NBA SETS RECORD WITH 101 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

Breaks Last Season’s Record of 92 International Players; Marks First Time League Has More Than 100 International Players -

NBA SETS RECORD WITH 101 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

FROM 37 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

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- 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
Boznia and Herzegovina	Mirza	Teletovic	Brooklyn Nets
Boznia and Herzegovina	Jusuf	Nurkic	Denver Nuggets
Boznia 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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