NBA SETS RECORD WITH 101 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS
FROM 37 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
– Breaks Last Season’s Record of 92 International Players; Marks First Time League Has More Than 100 International Players –
– Canada, Australia and Brazil Set New Records with 12, Eight and Seven Players Respectively; Spurs Lead League for Third Consecutive Season with Nine International Players –
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2014 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that a record 101 international players from 37 countries and territories are on opening night rosters for the 2014-15 season, up from last year’s record of 92 international players. This marks the first time the NBA has more than 100 international players.
The reigning NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs lead the league for the third consecutive season with nine international players. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets are second with six each; the Golden State Warriors have five; and the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz each have four.
Canada leads the way with a record 12 international players, including the number one overall pick in each of the last two NBA Drafts. France comes in second with 10 NBA players, while Australia and Brazil set new records for NBA participation with eight and seven players respectively. Spain rounds out the top five with five players.
The number of international players in the league has more than doubled since 2000-01 (45 international players) and nearly quintupled since 1990-91 (21 international players).
The league has offices in 13 markets worldwide, games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages, and NBA merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on 6 continents.
Below please find the full list of international players on opening day 2014-15 rosters (active and inactive):
| NATIONALITY | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | NBA TEAM |
| Argentina | Luis | Scola | Indiana Pacers |
| Argentina | Pablo | Prigioni | New York Knicks |
| Argentina | Manu | Ginobili | San Antonio Spurs |
| Australia | Cameron | Bairstow | Chicago Bulls |
| Australia | Matthew | Dellavedova | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Australia | Kyrie | Irving | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Australia | Andrew | Bogut | Golden State Warriors |
| Australia | Aron | Baynes | San Antonio Spurs |
| Australia | Patrick | Mills | San Antonio Spurs |
| Australia | Dante | Exum | Utah Jazz |
| Australia | Joe | Ingles | Utah Jazz |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mirza | Teletovic | Brooklyn Nets |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jusuf | Nurkic | Denver Nuggets |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ognjen | Kuzmic | Golden State Warriors |
| Brazil | Vitor | Faverani | Boston Celtics |
| Brazil | Anderson | Varejao | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Brazil | Leandro | Barbosa | Golden State Warriors |
| Brazil | Tiago | Splitter | San Antonio Spurs |
| Brazil | Bruno | Caboclo | Toronto Raptors |
| Brazil | Lucas “Bebe” | Nogueira | Toronto Raptors |
| Brazil | Nene | Washington Wizards | |
| Cameroon | Joel | Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Cameroon | Luc | Mbah a Moute | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Canada | Kelly | Olynyk | Boston Celtics |
| Canada | Dwight | Powell | Boston Celtics |
| Canada | Tristan | Thompson | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Canada | Joel | Anthony | Detroit Pistons |
| Canada | Steve | Nash | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Canada | Robert | Sacre | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Canada | Anthony | Bennett | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Canada | Andrew | Wiggins | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Canada | Andrew | Nicholson | Orlando Magic |
| Canada | Tyler | Ennis | Phoenix Suns |
| Canada | Nik | Stauskas | Sacramento Kings |
| Canada | Cory | Joseph | San Antonio Spurs |
| Congo | Serge | Ibaka | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Croatia | Bojan | Bogdanovic | Brooklyn Nets |
| Croatia | Damjan | Rudez | Indiana Pacers |
| Dominican Republic | Al | Horford | Atlanta Hawks |
| Dominican Republic | Francisco | Garcia | Houston Rockets |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bismack | Biyombo | Charlotte Hornets |
| France | Ian | Mahinmi | Indiana Pacers |
| France | Damien | Inglis | Milwaukee Bucks |
| France | Ronny | Turiaf | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| France | Alexis | Ajinca | New Orleans Pelicans |
| France | Evan | Fournier | Orlando Magic |
| France | Nicolas | Batum | Portland Trail Blazers |
| France | Boris | Diaw | San Antonio Spurs |
| France | Tony | Parker | San Antonio Spurs |
| France | Rudy | Gobert | Utah Jazz |
| France | Kevin | Seraphin | Washington Wizards |
| Georgia | Zaza | Pachulia | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Germany | Dennis | Schroder | Atlanta Hawks |
| Germany | Dirk | Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
| Great Britain | Luol | Deng | Miami Heat |
| Great Britain | Joel | Freeland | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Greece | Kostas | Papanikolaou | Houston Rockets |
| Greece | Giannis | Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Haiti | Sam | Dalembert | New York Knicks |
| Israel | Gal | Mekel | Dallas Mavericks |
| Israel | Omri | Casspi | Sacramento Kings |
| Italy | Danilo | Gallinari | Denver Nuggets |
| Italy | Luigi “Gigi” | Datome | Detroit Pistons |
| Italy | Andrea | Bargnani | New York Knicks |
| Italy | Marco | Belinelli | San Antonio Spurs |
| Jamaica | Jerome | Jordan | Brooklyn Nets |
| Lithuania | Donatas | Motiejunas | Houston Rockets |
| Lithuania | Jonas | Valanciunas | Toronto Raptors |
| Macedonia | Pero | Antic | Atlanta Hawks |
| Mexico | Jorge | Gutierrez | Brooklyn Nets |
| Montenegro | Nikola | Mirotic | Chicago Bulls |
| Montenegro | Nikola | Pekovic | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Montenegro | 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 | Brooklyn Nets |
| Russia | Andrei | Kirilenko | Brooklyn Nets |
| Russia | Timofey | Mozgov | Denver Nuggets |
| Russia | Alexey | Shved | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Senegal | Gorgui | Dieng | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Serbia | Nemanja | Nedovic | Golden State Warriors |
| Slovenia | Beno | Udrih | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Slovenia | Goran | Dragic | Phoenix Suns |
| Slovenia | Zoran | Dragic | Phoenix Suns |
| Spain | Pau | Gasol | Chicago Bulls |
| Spain | Marc | Gasol | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Spain | Ricky | Rubio | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Spain | Jose | Calderon | New York Knicks |
| Spain | Victor | Claver | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Sweden | Jeff | Taylor | Charlotte Hornets |
| Sweden | Jonas | Jerebko | Detroit Pistons |
| Switzerland | Thabo | Sefolosha | Atlanta Hawks |
| Switzerland | Clint | Capela | Houston Rockets |
| Turkey | Hidayet | Turkoglu | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Turkey | Ersan | Ilyasova | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Turkey | Omer | Asik | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Turkey | 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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