"I'm sure there's a lot of international players who don't want to live in America currently," he said. "It's easy for a player now in the league to say (they don't want to move), but if you're a player in college and you get drafted, to, you know, the London Gators — you're happy to be in the NBA.

"You know, when I came out of college, people were asking me where I wanted to play, and I said, 'It doesn't matter, because I'm in the NBA. I'm getting paid to do something I love, and get to travel,"' the Celtics' guard added.

"I'm pretty sure those would be those guys' sentiments as they come out of college. Right now, people are just used to their routines — living in America, thinking, 'I wouldn't want to play overseas.' But once you understood the feel to it, I'm pretty sure a lot of people's ideas and perceptions of those ideas would change."

A more-skeptical Boozer offered an alternative suggestion.

He'd embrace the idea of welcoming a new international NBA team, the Jazz's All-Star jokingly suggested, "If it's in Cabo, Mexico."

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