Carmelo Anthony and Andre Iguodala on If American Basketball is in Trouble

[@zergbong]

NCAA and AAU shouldn't exist. There should be Spurs Under 18, Spurs Under 15, etc. Let the sport teams develop sport professionals and let the universities produce higher education. This shit where players are students and they get a diploma they never gonna use is beyond stupid.

[@stratus10601]

💯

[@Rswishhh]

Too many kids play ball here to have those types of clubs, there’s players who are hidden gems that don’t reach their potential till college, theirs some who hit their ceiling in high school. There’s a reason why someone like trevon duval is where he’s at and Jalen Williams is a young star in the league. U can never tell how good someone is gonna be when their 15-18 over here

[@BlackSantana]

I actually agree with this However.....ain't no way in h3ll universities are going to give up their cash cows 😂😂😂😂 And if they did....college as you know it in general would cease to exist.

[@truthiscensored]

The difference is: International players learn the GAME of Basketball...Fundamentals, Psychology, X's and O's US players learn pre choreographed ISO moves, Dribbling Drills that can't be used in-game, and catch and shoot Most US kids don't know what a Travel and Carry is. Most have no clue how to play the game Off the Ball. They all have to be ball dominant to get their shot. Setting picks, coming off screens, 2-man games, Give and go, etc. is boring to them

[@randypotter8666]

💯💯💯💯👊🏿

[@SojiFro_0]

International players don’t learn how to play defense.

[@vincentemireles3794]

You do know the euro game is what causing all this no defense type of league

[@TorukMakto-i7p]

@@SojiFro_0 Who in US actually plays the defense ? Who's that guy who plays like Rodman type of defense ?

[@TorukMakto-i7p]

@@vincentemireles3794 That's not true. Europe basketball has more defense because of the rules and also if you see them scores at the end, they the same like NBA in 90'. The rules in NBA now, if you try playing tight defense like you think, i guarantee you that every game couple players will go out with 6 fouls till the end of first half, maybe 1st qtr. Also Adam Silver and those guys who running the NBA dictates the refs how to call fouls. For example, this last years regular season nothing special, everything goes like every year, since playoffs came Silver gave directions for more physical game so the refs didn't call fouls like they used to. Now you know why there is no defense in NBA.

[@wallydavisjr]

AAU killed our advantage in the game. Basketball isn’t taught from a team perspective anymore.

[@1TightMinute]

The problem is they don’t get paid for being a team player. Only stars make bank. Who wants to learn how to be a team player? Lambo or bust is the mentality now.

[@jasonbabilonia3037]

We're a bunch of divas and spoiled little brats.

[@Topg0333]

Aau is so lame

[@AUPNEXT]

There is no problem why is crazy that the rest of the world is getting better.. if America's stats let's say was a 95 overvall and rest of the world was like 70 they just moved up to like 75 -80

[@bigcockedman714]

@@1TightMinute Lamelo is a prime example... Jackpot and quit

[@enzofrancescoli1260]

It's funny how we in Europe see it in a completely different way. The Europeans would say the same thing about American players, how they are better equiped, schooled, trained and so on. I think the difference is that the NBA has made itself globaly accessible and that it has become a positionless game. Better IQ and shooting is the difference and European players excel in those areas.

[@staytruealways207]

I don’t know about better “IQ” when the game has become as easy as it’s ever been. The game has been dumbed down to make it easy for euro players to thrive in. It’s position-less because it’s all about shooting 3s real defense, athleticism, being a true point guard, skills and being effective at the mid range shot has all been rendered useless in todays nba.

[@00Mindi00]

This is a delusional comment. American players have better training environments yes, but absolutely no discipline is being taught and because players are now paid so much they just don’t care about winning.

[@GHOST91141]

When I seen a 3 on 1 fast break & nobody ran to the hoop the guy with the ball shot a 3 and the other two guys ran to the corner 3 spot, that's when I realized there's a problem..

[@roronoaDzoro1111]

Because Mfers shoot threes now???

[@elbowgang9715]

​@roronoaDzoro1111 no because yall play DUMB basketball

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

They're told to do that

[@1TightMinute]

@@GHOST91141 analytics say always shot threes. Too many threes are boring. Dunks are excited. Post up play. Behind the back passes. Drive to the lane. ISO and kick out to shooters gets old.

[@saucegodnas7318]

@@roronoaDzoro1111 Ngl that is dumb asf, 3 on 1 fast break and you take a 3 over an easy 2 is crazy. Steph changed the game in a good way and a bad way.

