European Players or USA, Who has the ADVANTAGE?? 👀

“We took their game and brought it over here.” Julius & PG discuss the European influence in the NBA. #shorts #juliusrandle #nba #knicks #fiba #euroleague #lukadoncic #basketball #paulgeorge #podcastp FULL EPISODE: • Julius Randle Keeps It...
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[@FLG00]

I feel like playing overseas is preparing you way better than here

[@cjwrench07]

That’s why the G-League option is way better than the regular US college system too, and it should be expanded somehow. Scoot is definitely going to be more prepared for the NBA, because he was against guys literally playing for an NBA job. His defense in his first G-League games compared to his last 15, is like an NBA rookie compared to a 3yr vet.

[@Whyyoineedahendle]

That’s why ex NBL players like Giddey and Lamelo ball get to the league and ball out

[@rbg2325]

@@cjwrench07I mean the only major g league prospect we’ve seen so far is Jalen green and he wasn’t NBA ready and still needs a lot of improvement to be considered a draft success

[@joshuahendricks7201]

@@rbg2325Jonathan Kuminga was on that same team too. Jalen Hardy was as well, and he saw a steady improvement in terms of minutes throughout last season. Everyone still needs more time to develop tho, so I see your point.

[@NazgulC]

@@cjwrench07there’s nothing to do with college ball or g league smh. It’s about how USA player develop. When ur players played hero basketball from their childhood to the end of high school, they r already used to that way, it’s difficult to change after 18 years old. That’s why USA players don’t know how to play team basketball. For Kobe, Lebron, KD, they dominated fiba cuz they r too good. But the USA players now, they r not good enugh to win fiba games just by their personal skills with international become so good.

[@siphillis]

I'd take any Euroleague team over any NCAA team. We vastly overrate how good college competition is.

[@CWJ0725]

seriously?? You are comparing professional adult athletes with part time college athletes?

[@Aj7th]

​@@CWJ0725that's his point tho, college is ass. It's only fun come march madness cus it's a knock off type competition.

[@tyleikelder8163]

@@Aj7thhis point is stupid. Of course professional players are going to be better than collegiate players, quite literally no one has ever challenged that sentiment

[@KSDraco5]

Wow full grown adults vs kids fresh outta high school😱

[@joshg4562]

You guys don't understand Europe is ass compared to the US. US Olympic teams used to send college kids and they shit on euro league teams.

[@steve13191]

I played football/soccer professionally and it’s the same concept. Our US players are so focused on the tangibles, the strength, height, wing span, vertical jump etc while the best players are who they are because of the intangibles. The vision, the first touch, body feints, awareness, decision making etc.

[@smallcheddar3012]

Where’d you play? I’m playing in college rn and yea so much of it is just a physical game lowkey was more technically focused playing club

[@davonderks8160]

not only the US players, the coaches as well. they spend to much time on physical stuff, and not nearly enought on fundamentals, like tactics basic techical drill.i played a hgh youtl league level and we went to training camp in the US and played D1 collegas for soccerand honestly not a single team would make it against similar age teams in europe at the same developmental level! hell out of the 5 teams we played maybe 1 player would be good enoughtto be selected in the team, not even play but selected to be part of the squad. physical theywere al great, but they all were 10 years behing in technical and tactical application. and the coaches were just dumb as shit!

[@harlan5339]

America is a society thats based off tangibles. That literally the difference in lifestyle. It’s superficial

[@jarrettthomas4865]

Exactly. Cause the tangibles translate to stats on paper. And that’s what everyone cares about. Because that’s what gets you paid (so they think). The intangibles like you mentioned, in my opinion, far superior.

[@GuillaumeRx]

@@jarrettthomas4865 Well, if you take football/soccer, i’m not even sure it translates to better statistics. Messi, Zidane, Iniesta, Kanté, Busquets, Xavi, Neymar, R9 aren’t freaks of nature by any stretch of the imagination (although some of them have unique physical abilities). Haaland or Cristiano fit that definition though. Athleticism seems to make less of a difference in Football than technical ability, vision, decision making, precision, etc. Although being fast, strong, explosive, and jumping high always helps, obviously. Messi would probably never have been drafted if Football/Soccer functioned like an American sport.

