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The first official overseas game for an NBA team dates all the way back to a 1978 meeting between the Washington Bullets and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. Over the intervening decades, basketball has exploded in popularity around the world, and in the past few years the NBA Global Games has promoted preseason games in Brazil, China, the Philippines, and Spain.

In 2016, the Oklahoma City Thunder flew across the Atlantic to face FC Barcelona Lassa on the latter’s home court, and you can be sure artists Chris Martínez & Albert Carbó were on hand to enjoy the action. The talented Spanish duo comprise Brain Bucket creative studio which produces striking toon art of the NBA’s top stars — past and present.

A sampling of Brain Bucket’s work can be enjoyed below, starting with a pair of NBA MVP’s in LeBron James and Steph Curry.

LEBRON JAMES

STEPH CURRY

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

JIMMY BUTLER

KAWHI LEONARD

STEVEN ADAMS

MILWAUKEE BUCKS

DAMIAN LILLARD

CARMELO ANTHONY

JAMES HARDEN

DWYANE WADE

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

ALLEN IVERSON

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

MICHAEL JORDAN

KARL MALONE

VINCE CARTER