List of NBA players born outside the United States

National Basketball Association, boliŋmɛri shɛba bɛn dɔɣi tiŋdu'shɛŋa ka di pa United States ka bɛ booni ba tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba(international players). Boliŋmɛri shɛba bɛn daa dɔɣi  U.S. overseas territories, kamani  Puerto Rico mini U.S. Virgin Islands, nyɛla bɛn booni shɛba zaa tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba hali bɛ yi nyɛla U.S. bilichini nima. So shɛŋa din dɔni kpɛri na U.S yɛltɔɣa shɛŋa, NBA nyɛla ban lihira baŋdi boliŋmɛri shɛba ban tu ni bɛ boli tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba. Din pahira,  boliŋmɛri shɛba beni ka nyɛ U.S. bilichini nima ka di nyɛla bɛ dɔɣi ba la amaa ka bɛ lahi bilichini nima zaŋti tiŋgbani shɛŋa bee ŋmɛri bolli n-tiri tiŋgbani shɛŋa international basketball competition. Yuya ŋɔ nyɛla boliŋmɛri shɛba ban mali kamani din boŋɔ zaɣa yini.

Boliŋmɛri shɛba ban bilichinsi nyɛla  *United States* nyɛla bɛn daa dɔɣi shɛba tiŋdu'shɛŋa dabam amaa ka bɛ lee ŋmɛri international basketball tournament n-tiri ba. Boliŋmɛri shɛba bɛn daa dɔɣi tiŋdu'shɛŋa dabam ka di pa United States ka bɛ lamba nyɛ  U.S. nima n-ti pahi boliŋmɛri shɛba ban be sunsuuni zaŋti U.S. zaa nyɛla ban be yaɣili ŋɔ.

Hank Biasatti, nyɛla bɛn daa dɔɣi so Italy amaa ka lee zooi Canada, n-daa nyɛ tuuli tiŋduya boliŋmɛri ŋun daa be league ŋɔ ni yuuni 1946. Tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba ŋɔ kalinli daa pahiya league ŋɔ ni din daa niŋ ka be kpa Dream Team nyaaŋa saha shɛli bɛn daa ti NBA boliŋmɛriba soli ni bɛ pahi Olympic play din daa yɛn piligi yuuni 1992. Ninsali nim yurilim zaŋ chaŋ basketball daa nyɛla din pahi. Yuuni 1991–92 season bolli ŋɔ piligu,  NBA daa mali la tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba pishi ni ata ka bɛ yina tiŋgbana pishi ayi ka ni.Bɛn daa yɛn piligi bɛ daa mali la record-high 113 international players ka bɛ yina tiŋgbana pihinahi ni yini ni. Bɛn daa yɛn piligi , bɛ daa mali la tiŋduya boliŋmɛriba 108 ka bɛ yina tiŋgbana pihinahi ni ayi, n-ti pahi boliŋmɛriba anu shɛba ban daa dihi bɛ nuu gbana zuɣu n-ti two-way contract din daa na yoli piligi la.
## Di jia ŋmaabu
### Africa

### Americas

### Asia

### Europe

### Oceania

## List
*Note: This list is correct through the conclusion of the .*

## Notes
* Nationality indicates a player's representative nationality.
* Birthplace indicates a player's country of birth. A blank column indicates that the player's birth country is the same to his nationality.
* Career in the NBA
* SFR Yugoslavia dissolved in 1992 into five independent countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia was later renamed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003 and dissolved in June 2006 into two independent countries, Montenegro and Serbia. In 2019, Macedonia was officially renamed North Macedonia.
* Czechoslovakia dissolved on January 1, 1993 into two independent countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.In 2016, the Czech Republic officially began to use its geographical name Czechia. 
* Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991.  
* Germany was previously divided into two independent countries, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany), from 1949 to 1990. Before that, however, it was formerly known as the Weimar Republic from after World War I ended in 1918 until 1933 once Adolf Hitler was elected as chancellor and produced the Enabling Act of 1933 shortly after.
* On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became independent from Sudan, following a vote for independence in a January 2011 referendum.
* Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are considered in international law to have kept de jure independence from 1944-1991 while being de facto controlled by the Soviet Union.

## Footnotes

## Lihimi m-pahi

### NBA
*List of foreign NBA coaches
*Lists of NBA players
**List of current NBA players
*List of NBA players by country:
**List of Australian NBA players
**List of Canadian NBA players
**List of Croatian NBA players
**List of French NBA players
**List of Greek NBA players
**List of Italian NBA players
**List of Lithuanian NBA players
**List of Montenegrin NBA players
**List of Serbian NBA players
**List of Turkish NBA players
*Race and ethnicity in the NBA

### Other leagues
*List of foreign basketball players in Serbia
*Foreign players in the National Football League
*List of foreign WNBA players
*List of NHL statistical leaders by country
*List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player
*List of current Major League Baseball players by nationality

## Kundivihira

## External links
*NBA.com: 2008–09 International Players
*NBA.com: 2009–10 International Players
*NBA.com: 2010–11 International Players
*NBA Foreign Players From Small Countries

## Kundivihira