Over the course of the last twenty years, talent evaluation has changed hugely in the NBA. There is greater consideration for overseas talent and the G-League. The talent pool has increased dramatically and teams have worked on finding advancements in roster building to maximise their ability to contend for a championship.
The San Antonio Spurs are one of the foremost pioneers when it comes to international players. Coach Popovich and RC Buford were adept at identifying talented foreign players who could feasibly make the leap to the NBA. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are the two most successful Spurs of all time and both of them came from European basketball.