People in Canada will watch because Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a star player.

Basketball fans in many countries watch games. People in Serbia and Greece watch Nikola Jokic. Fans in Turkey watch Alperen Sengun. In Slovenia, fans watch Luka Doncic. People in Cameroon watch Pascal Siakam. Some players on the Boston team are from Latvia and the Dominican Republic.

Good players from other countries will play in the NBA playoffs again.

This year, good players from different countries are in the basketball playoffs.

Many players in our league are from other countries. About 30% of players are from 43 countries. Our teams feel more global.

This year, players from 44 different countries scored points in the NBA.

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

After the game, the coach said: "You cannot stop Shai."

He is like other players from different countries. No one can stop good players.

Luka Doncic's jersey was the most popular this year.

This player from Slovenia is number one!

His jersey is the most popular.

He is the first player from another country to be number one.

For many years, only two players, Stephen Curry and LeBron James, were number one.

The last player who was not Curry or James was Carmelo Anthony in 2012-2013.

"Slovenia is small, only 2 million people. But our sport is great," said Ajsa Sivka. She is a basketball player from Slovenia. She talked about Luka Doncic and other good Slovenian sports people. "In every sport, we have good players. I am happy to be Slovenian."

The NBA wants to be bigger in other countries.

This year, four players scored over 2,000 points in the NBA. Three were from other countries: Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, and Antetokounmpo. People watched more NBA games this year. In France, many more people watched games. In Canada and Asia, more fans watched NBA videos online.

A man from FIBA said many people play basketball, and this means the game is popular.

Zagklis said: "People around the world like the NBA a lot. It is very popular and makes a lot of money now."