People in Canada will watch because they like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He plays for Oklahoma City and is a good player. This helps bring in fans from Canada.

People in Serbia and Greece will watch Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. People in Turkey will watch Alperen Sengun late at night. People in Slovenia will watch Luka Doncic play very early in the morning. People in Cameroon will watch Pascal Siakam. People in Latvia and the Dominican Republic will watch Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford.

Again, good players from other countries will play in the NBA playoffs.

This season, five players from five countries were the best in different parts of the game. One player is Canadian, one is from Lithuania, one is from France, one is from Australia, and one is from the U.S. Some of these players will play in the big games after the regular season.

Many players in our league are from other countries.

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

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

Shai is a very good player. It is hard for other players to stop him when he plays basketball.

He is like many players from other countries now. No one can stop Jokic, Antetokounmpo, and Doncic.

Doncic's jersey was number one in the NBA this season.

The player from Slovenia has the most popular shirt. He is the first player from another country to do this.

We are a small country with 2 million people. But our sports are amazing. In many sports, we have great players. I am very proud to be from Slovenia.

The NBA wants to be bigger in other countries. Last month, the NBA and FIBA said they will make a new basketball league in Europe. It will have 16 teams from famous European clubs like Real Madrid.

This year, some basketball players were very good. Three players from other countries scored many points. People around the world watched more NBA games. In France and Canada, many people watched. In Asia, many people watched too.

The head of FIBA said the game is very popular now.

Around the world, the NBA is very popular and makes a lot of money, Zagklis said.