While EuroBasket 2025 is sure to showcase plenty of current NBA stars, it’s worth remembering that several former NBA players are also still making their mark. Many of these veterans continue to play professionally — or at the very least, are still competing at an elite level on the international stage.
Here are 10 standout names with NBA experience who will be representing their countries at EuroBasket 2025:
10) Omer Yurtseven, Turkey
Omer Yurtseven went undrafted in the 2020 NBA Draft, but promptly found a home with the Miami Heat after. Yurtseven played 113 games in the NBA, but teams hoped his inconsistent three-point shot would improve with NBA coaching. As a result, he was limited to a reserve role for the entirety of his career.
According to Basketball Reference, if you stretched out Yurtseven’s production over a per-36-minute pace, he would have averaged 15.1 points, 14.2 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game. Not bad for an undrafted free agent. He left the NBA for Panathinaikos in Greece after the 2023-24 season.
9) Shane Larkin, Turkey
Shane Larkin was drafted with the 18th pick of the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks and was immediately traded on Draft night to the Dallas Mavericks. He was in the NBA for three seasons, then left for a season to play in Turkey before playing his final NBA season in 2017-18.
Larkin played in 256 games in his NBA career, starting 41. He was a good backup in the NBA, but found a home in Turkey and took on a much bigger role there.
8) Juancho Hernangomez, Spain
Juancho Hernangomez played seven years in the NBA and may be most famous for his role as Bo Cruz, next to Anthony Edwards in the movie ‘Hustle’. The Denver Nuggets drafted Hernangomez with the 15th pick of the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft, and he played for six teams throughout his seven-year NBA career.
Hernangomez averaged five points per game, with 3.3 rebounds over 15.5 minutes, via Basketball Reference. After the 2023-24 NBA season, he took his talents to Panathinaikos, just like the previously listed Yurtseven.
7) Frank Ntilikina, France
With the 8th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks selected Frank Ntilikina, and things never panned out how you would hope for a top-ten pick. He played four years with the Knicks, two with the Dallas Mavericks, and a brief five-game stint with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023-24, closing out his NBA career. After that, he moved to play in Serbia.
6) Timothe Luwawu-Cabbarot, France
Timothe Luwawu-Cabbarot fits the same bill as the last few guys listed: a first-round pick who came from overseas. They weren’t bad players, but they couldn’t take their game to the next level to compete in the NBA.
Luwawu-Cabbarot was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 24th pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. Even since returning to Europe, he has played for three teams in three years, and has proven that his potential is that of a role player, and a good one in that.
5) Furkan Korkmaz, Turkey
Furkan Korkmaz had a nice run from 2019-22, during which time he started 42 games, played 20.8 minutes per game, and hit 36% of his threes, via Basketball Reference. Outside of those three seasons, Korkmaz started seven games total, averaged more than ten minutes per game just once, and clearly fell out of favor.
For the 2024-25 season, he returned to Europe and is now playing some of the best basketball of his career for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish BSL.
4) Willy Hernangomez, Spain
The older of the two Hernangomez brothers is number four on our list. Willy Hernangomez was drafted with the 35th pick of the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Hernangomez stayed overseas for the next season before joining the Knicks for the 2016-17 NBA season.
Hernangomez’s rookie year was his best in the NBA, where he averaged 8.2 points and seven rebounds per game over just 18.4 minutes per game. His efforts had him fifth in the Rookie of the Year voting for that season. After the 2022-23 season, Hernangomez returned to Spain to play for Barcelona, where he remains.
3) Daniel Theis, Germany
Undrafted in 2013, Daniel Theis stayed in Germany until the Celtics gave him a chance to join the 2017-18 team, and he became a key role player for Boston immediately.
Daniel Theis is so underrated. First he hits this big clutch three: pic.twitter.com/7ZeD47hihE
— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) March 11, 2020
This is the first player on this list to play in the NBA Finals, which he did as a member of the 2021-22 Boston Celtics. He played 38 games for the Pelicans last year but returned to Europe for the upcoming season to play for AS Monaco in France.
2) Cedi Osman, Turkey
After being drafted 31st overall in the 2015 NBA Draft, Cedi Osman spent two more years overseas before joining the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers would win the NBA Finals the first year after drafting him, but he was never a part of an NBA Championship roster.
Regardless, from his second year in the NBA on, he showed that he could be a key contributor to an NBA team. He played in 404 games for the Cavaliers and 72 for the San Antonio Spurs in his final season in the NBA in 2023-24.
I wonder if there is a way if the Cavs can convince Cedi Osman to leave Panathinaikos to return to Cleveland 🤔🤔. Osman played almost his entire career with Cleveland, until he signed with the Spurs for the 2023-24 season. Osman played one year with them until he left. pic.twitter.com/CYV3z9q795
— Cavs Muse 🦈 🪽 (@NBAreportbuzz) August 16, 2025
According to Basketball Reference, Osman hit 35.7% of his career threes and averaged almost a steal a game for four straight years. After that, he joined two of our other listed players on Panathinaikos in Greece in 2024. As you can see, some Cavs fans were so satisfied with his services that they would welcome a reunion.
1) Danilo Gallinari, Italy
Last but certainly not least is the lone Italian on the list, Danilo Gallinari. ‘Gallo was an enjoyable player to watch in the NBA, with his elite shot and the knack of always making the right decision with the ball in his hands.
Anyways here’s prime Danilo Gallinari highlights https://t.co/t42smFTCfO pic.twitter.com/xrZCvXxCjd
— HoodiiOtterman (@NormanOtterman) February 16, 2024
Gallinari played in 777 games in the NBA, and according to Basketball Reference, was a 38.1% shooter from three, averaged 14.9 points per game for his career, and even scored an incredible 47 points for the Nuggets on April 10th, 2015, vs Dallas. He never won a championship in the NBA. Still, he finally got his first trophy this season, leading his team in Puerto Rico to a title.
