EUROPE NEEDS TO CHILL!!! Americans React "Basketball fans and atmosphere USA vs Europe"

[@Rorigregspace]

In Europe there are two matches always going on, the one on the field and the one in the stands.

[@FeralFresse]

In football we got "die dritte Halbzeit" ..the match that happens on the street 😉

[@dergesichtsmensch638]

@@FeralFresse Junge, die 3te Halbzeit findet in der Kneipe statt

[@ChocoLater1]

The one in the stands is always more interesting

[@NG-qp1rb]

And one on the streets.

[@xthebeast415]

@@dergesichtsmensch638 Die dritte Halbzeit findet aufm Acker statt

[@tfold]

Thats the difference between 1000s of years of history to 100s,I've got door handles older than America

[@ianmartin2833]

Hahaha I love that

[@JoaoPedroTiago]

TRUE aND TRUE expecxt its not 1000 its more like 3000 vs 400... anyway XD

[@MikeEsImpossible]

So true :)

[@6669-c3t]

Bullshit greek history !!!! americans also they have anchient people like everybody does !!!! Nobody came from space...

[@georgeb248]

@@6669-c3t civilised history living in caves and tents with no written history doesn’t count you fool 😂

[@sherbert500]

"Why the flares?" well spencer because NO PYRO NO PARTY!

[@ethanquirk28]

America: “oh hey thats darude sandstorm, lets wave our hands in the air” Eastern Europe: “their team is from Albania. We’re from Serbia. We don’t like each other so we’re going to chant about killing Albanians non-stop the entire game” The Balkan states are a different realm of reality.

[@Shelikes69]

With the American quote you really got me, thx 👍🏽😂😂😂

[@arty_021]

Literally true. Balkan is not geographical region, Balkan is a state of mind

[@hsdsaunders]

Cutting off the drop like that in Europe would result in a riot.

[@slickwilly7341]

A basketball team from ALBANIA?!?!?! C'mon man, that's a joke on its own!!!😂😂😂

[@hsdsaunders]

@@slickwilly7341 Central European basketball teams ain't got shit on the NBA for passion or atmosphere.

[@HisDudeness316]

Lots of mainland European football clubs also have basketball sides, so the ultras who go to football will also support the basketball side. It often means basketball crowds can be just as mental as we see at football! It's almost a pity we don't have a culture of basketball in the UK, because I would definitely go and watch if crowds were like this.

[@lewisb85]

A few rugby clubs that are also multisport clubs have basketball teams, Saracens, Wasps and Bristol (football as Bristol city, rugby and basketball- as bristol flyers) for instance, because they are teams linked from the old sports club system.

[@HisDudeness316]

@@lewisb85 I learn something new every day, had no idea that was the case. Do the rugby fans attend their club's basketball games too?

[@OldSchoolRasslin]

Basketball is really not very popular in the UK. It seemed to be getting quite popular in the 90s, when teams like Sheffield Sharks were playing their games at the Sheffield Arena and getting big crowds. They now play in an arena where the maximum capacity is 1000 people. European basketball major countries are mostly in southern Europe - Spain, Italy, Greece, Serbia and Turkey, And Lithuania where it is the most popular sport, more popular than soccer.

[@ChocolateMilk..]

The English would never be able to copy this. All of the EPL is a library.

[@essexhoop9652]

You think how old europe is. Villages,towns,countries have fought each other for thousands of years,we just take it in to our sports now.

[@Milo-su8jd]

Kinda healthy way. Cheers from Serbia and remember don't kick rivals when they are on the ground. Respect the rules. Only when they are standing up and you can use your belt or a beer bottle or whatever punch with your baby but never while they are on the ground. Peace and love from Serbia.

[@junii741]

Exactly

[@Niki91-HR]

Thank God that changed. We found a way where our fellow Europeans can bring out their tribal side , even though here and there there can be found some hooligans who can destroy the whole atmosphere , but all in all we did find a better way to go into "war" without actually going to war xD

[@milesdust3465]

Check out NBA-players, who talk about their experiences playing in Euroleague. It is pretty amazing. Playing in Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Spain, Italy and so on, is not only to practise and play well. It is also totally mental, to play a game away. No sugarcoating at all, and they all have to accept it. It is a war. Cheers from Italy!

