EuroBasket 2025 kicks off today, with the first matches of the group stage on Wednesday, August 27, in Latvia and Finland (for Groups A and B) and on Thursday, August 28 in Cyprus and Poland (Groups C and D). Polls show a clear favourite, Serbia, with Germany as frontrunners and France, Latvia, Greece, and Slovenia still holding some chances... with Spain predicted to be the biggest disappointment.
For Serbia, all expectations lay on Nikola Jokic, one of the best players from NBA, winner of a ring with Denver Nuggets and named MVP of the league in 2021, 2022, and 2024. But the other favourites also rely on their NBA stars, like Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers) for Slovenia, Giannis Antetokoumpo (Milwaukee Bucks) for Greece, Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic) for Germany, Santi Aldama (Memphis Grizzlies) for Spain, and Bogdan Bogdanovic (Los Angeles Clippers) also for Serbia.
Every NBA (current or former) at EuroBasket 2025:
But the list is much longer. Here we have (courtesy of NBA.com) a list of every NBA player taking part in this year's FIBA EuroBasket. First the current players:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jusurf Nurkić - Utah Jazz
Czechia
Vit Krejčí - Atlanta Hawks
Finland
Lauri Markkanen - Utah Jazz
France
Bilal Coulibaly - Washington Wizards
Zaccharie Risacher - Atlanta Hawks
Alex Sarr - Washington Wizards
Guerschon Yabusele - New York Knicks
Isaïa Cordinier (selected in an NBA Draft)
Georgia
Goga Bitadze - Orlando Magic
Sandro Mamukelashvili - Toronto Raptors
Germany
Tristan Da Silva - Orlando Magic
Franz Wagner - Orlando Magic
Dennis Schröder - Sacramento Kings
Great Britain
Tarik Phillip (selected in an NBA Draft)
Greece
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
Israel
Deni Avdija (Portland Trail Blazers)
Yam Madar (Selected in an NBA Draft)
Italy
Simone Fontecchio (Miami Heat)
Saliou Niang (Cleveland Cavaliers, Rookie for 2025/26)
Matteo Spagnolo (selected in an NBA Draft)
Gabriele Procida (selected in an NBA Draft)
Latvia
Kristaps Porziņgis - Atlanta Hawks
Lithuania
Jonas Valančiūnas - Denver Nuggets
Rokas Jokubaitis (selected in an NBA Draft)
Montenegro
Nikola Vučević - Chicago Bulls
Portugal
Neemias Queta - Boston Celtics
Serbia
Bogdan Bogdanović - Los Angeles Clippers
Nikola Jokić - Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jović - Miami Heat
Tristan Vukečvić - Washington Wizards
Vanja Marinković (selected in an NBA Draft)
Nikola Milutinov (selected in an NBA Draft)
Slovenia
Luka Dončić - Los Angeles Lakers
Spain
Santi Aldama - Memphis Grizzlies
Sweden
Pelle Larsson - Miami Heat
Türkiye
Adem Bona - Philadelphia 76ers
Alperen Şengün - Houston Rockets
And now, for the former NBA players playing in EuroBasket 2025:
France
Jaylen Hoard
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
Théo Maledon
Élie Okobo
Georgia
Tornike Shengelia
Germany
Daniel Theis
Isaac Bonga
Greece
Kostas Antetokounmpo
Tyler Dorsey
Kostas Papanikolaou
Italy
Danilo Gallinari
Nicolò Melli
Latvia
Dāvis Bertāns
Dairis Bertāns
Lithuania
Deividas Siryvdis
Azuolas Tubelis
Montenegro
Marko Simonovic
Serbia
Marko Gudurić
Vasilije Micić
Filip Petrušev
Spain
Juancho Hernangómez
Willy Hernangómez
Türkiye
Onuralp Bitim
Furkan Korkmaz
Shane Larkin
Cedi Osman
Ömer Yurtseven