Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te whakamutunga ki te Tiamana National Basketball Team, arahina e te nui NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki, ka eke Papaloukas 22 ngā, ārahi Kariki whakamarie ki tona taitara Pākehā tuarua, tekau ma waru tau i muri i tona toa tuatahi i te EuroBasket 1987
He aha? I runga i tenei, i tohua a Papaloukas ki te Team-Tournament Team o te EuroBasket 2005, me te hoa kaitakaro o te roopu Kariki a Dimitris Diamantidis, te kaitiaki pupuhi o te kapa poitūkohu a Spain a Juan Carlos Navarro, te kaitakaro o te kapa French National Team me te kaitakaro NBA a Boris Diaw, me Nowitzki, nana hoki i kii te taitara MVP.