[@alexius0625]

Bello non essere l'unico italiano che guarda questo video

[@_Ritsikas_]

Just finished watching all 5 parts. That was INSANE. A tiny part makes me wanna go see a game, even tho I don't understand or even care about basketball 😃 The European in me hears the calling...

[@xaponetta]

Now you know why in Europe there is a real "home court" advantage. Fans give it all to hype they're team and pressure the visitors!

[@alalas7]

WELL SAID

[@antoniopacheco864]

exactly

[@kolossimike]

Europe needs to chill? America needs to loosen up. Sports isn't a church picnic. It is war without the guns.

[@MrWamboroful]

In america its not a war with guns lol

[@leandrodosul6407]

youre an ignorant european... a lot of people in europe just want to go to the stadium to experience the match itself without jumping and screaming around. the people screaming and cheering around are mostly hooligans... i hate the european arrogance.. ''sports isnt a church picnic'' ''it is war without the guns''... blablabla hahahaha.... keep in mind that the USA is a very young country and europe is 1000 and 1000 of years old! you just cant compare these 2 continents/countrys. 2 completely different CULTURES! just check out the college sports in the USA and you will see crowds of people cheering and chanting and screaming and singing and YES, all without music as well! theyre making noise without any music in the backround playing..

[@sportbilly9815]

Sport is religion in Europe Stadia - church Players - gods Songs - hymns Then come the wars

[@LtPessimist]

I'm English and I think most sports in europe are complete waste of time/space. The TV mostly only shows soccer and once in a blue moon other sports. We use to be able to watch decent sport (NBA, NHL, NFL and the baseball one) but now all we get is crap from europe.

[@romainsavioz5466]

@@LtPessimist 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ryancolby966]

@@LtPessimist surely can't have grown up in the uk or have strong connections to the uk if you call football soccer, only like american sports and in your other comment referred to something as a slow 'ass' game (never seen or heard a british person use the word ass like that)?

[@Ryan-vq8xs]

@@LtPessimist well ur silly And not British

[@Vollification]

Not sure about players being gods, more like gladiators/saints (some)/holy warriors/crusaders :/ The club is god.

[@boskee]

See, here in Europe it’s insane to have a giant national flag and the anthem before a domestic league game.

[@wildchild3862]

I guess the national flag represent the monarch and state while the team colors represent the people

[@angleofshadow9818]

@@wildchild3862 You do realize all we maniacs join together under ONE banner when it's National Team. Most of hardcore supporters just have permanent ban in International games(the place you suppost to play your national anthem)

[@Divig]

Yeah! That nationalistic indoctrination they have going on is really creepy!

[@wildchild3862]

@@angleofshadow9818 yeah thats true, but they band together over hate for the other nations, not the love of their own. That's the difference 😁

[@hyphenlife]

What’s insane is how insanely nationalist most of those European football club fanbase are. We just wave a flag dude lol

[@PillsxPotions]

Stopping the game with confetti is a thing orginised by ultras, club can’t ask for that because they would be fined. And ultras throw confetti to show that no one except they are the one who controlls the game.

[@tonycasey3183]

European basketball crowds are like a cross between Braveheart and an inner city riot. US basketball crowds are like a cross between High School Musical and The Nuremburg Rally.

[@Vollification]

Quite sure anyone outside Scotland would take offense to the Braveheart-thing, inner city riot sure but that's just Europe being Europe. Every city/township have their own large battle, local hero or something else they will identify with XD

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Yeah I choose the European one every time please.

[@elenafoka6506]

@@Vollification u r drunk?

[@samar_pan0]

When passion beats money

[@RAWDernison1]

The difference between pastime and passion. In American basketball, invented by a Canadian PE teacher on a US school, they play so many games, you don't care they lose a third of their games. After a loss a European fan loses appetite, has trouble sleeping and reacts like a bastard to the surroundings. For a week, or at least till the next game. One other big difference, in America there are no away-fans. European fans will travel to the ends of the earth to see their team play.

