Switzerland's Thabo Sefolosha of the Chi

Lisle, UNITED STATES: Switzerland's Thabo Sefolosha of the Chicago Bulls signs a autograph 17 December, 2006 at the Chicago Bulls/Chicago White Sox Training Academy in Lisle, Illinois during the DCFS annual Holiday Party for intact families. Sefolosha the first round draft choice of the Philadelphia 76ers was traded on draft day to the Chicago Bulls is a member of the Swiss National Team, played in the 2005 French Pro A All-Star Game, started his pro career in 2001-02, at the age of 17, in the top domestic league in Switzerland (the LNA), with Tege Riviera Basket, then played the following three seasons (2002-05) with Chalon-Sur-Saone, the premier pro league in France then signing with the Italian Serie A club Angelico squad Angelico Biella prior to the 2005-06 season. His South African father and French mother left South Africa for Switzerland shortly before he was born in 1984, his mother is an accomplished artist and his father is a skilled musician. AFP PHOTO / JEFF HAYNES (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)