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Record 84 international players in the NBA

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Record 84 international players on NBA opening night rosters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A record 84 foreign born players from 38 countries and territories will be on opening night rosters when the NBA tips off a new season on Tuesday.

The 84 international players just pips the previous record of 83, from the opening night in the 2006-07 campaign.

The small increase is a continuation of the steady rise of foreign players in the NBA. A decade ago, the rosters featured 45 international players from 28 countries and territories.

Only two of the league's 30 teams will be without at least one foreign player on opening night while the Toronto Raptors will have the most international flair with six foreign players.

The Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz will both field five international players while eight teams have four.

One of North America's most diverse and multi-cultural cities, the Raptors' players hail from six different countries, Australia, Brazil, Italy, Lithuania, Nigeria and Spain.

France provided the most players with 11 followed by Turkey with five and Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Serbia, and Spain each with four.

At the end of last season, the NBA featured 79 international players from 35 countries and territories on team rosters.

(Writing by Steve Keating in Toronto, Editing by Julian Linden)
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I'm guessing that list is based on where players were actually born, not to do with where parents or grandparents are born. Both Charlie V and Balkman were born in the U.S. but their parents weren't.
 
The NBA should set a limit to international players. It´s good for promoting an American product, giving more chances for American players to play in the NBA and giving international leagues a chance to keep home grown talent.
 
Victorious said:
The NBA should set a limit to international players. It´s good for promoting an American product, giving more chances for American players to play in the NBA and giving international leagues a chance to keep home grown talent.
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Stern certainly wants the best in the World playing on the NBA, from wherever they are. 84 on a universe of around 400 are not that much. Most of the teams have just 3/4 internationals (some of them are bench warmers). There's a lot of spots to fill with American-born players. Even with a limit (2 per team, for example), the best Internationals would still play in the NBA. Ajinça, Mahinmi, Mbenga, Pops and others like these would be released and the best would stay.
 
Costa AKA Visseira said:
Stern certainly wants the best in the World playing on the NBA, from wherever they are. 84 on a universe of around 400 are not that much. Most of the teams have just 3/4 internationals (some of them are bench warmers). There's a lot of spots to fill with American-born players. Even with a limit (2 per team, for example), the best Internationals would still play in the NBA. Ajinça, Mahinmi, Mbenga, Pops and others like these would be released and the best would stay.
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I agree. NBA doesn't have the best european players, at least, all of them. In Europe, we have many players better then the ones you've mentioned. The NBA teams recruit the international players mainly because of their physical qualities, that's why France has so many players there.
 
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