San Antonio Spurs guards Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have comprised one of the NBA's longest-tenured, most-productive backcourts. While they haven't always started together because of Ginobili's sixth man role, earlier this year, I've ranked Ginobili and Parker the second-best guard tandem in modern NBA history.

Despite their success, Ginobili and Parker stand alone in another regard: They're the only guards to make an NBA All-Star team who were born outside the United States and did not attend college in the U.S. While there have been other highly successful international guards, including a pair of players (Goran Dragic of the Miami Heat and late Hall of Famer Drazen Petrovic) who made All-NBA teams without All-Star appearances, there's little question that the growing contributions of international players are heavily tilted toward the frontcourt.