[@4dra]

Fam I remember when Arsenal were going thru a rough patch. Had me up at 2am on a skl night questioning everything, imagining how far technology is gonna go in the future and how scary it is etc

[@CoachCharrua]

In the Balkans, they even do this for water polo, love it

[@BeHonestYouShatIt]

Also Volleyball

[@carlosmendonca8735]

US: "why the flairs, why?" Europe: why not?

[@pauldocmusic2411]

I don't get the anthem singing at every game . It's not the U.S.A playing. Its what we would call a club game in Europe, anthem only played when representing your country. As usual Europe wins lol

[@biljancanin]

It's an American thing to do I guess

[@grigorov1914]

In Bulgaria we play the anthem at cup final games as well

[@TheDarkstormy]

The USA is to Fascism what the Nordic countries are to Socialism. right next door.

[@valikmikze]

@@TheDarkstormy mate you clearly have absolutely no idea about the Nordic countries😂 especially Norway,they don't have minimum wage ffs😂 they're capitalist af

[@angleofshadow9818]

​@@valikmikze Fortunetly you are completely wrong.

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

I'll say it again and again. Next time some MORON "analyst" says "Luca Doncic cannot handle pressure", just remember that video and that Doncic was champion and MVP of Euroleague against those teams and those crowds even though he was a TEENAGER. Compared to that he must find NBA to be a very *relaxing* experience :P

[@slobodanpuzic3648]

Absolutely correct!

[@jimmydodds7897]

'At least the flares & confetti didn't go off at the same time'. That got me.

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

In america, you need announcers and music to hype people up. In europe, there are no announcers. There is no music. You need to calm people down, not hype them up lol

[@04williamsl]

You ask why the flares? I ask why not What's the problem with a good old flare, really?

[@purplehaze779]

People have been killed by a flare

[@ajm1283]

@@purplehaze779 what’s life without a bit of risk?

[@jonasgraumans2034]

@@purplehaze779 gotta make it exciting

[@MrWamboroful]

@@purplehaze779 and people die in your country cause of guns. What u talking about hahahau

[@dekipet]

And here comes a murican guy who says people die because of flares. And still, they sell guns on every corner. Decadent nation...

[@erka001]

There are videos where basketball players who played in Europe share stories, also one really funny clip where a players sister is sitting on the bench with him looking around absolutely terrified at the several thousand half naked screaming Eastern Europeans, lol. You should whatch some of those :)

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

It gets worse when you know the lanaguage. It basically calls out for genocide of albanians lol.

[@josephsade3423]

Please do you have the link to this video?

[@Vollification]

Must have been a great cultural shock. "I thought Europe was all about wine, fine clothes and being polite 0.0 "

[@UE_Outdoors]

@@josephsade3423 type in charles jenkins sister in belgrade :)

[@elenafoka6506]

turks u die in greek land , when grrek teams vs turkish team , imagine all ppl in stadium yell this

[@srb-hr1ru]

in europe, many more passions for the club are literally dying, it's like religion !!! And the greatest passion and the most dangerous matches are played not in Britain 🇬🇧, but in "Serbia🇷🇸, Greece🇬🇷, Turkey🇹🇷, Poland🇮🇩, Russia🇷🇺

[@eduardfazakas5278]

In Europe the first basketball federation was founded in 1932 and the first European Championship was in 1935, but for example in Romania, basketball has been played since 1920.

[@TheoDominic]

Aris BC in Thessaloniki Greece was founded in I922

[@ChrisReadUK]

Or the USA needs to “step up?” Just a thought🤫

[@marcelosilva6914]

The thing is: for americans sports is a family entertainment while in other countries it's not just a entertainment more like a passion (or even a "religion"). That's why is so much different.

[@biljancanin]

@@necroforce4324 Oh, we from the Balkans also sing shit about our government in the chants even more then the "hatred" between nations that you talk about

[@LoveDJ80]

@@necroforce4324 ma keva ti primitivna

[@ZmajOgnjeni]

@@necroforce4324 Excuse me your Royal Kindness , but how you define "primitivism". For me you and your "divine" friends like,British,German,French, Dutch,Spanish,Porugese and so on are ultimate primitives. In your everlasting greed for wealth and power, you have killed millions and millions of us "primitives" all around the world.Your "freedom" and "democracy" usually is enforced in countries rich with oil,gold,minerals. Do you think people around the world are stupid that much?You are so full of yourselves ,it's almost unbelievable.

