Eurolash?

It would be difficult to find a more unlikely international provocateur than Jiri Welsch. If you've heard of Welsch, you know he's a little-used Golden State rookie, an undistinguished member of one of the NBA's most undistinguished teams. He is shy and nonthreatening, a reserved reserve.

But his reticence, and the attendant lack of profile, makes Welsch an intriguing case study in the future of an increasingly multicultural NBA. The rise in foreign-born playersnow comprising roughly 17% of the leaguehas set up a collision of nationalism and globalism.

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