So with all the changes going on - heres one I thought of in the "why didnt they do this in the first place variety"

With all the countries they have internationals for - why are we missing some countries?

Like Germany, France, Greece (yeah I am a Bucks fan lol), Japan, Britain, Australia (yeah its a continent).

I am sure there are others I havent thought of.

Would love to see better representation internationally.

It has been suggested before and i can't imagine that it is difficult to do.

Australia needs to be represented for sure.

The recruit names are a bit outdated as well, which could be a turn off for younger coaches. In the current college landscape, you aren't going to find a lot of Bill Johnson's.

Also the international names (specifically from the Asian countries) tend to be a little racist. It would also be nice to see more Americans with surnames of African, Asian, and Latino descent.

There's a website with a pretty comprehensive name database called forebears.io. Can't imagine it would be too expensive to license their API and generate realistic geographically-accurate names.

Posted by sol_phenom3 on 7/17/2021 9:11:00 AM (view original):
There's a website with a pretty comprehensive name database called forebears.io. Can't imagine it would be too expensive to license their API and generate realistic geographically-accurate names.

That would be cool. Speaking as someone born in NE South Dakota, it is simultaneously hilarious, ridiculous, and sad to see 7 foot tall white and black kids spawned on what I know to be reservation schools. The reservations produce some good players, and it would be great to see more (accurate) representation of that here.

number of NBA players over the years

AFRICA=63
Nigeria 24, Senegal 12

AMERICAS=155
Canada 51, Brazil 18, Argentina 15, Puerto Rico 15, Dominican Repubilic 9, Jamaica 9, Venezuela 6, Bahamas 5, Mexico 5

ASIA=22
China 6, Japan 5

OCEANIA=30
Australia 27

EUROPE=297
France 37, Serbia 30, Croatia 22, Germany 18, Spain 17, Lithuania 14, Greece 13, Russia 13, Italy 12, Slovenia 12, Turkey 12, United Kingdom 12, Georgia 10, Ukraine 9, Montenegro 8 , Latvia 7, Bosnia and Herzegovina 6, Netherlands 5, North Macedonia 5