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NBA Season Begins with New Record Number of International Players

As the NBA continues to expand its global appeal, a new record has been set with the number of international players in the league surpassing 100 for the first time.

12 players stem from Canada as the leading nation represented outside of the US with European powerhouse France a close second with 10. Defending champions San Antonio have nine international players on their roster.

Here is the official list below:

Argentina: Luis Scola (Indiana Pacers), Pablo Prigioni (New York Knicks), Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs);
Australia: Cameron Bairstow (Chicago Bulls), Matthew Dellavedova, Kyrie Irving (both Cleveland Cavaliers), Andrew Bogut (Golden State Warriors), Aron Baynes, Patty Mills (both San Antonio Spurs), Dante Exum, Joe Ingles (both Utah Jazz);
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mirza Teletovic (Brooklyn Nets), Jusuf Nurkic (Denver Nuggets), Ognjen Kuzmic (Golden State Warriors);
Brazil: Vitor Faverani (Boston Celtics), Anderson Varejao (Cleveland Cavaliers), Leandro Barbosa (Golden State Warriors), Tiago Splitter (San Antonio Spurs), Bruno Cabocio, Lucas Nogueira (both Toronto Raptors), Nene (Washington Wizards);
Cameroon: Joel Embiid, Luc Mbah a Moute (both Philadelphia 76ers);
Canada: Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell (both Boston Celtics), Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers), Joel Anthony (Detroit Pistons), Steve Nash, Robert Sacre (LA Lakers), Anthony Bennett, Andrew Wiggins (Minnesota Timberwolves), Andrew Nicholson (Orlando Magic), Tyler Ennis (Phoenix Suns), Nik Stauskas (Sacramento Kings), Cory Joseph (San Antonio Spurs);
Congo: Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunder);
Croatia: Bojan Bogdanovic (Brooklyn Nets), Damjan Rudez (Indiana Pacers);
Dominican Republic: Al Horford (Atlanta Hawks), Francisco Garcia (Houston Rockets); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Bismack Biyombo (Charlotte Hornets);
France: Ian Mahinmi (Indiana Pacers), Damien Inglis (Milwaukee Bucks), Ronny Turiaf (Minnesota Timberwolves), Alexis Ajinca (New Orleans Pelicans), Evan Fournier (Orlando Magic), Nicolas Batum (Portland Trail Blazers), Boris Diaw, Tony Parker (both San Antonio Spurs), Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz), Kevin Seraphin (Washington Wizards);
Georgia: Zaza Pachulia (Milwaukee Bucks);
Germany: Dennis Schroder (Atlanta Hawks), Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks);
Great Britain: Luol Deng (Miami Heat), Joel Freeland (Portland Trail Blazers);
Greece: Kostas Papanikolaou (Houston Rockets), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks); Haiti: Sam Dalembert (New York Knicks);
Israel: Gal Mekel (Dallas Mavericks), Omri Cassipi (Sacramento Kings);
Italy: Danilo Gallinari (Denver Nuggets), Luigi Datome (Detroit Pistons), Andrea Bargnani (New York Knicks), Marco Belinelli (San Antonio Spurs);
Jamaica: Jerome Jordan (Brooklyn Nets);
Lithuania: Donatas Motiejunas (Houston Rockets), Jonas Valanciunas (Toronto Raptors); Macedonia: Pero Antic (Atlanta Hawks);
Mexico: Jorge Gutierrez (Brooklyn Nets);
Montenegro: Nikola Mirotic (Chicago Bulls), Nikola Petkovic (Minnesota Timberwolves), Nikola Vucevic (Orlando Magic);
New Zealand: Steven Adams (Oklahoma City Thunder);
Nigeria: Festus Ezeli (Golden State Warriors);
Poland: Marcin Gortat (Washington Wizards);
Russia: Sergey Karasev, Andrei Kirilenko (both Brooklyn Nets), Timofey Mozgov (Denver Nuggets), Alexey Shved (Philadelphia 76ers);
Senegal: Gorgui Dieng (Minnesota Timberwolves);
Serbia: Nemanja Nedovic (Golden State Warriors);
Slovenia: Beno Udrih (Memphis Grizzlies), Goran Dragic, Zoran Dragic (both Phoenix Suns); Spain: Pau Gasol (Chicago Bulls), Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies), Ricky Rubio (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jose Calderon (New York Knicks), Victor Claver (Portland Trail Blazers);
Sweden: Jeff Taylor (Charlotte Hornets), Jonas Jerebko (Detroit Pistons);
Switzerland: Thabo Sefolosha (Atlanta Hawks), Clint Capela (Houston Rockets);
Turkey: Hidayet Turkoglu (LA Clippers), Ersan Ilyasova (Milwaukee Bucks), Omer Asik (New Orleans Pelicans), Enes Kanter (Utah Jazz);
Ukraine: Alex Len (Phoenix Suns);
U.S Virgin Islands: Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs);
Venezuela: Greivis Vasquez (Toronto Raptors).

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