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Why Americans Don’t Understand European Basketball



From Luka Doncic to Kristaps Porzingis and most recently even Victor Wembanyama, Americans seem to me skeptical over European Basketball. So let’s talk about it.

29 Comments

  1. What Americans typically don't realise is that they are extremely nationalistic, just like nationalistic Germany.
    It's not terrible, but nowadays you need to just open your eyes to the world, even if you don't like it.

  2. Affirmative action should also work in the nba, they should require certain amount of Asian players, euro players and Latin players, same as Harvard…

  3. NBA is about Franchises, they need players who can 360° and things like that. I think thats why the media tries to alleviate european basketball players, but they are to good now

  4. Wait a minute, are you telling me that americans are arrogant and ignorant ?
    I don't buy it.

  5. Sorry, but Georgi Glushkov from Bulgaria was the first eastern european in NBA. Check your facts

  6. Must be a coincidence that NBA pundits have way less problems accepting international players like Parker, Antetokounpo, Embiid or Wembanyama in contrast with Gasol, Nowitzki, Jokic or Doncic. It's almost as if those two groups of players had something in common.

  7. If you want to understand why europeans are so passionate about basketball search partizam belgrade fans atmosphere euroleague

  8. if only Doncic were a bit darker… Great player. Cheers to european basketball! Parker and Ginobili not being americans was hard too for them 😛

  9. It amazes me how so many old heads don’t romanticize the euro league considering how much AAU and highlight culture hinders so many players’ development for pro team basketball

  10. You have plenty in usa who believe the world outside their country doesn't exist, especially some of the media

    Even in baseball, many fans are ignorant of the calibre of play outside usa, ie in japan

    Ichiro and ohtani were supposed to be busts according to some scouts and media

    Just remember these pundits are not experts, just opinionated people

  11. The background music is TOO F*CKING LOUD. How do youtubers keep making that mistake?

  12. Is there a single European player under 6'6 that has been a perennial all-star since Tony Parker was drafted? You guys are not on the level of the US yet, not even Canada. Your best prospects are ultra tall genetic freaks (Giannis, Jokic, Lauri, Porzingis) and Luka is quite literally the only player worth a dime under 6'9. You guys teach centers how to be guards but you can't teach guards how to be guards

  13. Personally I have said it for yrs …a lot of black commentators don’t want white euros coming over to the states either Nba or college b-ball ….for any different reasons …mainly economic …but also culturally …..and they have zero insight into the game in Europe or how good the euro.league is …

  14. I still remember porzingis…
    Shambolic the commentary

    "World Champions" in america
    Cant even get relegated…

  15. Oh we understand it easy enough, the soft Euro league is now what the modern NBA has become over tue last decade or so. Soft, so of course European players excel. It's Science 😮

  16. Stephan is racist one 😐 maybe because of i am foreign but there are too many racists in black community and i beleive they damage the community more than a karen 🤦‍♂️

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