[Hoop Collective] Givony: “The level of competition in the G League has gotten so much stronger. There used to be this stigma about assigning players to the G League, that’s gone. The money is solid now—you’re making 110-120k. This has killed European basketball in a lot of ways.”
by sewsgup
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It’s not killed European basketball lol
Rip to European basketball. Someone should tell all the European basketball leagues that they’re dead. Idk if they know yet.
europe stays losing 🦅
Don’t you make more money playing in Europe?
They aren’t getting scraps over there, at least on the big teams
In the same episode, Givony said that Cooper Flagg is the best *American* prospect in a long time. Meaning ‘non-European white’.
110k per year is still lower class
It’s obviously not “killing” them, but the quality of the European leagues would decline if more Americans opt for the G-League instead of playing overseas.
This year, 4 of the top 5 scorers in Euroleague are American. Last year, it was 5 of the top 6–and 5 of the 10 All Euroleague players were American.
Euroleague =/= European basketball. The Barcelona/Monacos of the world are doing fine; it’s the clubs that compete in the domestic leagues that are struggling. Smaller clubs struggle with profitability; with that comes poor playing conditions and late checks. If you are an undrafted B1G all-star, the stability of the G-League is tempting compared to taking a chance on a club in Greece/Poland.
Every time I make my way to a G league game, I’m impressed by the level of play. I don’t watch college, but G league is pretty legit
ppl in lichtenstein are literally panicking
Of course it’s not killing Euro ball but a lot of the best players overseas are American. Sure a lot of guys would take less to stay home if they can live comfortably.
NBA needs an FA Cup with the lower leagues
G league is atrocious. There’s zero rim protection there
Amen Thompson coming off 6 weeks of not playing basketball and who was supposed to be a raw rookie dropped a 30-15-10 game. It seems like anyone who has even a bit of NBA skill can be a 25 ppg scorer there even 19 year old rookies
1-4 million overseas or 100-120k in GLeague hmmmm
Comparing the g-league and Euroleague just doesn’t work. This is a dumb and needlessly inciteful quote
The venn diagram of players who want to play in the g-league and who want to play in euroleague is almost just 2 circles. There’s little overlap because the majority of guys who play in the g-league are trying to get noticed by NBA scouts and the majority of guys who play in Euroleague are trying to carve out a basketball career outside of the NBA while still playing for fans and having stable rosters
Create multiple tiers like domestic European soccer leagues. Incorporate promotion and relegation into every tier below the NBA. Give players more opportunities to stay in the US.
Did anyone tell the big French guy?
Lol, this makes us Americans look bad
Windhorst is a 300lb bag of mango pulp. I’m from the states and live in Spain. I live in València where there is a Euroleague team. The games are regularly almost sold out. Fans are crazy. The play is high quality and there is a [brand new 17000 seat arena](https://errearquitectura.com/proyectos/roig-arena/) being built down the street from me for the team.
I wish this dude would go away.
100k in Euro basketball is nothing. Someone forgot about inflation.
He obviously means this has killed some of the desire for American (US) players to go to the various European leagues if they can’t cut it in the NBA or get there right away.
Often times we see people nit pick on small issues and ignore the bigger picture of what people are trying to communicate.
Yeah I remember when ignite and overtime were going to change the basketball world too.. and years later still no one cares about it.
Why live in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris or Athens when you could live in Greensboro, Uniondale, kissimmee or Oshkosh, are they stupid?
Has been a looooong gone those times where any American was a Star.
We fucking miss more the European leaving than whatever the G league have to deal.
Who wants to play with flopping euro players anyway.
Basketball ain’t soccer.
They just be yapping on the hoop collective 😂
Surprising, because the g league has the worst professional basketball I’ve seen out of nearly all the leagues lmao
That should have been the salary. To me, it’s a regular high skilled job, low six figs is good income.
my dream is that the gleague becomes detached to the NBA and that the worst nba team has to play a series of 7 against the gleague winner and if they lose then they get relegated.
and yes i’m aware the rockets would have probably been relegated the last 3 years but tbh it would have been deserved.
and yes i know it would never happen because boo-hoo the poor billionaires investment would decrease. it’s always been fascinating to me the most capitalist nation on earth has the most socialized sports.
I think he’s really overstating an otherwise valid point; that the g league is a real option and NBA teams are making legitimate use of it. It’s a decent option for pre draft players if they want to stay in the US.
It’s still more opportunities in European basketball to be a “pro” though. Some places have pro teams but will pay you 2K a month and a place to lay your head.
The stigma is for sure still there(see the post about Amen Thompson being sent to the G-League for his rehab), and European basketball is better than ever. Lol
Muricans at it again
Sportsnet needs to show all the 905 games
If I can get decent pay and not have to live in Europe you already know what’s goin down