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2018 NBA Playoffs to Feature Record 62 International Players from 33 Countries

62 International Players from 33 Countries


NEW YORK, April 12, 2018 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that team rosters (active and inactive) for the 2018 NBA Playoffs will feature a record 62 international players from a record 33 countries. 

All 16 Playoff Teams Include at Least One International Player 

All 16 teams competing in the playoffs will feature at least one international player.  The Utah Jazz and Philadelphia 76ers have an NBA-high seven international players each.  The Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs each have six.  The Spurs’ 2014 NBA Championship team featured a record nine international players during the playoffs.

The most represented countries among the 62 international players on playoff rosters are France and Australia (seven players each), followed by Canada (four players), Spain (four players), Turkey, Croatia, Cameroon and Brazil (three players each).  Thirty-six of the record 64 European players who were on opening-night rosters for the 2017-18 season are on playoff rosters.

Four-time NBA Champion Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs; France) will be making his 17th straight playoff appearance, the longest active streak among all NBA players.

There were 108 international players from a record 42 countries and territories on opening-night rosters for the 2017-18 season.  This marked the fourth consecutive season that opening-night rosters featured at least 100 international players and that all 30 teams had at least one international player.

The previous record for international players in the playoffs (60) was set in 2007, and the previous record for countries and territories represented in the playoffs (30) was set in 2014.

The 2018 NBA Playoffs tip off Saturday, April 14 on ABC.  In the opening game, the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors will host the San Antonio Spurs at 3:00 p.m. ET.


Below please find the full list of international players on 2018 NBA Playoff team rosters
(active and inactive):

Country
First Name
Team
Argentina
Manu Ginobili
San Antonio Spurs
Australia
Kyrie Irving
Boston Celtics
Australia
Aron Baynes
Boston Celtics
Australia
Matthew Dellavedova
Milwaukee Bucks
Australia
Ben Simmons
Philadelphia 76ers
Australia
Patty Mills
San Antonio Spurs
Australia
Dante Exum
Utah Jazz
Australia
Joe Ingles
Utah Jazz
Austria
Jakob Poeltl
Toronto Raptors
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jusuf Nurkic
Portland Trail Blazers
Brazil
Nene
Houston Rockets
Brazil
Lucas Nogueira
Toronto Raptors
Brazil
Raul Neto
Utah Jazz
Cameroon
Luc Mbah a Moute
Houston Rockets
Cameroon
Joel Embiid
Philadelphia 76ers
Cameroon
Pascal Siakam
Toronto Raptors
Canada
Tristan Thompson
Cleveland Cavaliers
Canada
Cory Joseph
Indiana Pacers
Canada
Kelly Olynyk
Miami Heat
Canada
Andrew Wiggins
Minnesota Timberwolves
China
Qi Zhou
Houston Rockets
Croatia
Ante Zizic
Cleveland Cavaliers
Croatia
Bojan Bogdanovic
Indiana Pacers
Croatia
Dario Saric
Philadelphia 76ers
Czech Republic
Tomas Satoransky
Washington Wizards
Dominican Republic
Al Horford
Boston Celtics
Egypt
Abdel Nader
Boston Celtics
France
Guerschon Yabusele
Boston Celtics
France
Alexis Ajinca
New Orleans Pelicans
France
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
Philadelphia 76ers
France
Tony Parker
San Antonio Spurs
France
Joffrey Lauvergne
San Antonio Spurs
France
Rudy Gobert
Utah Jazz
France
Ian Mahinmi
Washington Wizards
Georgia
Zaza Pachulia
Golden State Warriors
Germany
Daniel Theis
Boston Celtics
Greece
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Milwaukee Bucks
Greece
Georgios Papagiannis
Portland Trail Blazers
Italy
Marco Belinelli
Philadelphia 76ers
Latvia
Davis Bertans
San Antonio Spurs
Lithuania
Domantas Sabonis
Indiana Pacers
Lithuania
Jonas Valanciunas
Toronto Raptors
Mali
Cheick Diallo
New Orleans Pelicans
Montenegro
Nikola Mirotic
New Orleans Pelicans
New Zealand
Steven Adams
Oklahoma City Thunder
Poland
Marcin Gortat
Washington Wizards
Republic of the Congo
Serge Ibaka
Toronto Raptors
Senegal
Gorgui Dieng
Minnesota Timberwolves
Serbia
Nemanja Bjelica
Minnesota Timberwolves
Slovenia
Goran Dragic
Miami Heat
South Sudan
Thon Maker
Milwaukee Bucks
Spain
Jose Calderon
Cleveland Cavaliers
Spain
Alex Abrines
Oklahoma City Thunder
Spain
Pau Gasol
San Antonio Spurs
Spain
...

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