A record 125 players born outside the U.S. were on NBA opening-night rosters.
NEW YORK -- A record 125 players born outside the United States were on NBA opening-night rosters, the league said Tuesday, with 40 countries and territories represented across six continents.
The new NBA season tips off Tuesday, marking the 10th straight year that opening-night rosters have had 100 or more international players. All 30 teams have at least one foreign-born player. The previous record for international players was 121, set at the start of the 2017-2018 season and repeated at the beginning of the 2021-2022 season.Victor Wembanyama
, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft and the most highly anticipated NBA prospect to take the court in recent memory. Wembanyama will make his regular-season debut Wednesday when the Spurs play the
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