A century of the NBA: the impact of Internationals from 2000 to today
How the NBA has changed in these 18 years, from 6.4% of minutes in 2000 to the actual 24.1% for non-American players
Is the NBA future of the International players? Probably not, but certainly something has changed in recent seasons, with the use of non-American players in constant growth in recent years.
In particular in this XXI century we have gone from 25 foreigners in 2000 to the current 116 players, with a decidedly different impact on NBA courts:
1999-2000: 6,4% minutes, 6.5% points, 8.4% rebounds & 4.7% di assists
2017-2018: 24,1% of minutes and points, 27,9% rebounds & 23,5% di assists
In fact, an increase of almost 300% on the use of International players*. The chart is quite clear, net growth up to 2005/06, a stable situation until 2013 where the numbers are once again growing actively, with at least 100 foreigners in the last 5 years.
Here the detail year by year:
That these numbers are destined to rise further in the coming years? Or have we already reached the maximum peak in today's NBA, where we have non-US players on the field for 1/4 of the time? Surely someone like Luka Doncic can give a further boost to his 'teammates' from next season, just to cite any example...
*International players are considered by passport (NBA lists on official site), an example among these is also considered Irving (Australian).
In particular in this XXI century we have gone from 25 foreigners in 2000 to the current 116 players, with a decidedly different impact on NBA courts:
1999-2000: 6,4% minutes, 6.5% points, 8.4% rebounds & 4.7% di assists
2017-2018: 24,1% of minutes and points, 27,9% rebounds & 23,5% di assists
In fact, an increase of almost 300% on the use of International players*. The chart is quite clear, net growth up to 2005/06, a stable situation until 2013 where the numbers are once again growing actively, with at least 100 foreigners in the last 5 years.
Here the detail year by year:
That these numbers are destined to rise further in the coming years? Or have we already reached the maximum peak in today's NBA, where we have non-US players on the field for 1/4 of the time? Surely someone like Luka Doncic can give a further boost to his 'teammates' from next season, just to cite any example...
*International players are considered by passport (NBA lists on official site), an example among these is also considered Irving (Australian).
A. Caporaso
@Facu_PCF
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