[@maximilianmaier3950]

@@necroforce4324 That's not correct. There are a few countries in Europe that have a big problem with far right nationalistic fans, but most ultra groups are actually left leaning and pretty diverse. Race, skin color, ethnicity, nationality, religion,... doesn't matter, what matters is the love and passion for the club. You support the same team as me and we're basically brothers. And most chants are actually about pushing your own team and expressing your love and passion for the team. Sure, each team has their rivals and there are hate chants against those, but except for rivalry games, there usually isn't much hatred expressed towards the opponents.

[@damionlee7658]

"Which is funny, because it is a... American sport." - invented by a Canadian, while living in Massachusetts. Still that makes it infinitely more "American" than Baseball (or Apple Pie). Okay, that's the obligatory good natured dig out of the way. Thanks for another great video to watch guys.

[@laxyyorma7016]

If I remember right Canada is the largest country in America. (USA is the second, Brazil the third) So everything from Canada, Peru, Argentina etc. is American.

[@damionlee7658]

@@laxyyorma7016 Let's not pretend that when Daniel, or anybody says "American" they are referring the continent. But congratulations on taking what was a light hearted comment, poking fun at how many things people refer to as being American (as in the USA) in origin, and trying to turn it into an opportunity to play "I think I'm smarter than you".

[@laxyyorma7016]

@@damionlee7658 We would never allow one European nation to steal the word European and start to call only themselves as European and leave other European nations out. But we live in freedom.

[@damionlee7658]

@@laxyyorma7016 not sure why you felt the need to make your "Live in Freedom" comment about European countries. The degree of freedom any of us have is marginal. You are free to act totally within the confines of your country's legal system and social rules, which really amounts to no freedom whatsoever. Now it is very well understood within what context the word American was used in the video, and your suggestion that the use of European is in any way relevant to the use of American is ridiculous. There is no country in Europe called Europe, so your false equivalence holds no water. How about we look to the continent of Australia instead... A continent and country that share a name, and has the same usage of that shared name as we see in the USA. If somebody refers to something being an Australian invention, they are referring to the country of Australia, not either of the other two countries within the continent of Australia. Just as if somebody refers to an American invention, they mean the country of The United States of America. Next time you want to troll somebody, at least come up with an argument with some value. You attempt here was pathetic.

[@laxyyorma7016]

@@damionlee7658 The word America or American belongs to every American country. It'd funny if they all started to use only America instead of their own name. (what a mess) If there was something I'd like to give to USA, that would be an adjective. If there were more independent countries in Australia, they all would use their own name, like Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania etc. One Australian country could not nick name of the continent to themselves. In Africa there are at least two countries with word Africa. The Republic of South Africa and Republique centrafricaine. Neither of these two countries call themselves only Africa and speak arrogantly like the other African countries would be little less African. In Europe we have European Union (EU), but we don't say or think that countries outside the EU (like Norway, Russia, Swizerland etc) would be less Europeans than we inside the EU. Europe is our continent and the name belongs to all Europeans. P. S. This was not an angry writing, I wish very nice autumn to You.

[@margaretpearson2761]

Attend match in Europe and have fun. Attend match is the USA take your knitting.

[@carlingcold]

There’s a saying amongst these types of fans... no pyro, no party!!

[@BeHonestYouShatIt]

no PYRO no PARTY

[@markomilosevic36]

I‘m so glad that I‘m from Europe and not from the usa 😂😅

[@xinosa1933]

we can no longer have wars with each other so now we fight through sports instead.😩

[@arnau9046]

The Yugoslavia civil war started in a football stadium.

[@Niki91-HR]

@@arnau9046 civil war is also not the most right description of what happened... but yeah there was the famous football match where one of our croatian players kicked a police officer or how they were called the militia back in the day.

[@arnau9046]

@@Niki91-HR How do you call it?

[@Niki91-HR]

@@arnau9046 When it comes to Croatia it is called Homeland war (domovinski rat in croatian). Civil war as far as I know is between two or maybe even more sides in one country like in the US between the North and the South. In our case it was a war between different countries. Croatia was still Croatia even in Yugoslavia, as well as Serbia was Serbia and Macedonia was Macedonia, etc. Also Croatia was already independent when we got attacked by Serbia. The thing that started in the stadium was kind of the beginning of the fall of everything, like the sign that shit is going down soon.