[@BoosterGoldEarth6]

American Players better put that work in

[@desmondjefferson2127]

Not a lot of parents are good at keeping American kids disciplined to do that....

[@JoshOkoye]

@@desmondjefferson2127nah man what’s happening is these kids are getting trainers and AAU and being home schooled. They’re all the star player because their friend or rival on social media is. Then of course their NBA idol is. You see some of these training drills (because they’re all posted now) like Mikey Williams and they’re not doing anything Melo or Kobe etc would’ve done in high school. They’re practicing and perfecting James Hardens moves etc. Gil was just talking about how dribble pull up to the corner cant be taught to kids anymore more because they’re adding some crazy variation. All the NIL (which is good used correctly), social media, kids comin from money, transfer portal etc. folks don’t need a strong masculine and disciplined high school or college coach anymore.

[@desmondjefferson2127]

@@JoshOkoye pay attention to what you are seeing.. Jovic, Giannis, Embid, Donic, and the last 2 number one picks were French. Using Mike Williams as an example, the NBA is moving away from kids who aren't professionals in the way they carry themselves. All these names I gave are foreign players who have zero character issues, work hard, and are professionals that make your NBA brand look good. The tattoos, the behavior, the attitude is going to get most street dudes left out of the draft very very soon. There were more Larry bird type boys in the first round this year than a ghetto kids all tattooed up at 18.... 🤷‍♂️

[@JoshOkoye]

@@desmondjefferson2127 I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m pointing out where I think the flaw is. You thought it was parents and discipline but I think it’s the whole approach to youth basketball in general. I 100% agree with that you said.

[@Naija_baba]

​@@desmondjefferson2127exactly these kids don't understand appearance matters

[@Goxilla]

The difference between the european and the U.S. development system is continuity! In the U.S. players go from middle school to another high school and then to another enviroment, the college to learn basketball. The sports development system in europe is usually detached from the school system which allows it to be more focused on the sport itself. Sports prospects get scouted in eearly ages and then stay at one club for many years while going through all stages of one system. Luka Doncic is a prime example. Clubs like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munic or many balkan clubs follow that same continuity through out their entire process

[@Rswishhh]

U.S can never have the same development system as Europe we have too many kids and hidden gems that play sports here, you can’t tell how great a player is gonna be when he’s 14-16 some guys reach their potential and get recognition when they go to college like Jalen Williams, Damian lillard, tyrese haliburton. These guys had a few college offers and weren’t rank top 100 in their respective classes. They wouldn’t even get a chance to join some type of basketball development academy

[@montega2157]

It starts with reclassification, it’s temporary succes. Overseas they play adults at 14/15, if you’re good enough. In the States the thinking is “man ply down and you’ll dominate” it’s temporary success. Before in the States if you was great you played older.

[@socalkylex]

Melo nailed it with the academy system being the reason they’ve been able to catch up so quick. Their athletes go to academies at a pretty young age creating an entire focused structure around improving at sport while their scholars attend school. We have our athletes and scholars going to the same place and both suffer for it

[@juniorhernandez3347]

Yeah because sports are so important....😑

[@shamwaw336]

People should look at other sports like soccer on how going "international" affects the sport. There is no question that USA will continue to be a powerhouse but look at how England or Brazil found themselves neeeding to share their spotlight with other countries once they started to reach their level of skill in soccer. This is simply a numbers game. There are just more non-americans than americans. This lets non-americans have better odds in producing talent

[@_TT90]

I think international players will take more of the superstars position. The NBA will still be US dominant players.

[@mmbeas]

@@jman1562001Didn’t you just make his point? 🤔

[@jman1562001]

@@mmbeas you right.....almost 1/4 of the league is international players so even those numbers could change dramatically in the next decade

[@albertdaley9093]

We dont even look at joker as a superstar so thats a lie 😂😂 we saw Celtics handle luka bad 😂😂😂 we won on both sides

[@CTEagleCeltic]

NCAA had to get their slice of bread in America… outside the US they can focus on BBall only, instead of pretending to be students, in most cases.

[@biscaynesupercars]

Exactly

[@mddi1420]

@@biscaynesupercarsoutside usa you don’t even need to pass through college. They aren’t paid that ton of money you expect on nba except countries like china türkiye that pay really well This elitism is just a non sense. In football most of legenda like Maradona, Ronaldinho they did not go to university and they are among the goat.

