People in Canada will watch because Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is famous.

Many people in different countries like to watch basketball games. Fans in Serbia and Greece watch games with Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. People in Turkey watch Alperen Sengun play late at night. In Slovenia, fans watch Luka Doncic play early on Sunday. Fans in Cameroon watch Pascal Siakam. Boston has players from Latvia and the Dominican Republic.

Again, the NBA playoffs will have many good players from other countries.

Players from different countries are champions this year.

Many players in this league are from other countries.

Players from 44 countries played in the NBA this year. Canadian players scored many points, more than 15,000. This was the first time for a country other than the U.S.

People think Gilgeous-Alexander will be the best player this year.

Shai is a very good player. It is hard to stop him, the coach said.

He is like other foreign players now. It is hard to stop Jokic, Antetokounmpo, or Doncic.

Many people bought Luka's basketball shirts this year. He was very popular.

The player from Slovenia is special. His shirt is number one for many years. It is the first time for a player not from the USA. Before, only Stephen Curry or LeBron James had the number one shirt.

Our country is small, but we have great sports and athletes.

Basketball is growing all over the world. The NBA wants to be bigger in other countries. The NBA and FIBA want to start a new basketball league in Europe. It could have 16 teams, maybe from big clubs like Real Madrid.

This season, many players scored lots of points in the NBA. Some were from other countries. More people watched NBA games online. More people watched games in France. People in Canada watched NBA videos online a lot. People in Asia watched games a lot too.

Mr. Zagklis said many people play basketball in many countries. He said this means the game is very good now.

Zagklis said: "Basketball is very popular. In North America, the NBA is more popular and makes a lot of money now."