toThe NBA releases a report with foreigners present in the league even 40 countries They will be represented in the North American competition. Subordinate 26 from Canada, The country with the largest number of participants, those who were born in it Jamaica (Nick Richards) Virgin Islands (Demoy Hodge), Angola (Bruno Fernando), Financial (Adama Sanogo), Lucia Street (Chris Boucher) Or even Bulgaria (Sasha Vezenkov). The third season in a row with More than 120 international playersAnd the tenth in a row to exceed 100.
Current Canadians Bronze medal In the World Cup, they are the most represented, with 26. Among them are great talents such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, RJ Barrett, Shaydon Sharpe and Nickel Alexander-Walker, Among other things.
Next on the list is Francewith 14. the A new batch of young Gauls Who arrived in the last draft (Wimbanyama, Sissoko, Robert, Koulibaly), helped expand this list. The 30 teams competing in the league include at least one foreign player. Spainwith Three actors (Santi Aldama, Ricky Rubio, Ousmane Garuba) has the worst numbers in the latter 15 years.
International field
Looking at the data,… The last five MVPs were international (Embiid), and four of them belong Europe (Jokic and Antetokounmpo). until 64 of them are European Who will be on rosters when the season starts, including Doncic, Sabonis, Gobert And his own Wimbanyama, which just landed, among others. Africa will have 15 players born on its continent.
at least Five international players They have been present in the NBA’s top quintet since 2018/19. They will wear short clothes 15 yPlayers from all over the world who were all Stars. Moreover, the effect of Wimbaniyama, The 14th international to be No. 1 in the draft, This enhances progress.
until 55 players They were selected to make their home team in the last World Cup, a historic NBA record. Oklahoma and Dallas Mavericks These are the teams that include the largest number of foreigners in their ranks, with eight foreigners each.