NEW YORK — NBA rosters have players from a record-tying 42 countries and territories to open this season. This is the fifth consecutive season in which all 30 teams have at least one international player on the opening-night roster. Canada is represented by 11 of the 108 opening-night international players while Australia and France have nine. The Dallas Mavericks have the most international players — seven. Utah and the Los Angeles Clippers have six each. Five teams — Boston, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia and San Antonio — have five.
97 international NBA players are not from Canada.
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