The Spanish basketball players in the NBA are not going unrecognized in the last several years. This year rookie, Rudy Fernandez set an NBA Rookie record of 3 points made during the regular season finishing up with 159. Former record holder was Kerry Kittles and below him last year was Spaniard Juan Carlos Navarro in 2nd place with 156. Fernandez will be participating in his first NBA playoff game starting soon.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!