[@Marina_-_-]

@@Niki91-HR I wonder if they really don't know or the still pretend even after 30 years.

[@Stargazer1974]

The one with the flairs and confeti is from a famous Greek derby between Aris and PAOK. The city is Thessaloniki. The one with the flairs happend one night when the electric power went off and the fans did that as something to kill their time. The funny thing is that the chant is highly offensive to their rivals for everyone who knows Greek language. The one with the confeti is between the same teams. Its kind of tradition when the game starts everyone throws confetti as a ritual. As i said there is a huge rivalry between them and this is something for 'good luck'. Not dangerous, even the players like it. Even the American players. Also a note. No, all these are not paid by any team, all these are made from the fans. They pay everything, club has nothing to do with that.

[@RazvanCostea1977]

I have been to both football and basketball games in Europe. It is so loud that I couldn't' even hear the music I was playing in my headphones....

[@markgraham9853]

Most European basketball teams fans also support their football team as well. So most the ultras are the same for both teams

[@markthomas2577]

If you want National Anthems check out Wales playing Rugby .... Wales v England in 2013 is a good one

[@arionas11]

It is really funny that they shake their head on the chants of the fans of the first european team (Aris/Greece) without understandin* the words🤣🤣🤣

[@cristianionica6853]

In Europe, a sports club, for example Barcelona, has several sports sections such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball, rugby, etc. What you see in the stands, they are not just basketball fans, they are fans of the club regardless of the sport. You will see the same fans in basketball, volleyball, football, handball ...

[@TeamDogFan]

Singing national anthem on club game. Europeans will never understand that.

[@alinajjar97]

In europe and north africa we have the same mentality of supporting

[@andriiivanchuk5256]

For Europeans sports arena is not a family place it’s battle field!!! That is the difference!

[@Pappa_66]

"This is pretty cool"? WTF? Are you serious? 15 000 librarians and pensioners singing!!!! WILD!

[@GazilionPT]

3:40 It's an American corporate team against another American corporate team. None of the teams is there representing the USA! Why the hell does it make any sense singing the national anthem? What next? Sing it before a movie projecting? Before any new TV show? At the beginning of a circus performance?

[@mariatzalla9708]

Hello from Greece. You really don't have any idea what these guys from Aris Thessaloniki sing, right? You just shake your heads looking impressed.

[@IceKing7]

I am still laughing... This is Europe! We don't stuff our mouths with popcorn and chicken wings.. We don't do kiss cams and "defence"defence" like clowns. We push our team and bring terror to the oponents!

[@Fuffaguru453]

Watch sport in USA is like being in a theater. Players are full of energy and adrenaline coming from the supporters

[@Davey_bfg71]

It’s incredible to see those flares and confetti especially when here in the UK 🇬🇧 on one afternoon in 1985 we witnessed one of the darkest days in British sport when fire broke out at the Bradford City stadium which had been in a state of disrepair for decades, it is even more sobering that just one year before a safety report carried out by local authorities had warned of the potential for such a disaster. The section where the fire broke out got completely destroyed in just 4 minutes. It claimed 56 souls and injured 265+. This video tells of that day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJCyc4Oqmbisjsk

[@samuelpinder1215]

They still play at valley parade

[@samuelpinder1215]

Also that was from a cigarette which people still use at football matches I think

[@lesley8568]

I remember this awful tragedy it took what probably a lit cigarette. The flares going off was insane another fire waiting to happen have they no idea the danger they put them selves in

[@lionelbacchetti843]

Well jokic did it... Thats why he laughed when a journalist asked him if he was annoyed about the Miami fans

[@kJ922-h3j]

From 9:03 are they singing “why don’t you get a job” by the offspring in their language? Lol or something to that same melody, only quicker

[@ultrasgr4805]

Yeah same melody but different lyrics

[@timglennon6814]

Barcelona in Spain have had a Basketball team since 1926.

[@timglennon6814]

Basketball started in 1891 by a Springfield College Instructor and graduated student James Naismith.

