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Timberwolves International Players, Pre-NBA: Ricky Rubio

The road to the NBA for all the American basketball talents seems to be fairly similar: high school, college, pros. There are some exceptions to the rule, of course, like Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, who all entered the league straight from high school, but these unique examples.

So, what if you’re an international player?

Well, in such cases, the pathway to the NBA is often a little bit different. Surely, with the number of international players in the league rapidly increasing, more and more talents from overseas decide to follow the same procedure by also attending colleges in the U.