[@AtlantaSamurai]

This is spot on

[@Goxilla]

truth! It also doesn´t help that young players find themselves in a different enviroment every 3-4 years (middle school, highschool, college) and they have to stand out from their teammates to get a scout´s attention over and over again. Meanwhile eurpean players stick in one system for over 10 years and they have all the time to develope fundamental skills

[@biscaynesupercars]

@@Goxilla ya thats true too

[@SullyAfgarshe]

America loves superstars but you can’t have a great movie without great supporting characters, great writing, great cinematography, great editing and so forth Our guys are told to chase the dream and try and become a star at any cost but we do little to equip them to be successful in the LONG game The fact of the matter is there is a stark cultural difference between players coming in from overseas and Americans Wemby reads for fun, he’s cerebral, he’s well mannered, he’s cultured, he’s coachable, and they work hard Meanwhile we got the Ja Morants of the world flashing guns on TikTok 😂

[@michelle4ever29]

The NBA feels strange right now, it's hard to understand. I feel fully invested when I am not invested at all.

[@Jrswazy585]

The NBA hasn’t been the same since 2016. Also player development sucks. Everyone is soft as Charmaine and there’s no more veterans!!

[@jonhenrychris6973]

Yup

[@Jrswazy585]

@@jonhenrychris6973 it’s that simple you know we used to have the young bulls with the old bulls . Instead young bulls think they know it all . And that’s when we get the load management etc . Smh

[@tommypiffington3374]

Amen bother

[@jonhenrychris6973]

@@Jrswazy585 nah I think these dudes don't love the gm.....way to much money...social media validation.....look at the all star gm.....no pride ...no competition....this era is soft mentally and physically. This buddy buddy era is wack... Plus all the euros that don't know the history....that's why I love ant man

[@GHOST91141]

so true 💯

[@roronoaDzoro1111]

The Olympics bout to be a movie Screw the Allstar game we tuning in for the olympics

[@biscaynesupercars]

The world is getting smaller and closer and America can’t just rely on reputation anymore. That goes for business, sports, entertainment, technology and everything else.

[@trueempire8948]

These kids today get drafted to the league undeveloped. They know how to jack up 3s left and right but other basketball skills they dont have. And what makes it worse they get paid insane amount of money there rookie year the hunger and drive to get better just isnt there anymore they didnt have to earn there money they got it easily.

[@itsvictoroyedeji]

American basketball will always be fine as long as players from other nations continue to come to the US to continue their careers. As soon as top American players go to another nation to "play against the best," American basketball is in trouble. That isn't happening anytime soon.

[@GabeTheGreat]

He’s right but wrong analysis. European players have fully established developmental system for their youth. You can train to become a professional athlete from your youth. In America we’ve completely given out developmental system to the “free market” with AAU basketball. AAU is pricing out poorer families. The draft is going to be and has been nepotism and European players for a while now but now people are starting to take notice

[@AllThingsHoops365]

AAU, and training culture is killing American basketball, these kids are better athletes but worse basketball players because every kid wants to play with the ball

[@SojiFro_0]

Tatum is an AAU kid. Champion now. Meanwhile, Luka sent home after setting the record for how he got cooked on defense.

[@AllThingsHoops365]

@@SojiFro_0 that’s fine, there’s a winning team and a losing team look at the draft, look at the past 4 MVP’s league is shifting and it’s not benefitting American players

[@NOYIMEDIA]

"They just learn how to play basketball while our guys learn how to dunk and put together mixtapes.”- Mark Cuban

[@Jermaine2099]

Bro why does he look like a clone of Alonzo Mourning 😂

[@00Mindi00]

The standard of the NBA is so poor now it’s baffling. The NBA game barely resembles the proper game of basketball. International players LAUGH at how easy it is compared to their home leagues.

[@jwill9237]

The standard of the NBA resembles the USA as a country, no discipline, lazy, and globalism

[@chrisd997]

For American audience, French system in basketball took a lot of lessons learnt from the French soccer system of the last 30 years. Also the most fundamentals strong program is from ex Yugoslavian countries

[@desmondjefferson2127]

American kids: Tattoos, 2 kids, terrible in school, and have bad parents and family. European kids: great students, already pro, got skills, never been in trouble, hard trainers, and work hard in games If you're an owner about to spend millions, who are you going to choose?

[@user-hy1od6by1w]

They have good parents overseas? Debatable

[@Toussaint_2000]

This is hilarious coz Jokic brothers have a rap sheet they built in the US.

