets
  
• Andrés Nocioni (Argentina) — Chicago Bulls
  
• Fabricio Oberto (Argentina) — San Antonio Spurs
  
• Peter Ramos (Puerto Rico) — Washington Wizards
  
• Ricky Sánchez (Puerto Rico) — Denver Nuggets
  
• Anderson Varejao (Brazil) — Cleveland Cavaliers
  
• Fran Vázquez (Spain) — Orlando Magic
  
• Charlie Villanueva (USA; Dominican) — Toronto Raptors
  

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