France once again became the most represented country outside the United States and Canada

Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365 Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 6:28 pm.

A few hours before the start of the season, the NBA published statistics related to the nationalities of the players. France is the third most represented country in the largest league in the world, after the United States and Canada.

It’s a very good habit that continues in the NBA: France will always, this season, be the third most represented country after the United States and Canada. A few hours before the start of the season, the NBA revealed the statistics of the foreign players who will play in the big league in the 2023-2024 season, and they are therefore fourteen Frenchmen (Maledon, Ntilikina, Casalon, Hayes, Diabate, Batum, Gobert, Fournier, Dieng, Sarr, Robert, Wambanyama, Sissoko and Koulibaly) on the starting line, against 26 Canadians. Never before have the two countries had so many players at the start of the season. Then we find Australia (nine players), Serbia (seven) and Germany, which has six players in the NBA, including four world champions (Schröder, Theis and the Wagner brothers). At least 55 NBA players participated in the last World Cup. In total, 125 players not born in the United States will play in the world’s largest league this season, with a total of 40 countries and six continents represented. Every team has at least one foreign player, and the award goes to Oklahoma City and Dallas, who have eight, ahead of Toronto and San Antonio, which have seven. Remember, we have to go back to 2017 and Russell Westbrook to see. A player from the United States won the Best Player award, with Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo, Serbian Nikola Jokic and Cameroonian Joel Embiid sharing the precious trophy.

17 countries have only one player

Among other numbers to remember, we will highlight that 17 countries have only one player in the NBA (Angolan Fernando, Belgian Kamara, Bosnian Nurkic, British Virgin Islands native Hodge, Bulgarian Vezenkov, Finnish Markkanen, Israeli Avdia, and Jamaican Richards). , Sanogo of Mali, Vucevic of Montenegro, Adams of New Zealand, Queta of Portugal, Guy of Senegal, heir to South Sudan, home of Saint Lucia Boucher, Sudan, and the Swiss Kabila). Finally, note that 35 players who identify as Americans also have ties to another country, like Bam Adebayo with Nigeria, or Karl-Anthony Towns with the Dominican Republic. Offers have been submitted, and the season can begin!