[@desmondjefferson2127]

@@Toussaint_2000 you mean the ones NOT in the NBA?

[@ZoraDelaney]

@@desmondjefferson2127 Most NBA players these days are the sons of elite athletes. Your model is outdated.....

[@KiingM]

This is the price of creating a global game. The best teams in soccer have players from all over the world. Basketball is heading in that direction. Global game, the money will hopefully make it better.

[@BenjiClips614]

EVERY NBA TEAM NEEDS 2-3 VETS!

[@danagregorich9125]

I really love all the jackets and shoes Carmelo wears

[@cruzanstx6661]

I be wondering where he be shopping at

[@ma-kendy5108]

I was saying this to myself the other day. I said pretty soon there will be fewer american born players in the NBA. I see so many French and canadian players get drafted every year and it's just the beginning.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

USA 60 World 40 Now

[@qv2k385]

Load management, lack of fundamentals, iso dominated playstyles, 3pt league....NBA won't die but I feel like the game of basketball is so watered down now ever since Steph Curry's warriors changed the game.

[@Schmoviess]

I feel like lol...Where did u get that quote from....wait a collection of ex players 😂

[@icandy5593]

In euro, they applied their soccer recruiting to bball. They see a promising player and he start his pro Career 10-12 years. Pro career! Training and completing with men.

[@CAM8689]

Nba product is defintely not what it used to be the reasons are varied but ultimately the young crop of players are a reflection of basketball at all levels and how its been taught and by who and also where society is nowadays....if its good or bad different opinions on that....

[@90ackt]

Melo and KD scoring leader of USA

[@juniorhernandez3347]

Let me tell you that the nba should only be a thing in the U.S or countries the US owns. The US should be the only place athletes can make more money than people that actually work in society not in the entertainment industry.

[@ahmedmaani499]

Basketball is 99% black and tall 1% a good agency And if you're brother or father is a basketball player It might help 99%.

[@NoName-up1px]

What? Smh

[@cffritvij2906]

Watching international players score this much amount of points is simply boring, Fast break dunks doesn't feel like they used to and most importantly players choosing there teams is frustrating

[@biscaynesupercars]

These other countries have set and laid out plans for kids that show potential early on. In America they’re just now starting to pay hs and college players and we still have to debate about what’s a “student athlete”. If a kid showed that much promise in music or computer programming or tennis or gymnastics that take them out of school, get them tutors and take them to camps. But in America specifically for basketball and football thats looked as bad and let’s be honest it’s because its predominantly black kids. We’ll have a kid thats 6’8 in 6th grade and he’s forced to be around regular kids and do regular kid shit, if he was in China or france they’d move him to a camp with professional coaches and trainers and have him in developmental leagues against older kids and grown men.

[@BuhdeeProductions]

The direction has changed so much they depend on international countries to be involved in the NBA to gain viewership and see other basketball players come to America. They’re not going to focus so much on American college athletes since it’s been told multiple times. Also, many youths just want to make it in the NBA than focus other careers.

[@josephmasenda8931]

Ya'll still worried about these french guys! Wait till those Sudanese and West African's get up in there!

[@nyc-loxmamba]

No vets no more discipline coaches cant coach how they should be able too… lets be real

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

The formula is becoming guards from America and bigs from Europe

[@cbshine]

It’s one and done more than anything it’s not the money

[@Goxilla]

NBA teams should implement a development system with 1 or 2 local schools and colleges. Players could stay in the system while advancing from HS to college instead of being in a totally new enviroment

[@goatest725]

Also players now a days play for money and fame and not for the competitiveness

[@dreamcage1801]

Wanna give the Gen z players milk 🥛 and cookies 🍪 with no accountability on their plate nowadays which is blowing me away

[@boxtja1442]

The NBA had to change the rules to accommodate international players; that's it.

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

No it didn't. When they play in the Olympics this summer pay attention to their rules.

[@Espectro1680]

euro ball = pratice 5 days play 1 , american ball = play 5 games pratice 2 twice …. Americans have poor fundamentals unless your nba players kid .

[@danielmarbella1197]

sometimes we lose the perspective. NBA draft is drafting the best of the best around the world. If there are lots of foreign players into the draft is not only about better player development, but a simple fact that is US players vs World players. Today is France. Yesterday was Canada. Tomorrow will be another country. We can not claim all countries are having better player development. It is just that the game is global. And the more global, the more international players will be in NBA.

