Submitted by Far_Individual637 t3_zt86lb in dataisbeautiful
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Far_Individual637 OP t1_j1d8l63 wrote
Thanks u/eric5014 - the NBA itself is considered an American league even though one of its teams sits in Canada.
Far_Individual637 OP t1_j1d9w7w wrote
u/eric5014 I'm going to have to dig into that since it's bugging me now lol but I leveraged the NBA's official comms to put it together: https://www.nba.com/news/nba-rosters-international-players-2022-23
carthous t1_j1cerpr wrote
Would it be consider international if Toronto had non-Canadian players, or non-American players...
Far_Individual637 OP t1_j1d8eny wrote
u/carthous Thanks for your reply! The NBA league itself is American. While Toronto is the only team not located in the US, it falls under the umbrella of the NBA which is American.
Far_Individual637 OP t1_j1da29j wrote
u/carthous I'm still thinking about this so def. want to dig further into it, but for now here's the NBA's official comms used to put the visual together: https://www.nba.com/news/nba-rosters-international-players-2022-23
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Far_Individual637 OP t1_j1cbhsk wrote
Sources:
- https://www.nba.com/news/nba-rosters-international-players-2022-23
- https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20760672/global-nbarank-ranking-nba-top-25-players-born-united-states
- https://pr.nba.com/83-international-players-nba-team-rosters/
- https://www.nba.com/news/nba-international-players-2017-18-season-record-countries
Generated via Google Sheets.
Psyese t1_j1fqm8u wrote
Shouldn't Americans be counted as internationals for Raptors?
eric5014 t1_j1ccrm8 wrote
I'm not that familiar with NBA but I know Toronto is in Canada...
The Raptors' eight international players include two Canadians - so not quite the same kind of international. I actually thought they might have a few more Canadians.