[@ianmclean6399]

He sounds very Scottish to me

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@ianmclean6399 he was born in canada to scottish parents

[@ianmclean6399]

@@samuelpinder1215 lol called it, name seemed very Scottish.

[@kejos]

Why flares?? because we can

[@mawhinney2.196]

Ultra’s are groups of fans, and each ultra has at least 1 capo (captain). Some groups are very large, and some can be smaller but have the support of the other fans from within the same fanbase. No display is ever spontaneous. It is meticulously planned and take weeks, even months to prepare. Songs are created and each fan learns the words. These days a lot of the songs are spread via the internet. Sometimes a club can have multiple ultras groups and they don’t always get along with each other, this can be for a variety of reasons including politics and personality clashes. A lot of the time they don’t have problems though and just occupy different areas of the stadium. If this was the case they would also co-ordinate on displays. All of these tifos (displays) around stadiums you see are destroyed after they are used, usually burned. It would be humiliating if you kept a tifo and it fell into the hands of an ultra's group from a rival team.

[@Vollification]

Europeans don't "chill" when there's a match on. 8:15 "Partly" pre-coordinated. The official support groups have a set of chants/songs the always use and sometimes they are sung in specific orders, they start. Then everyone starts singing along.

[@MendezPalmira]

Before you move to the UK (or Europe), you need to increase your tolerance for strong ale and Scottish Whisky. Then get your arses over for Welsh Rugby.

[@christrap4153]

Basketball is very popular in Greece for all teams. And the atmosphere is really insane. In a good way.

[@Francesco-lj6cm]

I'm european and for me is not spoprt, is defending my city, if my team loses or wins idc, for me is important that the away fans understad how my city is better then theirs

[@diesel-wy3gt]

its a sporting arena not a library.

[@RossoBianco1895]

The difference in Europe is, that most of the major Sports Clubs aren't just football clubs. They have divisions in many other sports and many fans support the Club in its entirety not just the football division. Like the first Club with the confetti was Aris and they have like 20 different departments. Football, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, etc. all the way down to chess.

[@AlltomeeAlltomee]

İts about ARİS BC FANS and we have the same atmosphere in every single game especially with our rivals Paok. You should watch more videos about our ultras of ARIS FC-BC

[@CoL_Drake]

the saddest thing in america i find is that the blocks where the people are activ and then the other blocks are COMPLETLY SILENT/non moving ... not a single one is doing anything xD that makes the ones doing stuff who are all dressed up look like actors and the normal people not giving a shit xD

[@MarkWilliams-fz3ii]

From a football/soccer point of view, you should check out Liverpool fc fans in Madrid before their champions league final with Spurs. 50,000 fans in the city centre just singing and having fun all afternoon 😁

[@Filmore8420]

In Europe the fans control the sports. In the US and Canada it’s controlled by greed.

[@electric_alex]

3 of the 4 european basketball videos were Greek, really goes to show how popular the sport is there and how into it the fans get

[@albertomagnani3984]

Come on brother. They just take a couple of minutes to clean the floor... The game will start 2 minutes late. No big deal .. No nothing like that. We do not have one person getting crazy and the other follows... Everything is coordinated. Every song, every dance, every choreography is pre-made. For us it is a way of life brothers.

[@wakemeup31500]

I remember as a kid seeing a basketball game, they were jumping so strong it was making me bounce on my sit.

[@nextgenerationflights2888]

I think the title should be more « America should wake up » than « Europe should chill » coz obviously it won’t ever chill

[@IonutCP]

In europe we fight for the team we love from generations grandfather father son....In fotball are 11 players and we say the 12 player are the fans.

[@rockax]

If I'm not mistaken the game at 7:40 didn't matter for Aris that's why the fans threw the confetti in the court.

[@WestSide-fg8pv]

Usa basket is business Europe baske is passion! Aris 1914 Super3 Est 1988

[@Steeein10]

Sorry to say but every stadium in this video is more safe than an elementary school in the US and its not even a lie...