[@PhoenixRising82672]

No American basketball isn't in trouble Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown American 11 out of 15 players on the all NBA team American Most of the prospects next year American The Europeans that have made an impact are freaks of nature

[@juniorhernandez3347]

American sports has been in trouble but the kids came in and watch highlights to pretend like they know sports. People been stopped caring.

[@DacostaStreetStudios]

There’s a lot of factors that have contributed to the current state of professional hoops. We definitely need to be careful of how much money guys are getting before they prove anything…but yeah the rest of the world has caught up. No one should be coming over taking advantage of what we have in our own backyard…if Americans won’t compete then the Europeans will 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@momodoucamara1680]

The reality Life is not all about SPORTS NOT ONLY THAT THEY GAMBLE TOO AND BLASPHEMY LIKE SUCH AND SUCH IS THE GREATEST EVER. BRO EVER?

[@BigKing17]

Never going to happen. Basketball viewership will decline as Politics start to take hold about American jobs.

[@gameoverability1876]

theres 450 players in the nba. if the game keeps goin global in the next 10-20 years USA will be the minority and its ok. even if you copy the european system and do everything right u will still be the minority because of sheer numbers. im not even gonna talk about countries like france having 10 players in the nba but for the sake of the argument keep it to 2, if 150-200 countries just send 2 players each to the nba which is NOTHING thats already 400 players that will be foreign. its bound to happen at some point.

[@AtlantaSamurai]

True. Kids shouldn't get paid.

[@tyronpouncey5985]

The problem is load management killed the nba. In sZn tournament is a joke. And it’s all about the 3 ball and fame. No one wants to put in the work. There’s no more Kobe Bryant’s , mjs coming thru anymore. Player empowerment destroyed nba unfortunately

[@bigcockedman714]

kobe was hurting getting out of bed..

[@HernanMendez-ws4ed]

No more all time scoring leader

[@MarcusTheJR]

It's only a natural state of professional sports. Imagine the NFL if Japanese Sumo Wrestlers chose to play American Football. MLB was a primarily american sport. Until the international game opened up. There are also many more Hispanic players starting to play basketball. All great things to improve the game. American players will show the world in the 2024 Olympics

[@Mamao419]

It will never happen! Y’all can dream

[@Andre-q5e4m]

This topic is like blown out of proportion. American basketball is far from dead. The overseas talent is top heavy. After the top 5 (Luka, Embiid, Giannis, Jokic, SGA) it’s American guys until the next best foreigner which is maybe Siakam? Or Sabonis (who’s from America and went to school in America). Or Wemby if you projecting him that good this early. It ain’t like the league is overrun by Europeans and Africans there’s just more than there’s ever been.

[@SojiFro_0]

Thank you. Crazy how they don’t bring up that most of the guys you just named got cooked and sent home by American stars.

[@mellol1628]

The topic is the potential take over of foreign players. They’re not saying that they’ve already taken over.

[@a_real_one2000]

Youth sports in the USA has become commodity. Teaching kids the sport is 2nd to ROI. Profits are more important then teaching basketball fundamental & developing skills long term. If you don’t come from money or have someone bank rolling your potential. Baseball is one of the most expensive youth sports & becuz of AAH & travel ball teams basketball is getting up in cost.

[@johnnygoods1232]

As the game grows internationally more and more international kids will pick up basketball. Talent pool is growing every year

[@Danny-hj2qg]

The USA Basketball nonprofit organization is in disarray.

[@adolfocastillo6254]

AAU is to blame

[@jokerYG]

I think character flaws have shifted and contributed to things, too. For the most part, foreign players don't have a high chance of coming with drama. No, gun waving Instagram videos, no getting porn stars pregnant, no domestic violence issues. They're usually clean nosed and all about hoops.

[@marlowencna]

If there are more "Star" / "Max" Foreign vs US born , that means the power level has shifted already.

[@b.c.e.-bestcivilizationsev2327]

Group of black men talking about being sold to rich while men. 😂

[@Freigeist2008]

The US havs no academy-system? Every High school and especially the colleges are much much better equipped than nearly all of the top clubs in Europe. Even Barca, Real or the Greek ones dont have any of these opportunities. The biggest difference is competition. If you are 17 or 18 you are going up to the first team and than you have to stand your man and not to play against other kids anymore

[@marcd3518]

European players are one dimensional. Athleticism is why it won’t change. Once the underdeveloped young American (who’s athletic) learns to play in the NBA they always surpass the euro players. For example Jalen Brown dominated the top euro player in the world and he’s not even top 10 in the league.

