Five NBA stars choose their dream football XI NBA - Football Real Madrid players feature heavily

UEFA may still be looking for their best XI of the season but several NBA players have beaten them to the punch by selecting their dream teams.

Five basketball players, who are all renowned as big football fans, have opted to pick their team of the year for 2017.

The teams cater for all tastes too, as is evidenced by the one chosen by Rockets centre Clint Capela, who left out both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It is also noteworthy that of all of the stars in European football, there is only one man who is the unanimous pick of all five basketball stars.

That is none other than Sergio Ramos, with the Spanish defender convincing everyone after his epic year that saw him lead Los Blancos to domestic and European success.

Philadelphia 76ers man Joel Embiid has packed his side out with Real players, picking six of them in addition to Barcelona ace Lionel Messi.