Los Angeles Lakers’ icon LeBron James has been widely linked to a proposed international basketball league that reportedly is backed by $5 billion in private capital and aims to challenge the NBA.

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Internationals players have become a bigger part of the NBA in recent years. Here are the countries that have produced the most NBA players.