The NBA regular season gets underway Tuesday and for the fourth consecutive year Canada is the international market that boasts the most NBA players.
In total, there are 108 international players from a record 42 countries on opening-night NBA rosters, the league announced in a press release.
| PLAYER | TEAM |
|---|---|
| Tristan Thompson | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Dwight Powell | Dallas Mavericks |
| Jamal Murray | Denver Nuggets |
| Trey Lyles | Denver Nuggets |
| Cory Joseph | Indiana Pacers |
| Tyler Ennis | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Dillon Brooks | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Kelly Olynyk | Miami Heat |
| Andrew Wiggins | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Khem Birch | Orlando Magic |
| Nik Stauskas | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Chris Boucher* | Golden State Warriors |
(* denotes player is signed to a two-way contract)
There are a few differences compared to the beginning of the 2016-17 campaign when there were 11 Canadians to crack NBA rosters.
Anthony Bennett, the 2013 first-overall pick, is no longer on an NBA roster and Andrew Nicholson, the 19th-overall pick from 2012, is playing with the Guangdong Southern Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association.
Khem Birch signed his first NBA contract with the Magic after spending the past two seasons in Europe. Oregon standout Dillon Brooks made the Grizzlies as a second-round pick, while Brooks’s college teammate Chris Boucher is a warm body on the Warriors bench.
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