[@doobleludo3589]

🤨🤨🤨

[@shootthejay7002]

Highlight culture killed basketball

[@albertdaley9093]

Usa in great hands we saw tatum beat the whole nba luka too 😂😂😂 they did luka dirty 😂😂😂😂 come here luka they showed luka its levels 😂😂😂 edwards showed joker its levels 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@albertdaley9093]

If more international players own the nba ratings will go down in nba history tbh joker is not some one we wanna see luka gettin cooked is wat we wanna see.

[@nyc-loxmamba]

Blame the adults for enabling these kids for they benefit

[@asherfranklyn2481]

Damn I forgot all about j rose I miss him on ESPN.

[@michelle4ever29]

Do you think lamelos dad named him that after Carmelo because I do. Not a big deal. But why so many players last name Ball in the NBA?

[@TM__11]

Why does it matter if Europeans take over the league, wouldn't you just like the league regardless

[@danagregorich9125]

Yep I found the jacket!!

[@IchiNiSean]

Ballislife also contributed to the end of American basketball

[@francisikwueme1688]

I mean what did we expect when we marketed the game globally ? It’s USA vs the whole continent of Africa , Asia, and Europe. There are way more people outside America than there are. With more exposure and b-ball academies and programs why are we surprised by the deep talent pool coming over . I am Nigerian and back then we did not have aau , organized competitive HS b-ball , college ball etc. Heck in Africa you don’t have the surplus of 24 fitneee , LA fitness, church gyms , school gyms and the nanny sports facilities for athletes to hone their skills from an early age . Thus has change as u have more Nigerian or African players who made it go back and invest in providing facilities or funding b-ball camps to develop . See nba Africa . Then you have the African refugees or immigrants in France , Australia etc mate with the talk women and produce freaks like Wemby , Tatum , diaw , Risacherre etc

[@mmbeas]

I think the whole NBA is in trouble. The product is trash now.

[@buFFlosouljah1]

Would it have to do with how much money they're making by any chance?

[@mmbeas]

I’m sure it’s multiple reasons. Biggest ones for me is the flopping they allowed and how they made officials officiate the game for more offense. All the 3 point shooting, plus more

[@AtlantaSamurai]

Melo right. There should be a farm system

[@chriss1875]

People hype these euros…those guys that got drafted in 2024 are going to be busts.

[@rm8344]

The warriors ruined US basketball. The showboating took over fundamentals. Shooting 3s from half court is the new high percentage shot.

[@MichaelLudden]

Yes.

[@michelle4ever29]

I am going to paint my toes.

[@BroCoolFire]

As greast as Curry is, he kinda ruined American hoop

[@MrOctober44]

Top four players in MVP voting are not Americans. So yeah, American basketball is in trouble.

[@marcjohn1613]

Mero needs to just listen sometimes

[@patienceisalpha]

Cholet Basket represent!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@kingquestOZ]

So Tatum and Brown didn't just pack up Luka SMH. Ant and Naz dethroned Jokic. Americans cant sleep but we here.

[@Dylan35551]

Jokic is a champion unlike ant & naz

[@kingquestOZ]

@@Dylan35551 But still lost

[@nanox4]

Ant and Naz didn't dethrone Jokic lol. Murray was injured and he sucked. If he was playing average at least they would've won. International players are taking over.

[@king.deandre]

Not alot promotion of up and coming talent, i dont get the the whole European take-over thing the game should be global

[@AUPNEXT]

Bro ya think too much, its as simple as the rest of the world is getting better, luka was playing pro at 14 .. they just getting better thats it its not that complicated

[@ragleaming4876]

Yeah Canada got the brick

[@JQUE94]

Finna have all the participants on dog food

[@raptorball]

lol since when have Canadians been trying to get on the usa team

[@MindfulAttraction2.0]

Why are you even paying attention to this? This would have never crossed my mind unless race is how you see the world

[@charlespitter1848]

Competition is good

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

Only if you win.

[@charlespitter1848]

@@RLSmith-jt8qj it makes you better

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

@@charlespitter1848 in order to win.

[@eyoung8202]

Euros brought over Flopping also, the NBA’s style has become more available to the European style. Less Physical and lack of defense

[@bhdcg]

This an L take. America is the greatest country on earth

[@SinserNarmah537]

Happened to baseball