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Other Australian players enter the Euroleague and the National Basketball Association in the U.S. The Boomers's roster for the 2014 World Cup included five NBA players: Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes with the San Antonio Spurs, Matthew Dellavedova with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dante Exum and Joe Ingles with the Utah Jazz.
Danté Exum [1] [2] (/ ˈ d ɑː n t eɪ ˈ ɛ k s ə m / DAHN-tay EK-səm; born 13 July 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. [3]
Matthew William Dellavedova [1] (born 8 September 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Saint Mary's College. In 2016, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Benjamin David Simmons (born 20 July 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the LSU Tigers , after which he was named a consensus first-team All-American and the USBWA National Freshman of the Year .
Joshua Benjamin Green (born 16 November 2000) [1] is an Australian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. Green was part of the Australian basketball team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [2]
As of the 2024–25 season, Canada has produced the most foreign NBA players, with 63. From European countries, France has produced 52 players, Serbia has produced 33, Croatia has produced 24, Germany has produced 21, and Spain has produced 20. From Oceania, Australia has produced 35 players while New Zealand has produced 3 players.
On 19 January 2020, Mills made his 1,000th NBA three-pointer. He is the first Australian player in NBA history to reach that milestone. [65] On 29 December 2020, he became the tenth player in Spurs history to play in 600 games with the team.