Maximum expectation just a few hours before a new NBA season begins, a gigantic menu that will have two big games as an appetizer in the early hours of this Wednesday. The current champion, the Denver Nuggets, receives the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the great contenders (1.30 hours, Movistar), duel that will give way to the Golden State Warriors – Phoenix Suns (4.30 hours, Movistar), confrontation between past and future of the league.
The NBA has become a global product, and much of the blame lies with the competition itself, which for years has not looked at the players’ ID, only their talent. Good proof of this is that in its 78th edition, there will be more international players than ever, a total of 125.
Canada is the country that will have the greatest representation, with 26 athletes, some of them among the most dominant, such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, from the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Americans are followed by France, a great European power after the Spanish slowdown.
The French will have 14 athletes, among which the center stands out Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves) or the phenomenon Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs), who debuts in the NBA. Serbia, with seven, the second best positioned European, and countries such as Australia (9), Italy (6), Nigeria (5) or Turkey (5), are other of the most abundant nationalities.
Angola (Bruno Fernando, Atlanta Hawks) Belgium (Toumani Camara, Portland Trail Blazers), Bosnia Herzegovina (Jusuf Nurkic, Phoenix Suns), Virgin Islands (D’Moi Hodge, Los Angeles Lakers), Bulgaria (Sasha Vezenkov, Sacramento Kings), Finland (Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz), Israel (Deni Avdija, Washington Wizards), Jamaica (Nick Richards, Charlotte Hornets), Mali (Adama Sanogo, Chicago Bulls), Montenegro (Nikola Vucevic, Chicago Bulls), New Zealand (Steven Adams, Memphis Grizzlies), Portugal (Neemias Queta, Boston Celtics), Senegal (Mohamed Gueye, Atlanta Hawks), South Sudan (Duop Reath, Portland Trail Blazer), St. Lucia (Chris Boucher, Toronto Raptors), Sudan (Bol Bol, Phoenix Suns) y Swiss (Clint Capela, Atlanta Hawks) are the countries with only one representative.
Additionally, there are more than 40 Americans with international ancestry, such as Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat, Nigeria), Jalen Green (Houston Rockets, Philippines), Matisse Thybulle (Trail Blazers, Australia and Haiti), Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves, Dominican Republic ) or Jaylin Williams (Thunder, Vietnam). As I said, a range of cultures and nationalities.
2023-10-24 16:03:19
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