[@Justin-v2b]

FUNDAMENTALS > SKILLS EFFICIENCY > BAG BASKETBALL PLAYERS > HOOPERS

[@arthropod-doctor]

I agree that American basketball talent is generally better, mostly because the game has been evolving for much longer over here. But the European system is so much better when it comes to actually developing young talent. They have dedicated academies that players attend just for basketball. These academies scout kids from all over the continent. They function as full time boarding schools typically affiliated with professional teams, and they have specialists who give each kid a personalized training regimen after evaluating that kid's strengths, weaknesses, physiology, psychology, etc. Students also have constant access to nutritionists, state of the art workout equipment, and equally elite peers, among other things. Since the academies are usually affiliated with actual teams, they'll have junior teams for different age groups (U18, U17, U16), and select kids to take part in matches with the youth teams when they become good. The really good ones get selected for the senior teams. Since everybody's constantly competing with everyone else, it creates a pretty cutthroat atmosphere. This system is borrowed from the same academy system used in European football (y'know, the type of system that developed guys like Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, and Mbappe). I'd argue that the academy system is half the reason a lot of European players have managed to catch up to American players in terms of capability. It's a lot more effective at developing players than high school/AAU/NCAA. Luka Doncic was a student of Real Madrid's youth academy, and just look at how good he is. This is implausible, but if NBA teams followed the European model and created youth academies with junior teams, our player development would skyrocket.

[@Woody13woodpecker]

Correct, but then the colleges wouldn't get all that money...

[@arthropod-doctor]

​@@Woody13woodpeckerAbsolutely. The NCAA is an enormous organization, and the relationship between the NBA and NCAA is pretty mutually beneficial. It's still interesting to imagine just how much more elite our players would be if we had a more stringent development system. They're already some of the greatest talents in the world haha

[@FrancescoGiocoli-j6r]

So u want tò get RID of the draft? If every team has his own Academy, Who would benefit more Lakers or Hornets? Raptors or Warriors? Creating academies for teams Is Crazy every One deserve a chance to win , u can not force youngster into elite club and then say hey let"s draft the guy that spent 5 years in the Academy of La. Please take the european sistem which Is elite and force the weakest team tò be te weakest everytime in europe :) Just improve NCAA i don"t want Lakers being the real Madrid of the Nba no thank u

[@arthropod-doctor]

@@FrancescoGiocoli-j6r It's not feasible, but sure, I think it would be interesting to get rid of the draft and just have teams develop players from their own existing talent pools. In European academies, clubs can also buy players from other clubs. I'm not saying this system would work for the US, but I do believe it's interesting to imagine

[@FrancescoGiocoli-j6r]

@@arthropod-doctor so thanks tò draft teams like Cleveland Chicago and Utah exists, academies helps Just the elite guys , united state works different all deserve a chance, if u want to create an Academy it should be with NCAA at least and not based on teams but on the entire franchise and then using the draft to select the best player for the losing teams.

[@andysauro1500]

Americans problems come from being the top guy for 4-5 years and playing as the #1 option, to integrating into the NBA at the bottom and having to adjust as a roleplayer for years. Euros develop their players from the ground up.

[@impacc4182]

What’re you babbling about😂The US develops their players as well goof

[@JoelGarcia-lu3tw]

​@@impacc4182the top 4 players in the nba are all international.

[@impacc4182]

@@JoelGarcia-lu3tw as of today but what about lebron, kd, steph, Russ, etc? We’re they not developed into legends from the us? Y’all have like 4 guys and don’t know how to act lol

[@DiploAnnex]

@@impacc4182 Trust me, it's only gonna get worse for US. Just look at the superstar flow coming from EU in these recent years. Absolutely insane.

[@dekderepite2253]

@@JoelGarcia-lu3twum who? Luka aint even in the damn play offs. Giannis literally got swept, and and nuggets got a fluke win.

[@YvngGoat_]

That’s why Gregg Popovich loves them foreign players

[@kurosan0079]

He's gonna love coaching Wemby.

[@GreatestAlive29]

If you’re the best high school/college player, you’re always playing players who you’re better than. Going pro at 16/17 you’re always the underdog

[@SportStem]