[@eko211]

This is ARIS Thessaloniki. We are simply the best fans. Once the best basketball team in Greece and Europe but still the best fans . Peace

[@simonnewby1215]

spencer - why, why did they throw shit on the floor....... daniel - that's awesome 🤣

[@willrichardson1809]

The American National Anthem is actually British ;)

[@randompotato2894]

10:59 when you place the ball on the ground, it has to start bouncing around

[@elenafoka6506]

in Europe we play basket for our clubs and our history not for sponsors commercials money e.t.c. basket in europe is WAR

[@dimitriskazantzidis7718]

The easiest way to describe what is going on with crowds in Europe is like that. Everyone knows about the Malice at the Palace. If Ron Artest, that crazy guy, jumps in a Greek Crowd or Serbian Crowd and tries to throw punches he aint making it out intact and i am not exaggerating.

[@strangelyjamesly4078]

The confetti was probably an organised protest. These games are the exception, huge rivalries, etc. Mainly Greece and Serbia.

[@k.a.stensson]

Basketball was invented in 1891... And came to Europe in 1893. You only had it 2 years longer than us.

[@bloodrises3874]

I think main difference is that in Europe we have so much teams. In any sport, sometimes in the same city there 2-3 big clubs and they want so bad to beat the other team. So when someone come to our arena, stadion we want to make them suffer with all we have so we can give our team slight advantage in order to win. In USA you have how many teams for NBA like 30 teams and even if one of the team lose all of the games that season there is no relegation. In Europe we have divisions if you are weak you go down to second tier, then to 3th until you skill match the division you deserve thats why we look crazy, no one want his team to go down :D

[@kattharsismic]

North American sports Fandom in stadiums (including Canadian Hockey) is an on rails experience, the "Franchise" is responsible for the atmosphere in the stands, they play music and write in big letters on the jumbotron what you should do the same way they do in the recording of sitcoms, laugh, jump, make some noise... In Europe, all is generated by the fans, they start the chants, they start the claps they make the atmosphere, sure there are stadiums that play songs but they are mostly there because of some kind of tradition and legacy. As you guys said, people in NA, even hardcore fans go to games to be entertained by the game, even in the places touted to be among the best experiences in their sports like the Habs at the Bell Center for Hockey, whereas Europeans are supporters, they come to watch yes, but also to play a part in the whole thing, completely different approaches. Also, teams aren't franchises, it's unthinkable for a team to move to another city or something like that, therefore the teams feel more ingrained in their local communities, though that is also the case for the more historic teams in NA like the Canadiens, Red Socks to name just a couple. That isn't to say that NA fans aren't every bit as much fans of their respective teams as Europeans are, but they are far less engaged and active in the experience when they actually go to the games.

[@PoorSalopianTommy]

The flag worship really freaks me out, its like north korea lol

[@1nikg]

Bit ott lol

[@scottirvine121]

I've said this for years!!! Making kids swear allegiance at school is not democratic but more communist. It's bordering on a cult

[@ryancolby966]

@@scottirvine121 im a bit late but referring to it as communist is just incorrect, its authoritian, and in this specific case goes completely against the core principle of communism that it is class not national identity that divides people. But completely agree with you that making children swear allegiance in schools is wrong and undemocratic.

[@scottirvine121]

@@ryancolby966 cheers mate yep that's the word thanks

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

Imagine if lebron played for turks or serbs or Greek team. He would be crying out loud to go home. And that were the environment where luka grew up. So an intimidation from other team fans were nothing compare to he used to saw

[@giannispaparas1469]

in europe we support the club.if the club has women water polo team,we act the same.

[@timglennon6814]

Sorry to say guys, but European fans better than American fans.

[@Isleofskye]

In breaking news The Sun has officially been declared hot...:)

[@drigerdranzer7514]

I'm not a Scouser, but I despise The Sun for the fake news about the Hillsborough disaster.

[@TheDude50447]

Especially derby matches in football can be quite insane as well.

[@luis.o.saraiva]

One thing ia that the sane club in Europe has all sports, if you look up barcelona basket its the sanw club as the soccer one, it's like for instance, la Lakers had nfl and mlb teams. When you talk about religion, it's like more defending our turf pur part of the city /country. The arenas normally are nearby the stadium, so it's very common im Europe, I'm a benfica fan, a great team of portugal to support my team hockey team at afternoon and afterwards go on and support them at soccer in the stadium.

