Last season’s All-ACC men’s basketball teams were littered with imports, athletes who arrived on campus directly from their homelands.

Stanford senior Maxime Raynaud (France) was first-team and the lone Division I player to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. Junior Tyrese Proctor (Australia) and freshman Khaman Maluach (South Sudan) helped Duke reach the national championship game and were third-team and honorable mention all-conference, respectively.

Each was selected in June’s NBA draft.

This offseason, power conferences such as the ACC signed scores of additional international players — with a twist.

“The difference was this year the professional players that can come over,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer said. “… Going forward, it’s the new wave, man. Everybody’s going to

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