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The number of international players in the league rose after the formation of the Dream Team when NBA players were allowed into Olympic play starting in 1992. Global interest in basketball subsequently soared. On opening day of the 1991–92 season, NBA rosters included 23 international players from 18 countries. [6]
Joel Hans Embiid (/ dʒoʊˈɛl ɛmˈbiːd / joh-EL em-BEED; [1][2] born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian-American [a] professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft.
In the NBA world, players born outside the United States, including in U.S. overseas territories, are considered and called international players. The first non-American player to play in the league was in 1946, [1] and now more than 100 [2] have joined seven decades later. According to Forbes, the NBA in 2021 was composed of 23% international ...
The trio, on the rosters of Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers respectively, join an estimated 10% of current NBA players that were either born in Africa or have one ...
The number of NBA players who were born outside the United States has hovered around 25% in recent years.
Ogugua " OG " Anunoby Jr. (born 17 July 1997) is a British-Nigerian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and led the league in steals while being named to his first ...
National Basketball Association players from Cameroon (5 P) National Basketball Association players from Canada (59 P) National Basketball Association players from China (7 P) NBA players from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5 P) NBA players from the Republic of the Congo (1 P) National Basketball Association players ...
Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (June 25, 1966 – September 30, 2024) was a Congolese-American professional basketball player. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " Mount Mutombo " for his defensive prowess, he is commonly regarded as one of the greatest shot-blockers and ...