[@dekipet]

I never heard there is a Barcelona soccer club.

[@kJ922-h3j]

Which USA sports games do they sing the national anthem before though? I know they do before the super bowl was this the nba finals?

[@I_Evo]

I believe it's everything down to High School events. Very strange, in most other countries it usually has to be an international competition or some major final for the national anthem to be played.

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@I_Evo oh wow, I recently found out kids say together some patriotic thing at the start of EVERY school day too over there. If that’s true that is crazy lol

[@I_Evo]

@@kJ922-h3j The "One nation under God..." thing? In a country where there is supposed to be a separation of church and state.

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@I_Evo yeah I think that’s it, it’s ridiculous patriotism when you think of it

[@Tsass0]

Was that game at the start where they are sing the national anthem an international game?

[@alexandermills9965]

Sorry American's but in any sport you've ultras. It's the fans who coordinate with each other. Once again - Ultras from father to son.

[@zlaty46]

tiny explanation. I'm from the Czech Republic and I think it's all over Europe that the sport, especially football, is taken as a religion. therefore, the police are usually present at every major match because the fans are doing anything for the club, the fans hate each other for someone who does not grow up in who is better if Sparta or Slavia so it is a very difficult understanding

[@Dejan.1389]

Pre nekih mesec dana novinar je pitao Jokica "kako ste igrali pod takvim pritiskom" odgovor Jokica je bio jednostavan i smesan a on je glasio "ja sam igrao u Srbiji" ko se razume u kosarku razume ce i odgovor, Jokic MVP 2022!!!

[@Dejan.1389]

Za Partizan su igrali takve legende kosarke kao sto su: Aleksandar Sasa Dordjevic, Drazen Dalipagic, Vlade Divac, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojakovic, Zarko Paspalj, Predrag danilovic, Zoran Slavnic, Dragan Kicanovic...to je samo jedan mali deo Zvezda Srbije nek se jos neki klub pohvali ovakvim vrhunskim kosarkasima!!!

[@pedrocortez7546]

I am not a sociologist, but i am portuguese, thus, european. I would imagine that centuries of battles between european countries lead us to this overwhelming passion for sports...maybe? What do you think?

[@CrazyhorseDK]

welcome to Europe Let The Fun Begin

[@TomTomson81]

We work hard and celebrate harder.

[@johnhull1955]

Hi Guys, any chance you could increase the volume on the videos, please. It's not just this one it's most of them lately. Cheers

[@Kale050]

lots off these are fans from football clubs that also have basketball teams. or having basketball team from the same city, and they support them wen there isnt football match. in the tv show off Danny Dyer ( The Real Football Factories ) they are talking to some of those fans

[@dosescopetastengo6581]

That's not true, there are a lot of tradition of Basketball and supporters in Europe. Even in places like Greece, Turkey, Spain, Lithuania or Ex-Yugoslavian countries the teams are even older than any USA franchise.

[@RazvanCostea1977]

Every Aris game starts like this.

[@chrisspertos9784]

In the video the fans were in Greece. It's different in Europe. It's not about the sport itself..it's about the love of your club. Every club in Europe has soccer team, basketball team, volleyball team, water polo team and even ping pong team.... and the same fans attend all their teams games. Even women's volleyball. These fans are organized professional fans. Some are on the teams payroll. They make chants, they light up flares, small bombs, even Flare guns. These atmospheres don't happen in every game..just the European games were it's against another country or against their rivalries. Usually the bigger and richer the team..the more fans they have. The fans are die hard fanatics who would risk their lives for their clubs. In the game with such atmospheres there is no kids, moms, or families attending. The chants are usually vulgar. Attending these games your legs go numb from the electrifying atmosphere. To attend these games you got be ready for anything. No opposing fans attend. And the goal is to scare the crap out of the opposing team....and it works most of the time. The police don't interfere because riots break out. This is the true meaning of home court. I don't think a average basketball fan from the USA could handle this type of atmosphere.

[@19dec1981]

came here to hear "LIKE" every 3 words. wasn't disappointed.

[@ktmeric1985]

Quick note on the first video with Europe the fans are chanting some really offensive sh*t