During the 80s and before that here in the States, though we never had a structured academy system like they do overseas, we used to be drilled in fundamentals by even our PE Teachers and there were a series of basketball camps to attend to improve your game. Furthermore we had full freedom to play pick up games with and against much older and more experienced players. That was why when the NBA was considered an illegal league by FIBA and only allowed NCAA players to compete in the World Cup and the Olympics, which always made them the youngest team in those tournaments, used to dominate the much older and experienced teams and most of the college players at the time stayed 3-4 years in college. The closest thing to one-in-done players were guys who stayed 2 years until they were eligible for a hardship NBA draft. This is exactly what the members of the original Dream Team were products of. Compared to what we have now, what we had was much better for player development. Considering the resources that we have now, I think the best thing (this is ONLY my opinion) is if the NBA doesn't want to do the academy system like in Europe and other parts of the world, to have the NBA teams select the best travel so-called AAU teams (within the NBA team's geographic location)under their wings and control the player development, where and when to compete, control the number of games they should play to reduce the wear and tear of their bodies. For instance, the Boston Celtics would take the BABC AAU teams under their wing, the Knicks would run the Gauchos, the Rens and the Riverside Hawks and the Bulls run Mac Irvin Fire etc.

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

They'll never adopt an academy system because the colleges need that money but this would actually be a great way to make something similar to an academy system that would be implementable, the NBA teams could provide professional coaching for players at a young age, but I think the only way the NBA teams would actually be motivated to take it seriously is if they had some kind of special rights to these players at the draft or a different kind of reward for the amount of NBA talents they develop, otherwise they'd feel like they're helping to develop talent for their rivals, maybe some kind of rule that you have the draft rights to players outside the top 20 if they were developed in one of the colleges under your wing or something like that, but I can't think of a smart and practical way that would work rn.

[@kkrr3677]

European talent is higher the amount that grow up playing basketball is very small so the fact they have 3 of the top 5 players is crazy

[@vereyezon123]

The NBA is becoming the Premier League, its the place to be with the best players, but like the most of best players in the Premier League aren't British, soon the best players in the NBA won't be American, (Luka, Giannis, Jokic, Embiid and possibly Wembanyama.)

[@nighthawk3899]

Lifestyle is a big factor too..

[@blackgeekfandom]

Luka first instincts are the fundamentals over athleticism. Here, it's athleticism. College HC here look for the most athletic players and believe they can coach them on fundamentals. Does not work, though. Kentucky under John Calipari would always have the best players/draft class. Then, teams that were together longer within their school program would beat them in the tourney.

[@jarrettthomas4865]

Paul George needs to learn to shut up when he asks someone a question. Podcast basics 101

[@fadya.3660]

International rookies just come in so much more mature and well spoken than the rookies here too. Wembenyama carries himself like an adult already and so did Giannis, Jokic, Luka, etc. On average, they’re not the ones getting caught up with gun and stripper problems, let alone drug charges and domestic violence. Might be the education in other places because US education sucks

[@OldChanCharlie]

I really want to a see a basketball champions league incorporated sometime in the future

[@AchillesSword]

Kobe was the perfect blend 🐍

[@FLG00]

What

[@Sterling_holmes]

​@@FLG00From 6 till his father's pro basketball career ended, Kobe lived and played in Europe, he came back to America for a final year or two of Highschool ball before declaring for the draft

[@Dell_214]

Basketball is growing in Europe reason why a lot of top athletes are European and back then there wasn’t dirk was mvp but not many. More athletes more talent and bigger pool to select from

[@eanoworro1028]

Another advantage is that they let the "ream rise to the top" meaning that if youre good enough you can play pro's at whatever age. There's no "college level" that makes it politically necessary to take an extra step before hitting the league.

[@Hunnz.TJohnny]

Mike K, former coach of Duke basketball, use 2 have 4 shooters & 1 front court player on tha court back in tha days

[@donalddemo]

Great Podcast!!!!!

[@Dalvinjackson231]

Why doesn’t randle do this to his own game then and stop taking ridiculous shots

[@Sj24171]

If the world takes more serious about American sports than the us is not going to dominate anymore

[@gerardoparedes8239]

If the US would take football/soccer more serious EU teams would never win WC ever again it would be only Argentina, Brazil and US

[@Sj24171]

@@gerardoparedes8239 nah jajaj imagine a only a few European players are dominating almost a all American League 😂 the US lives in a bubble 😂

[@FrankHor101]

​@@Sj24171I am sorry to burst your bubble but Europe is not a country, Jokic is from Serbia, Doncic is from Slovennia, Giannis is nigerian. Then what? 😂😂 US can build 10 amazing teams for Olympics while EU teams can't even have 5 good players on court

[@cbf1plus868]

That’s like The Harlem Globetrotters Vs the NCAA champions, or 16th seed NBA Team Vs. The Euroleague Champions.

[@billyracoma7843]

The mindset what seperate the europian players like giannis, luka, jokic...,w nba americans wanted the highlights the fame the money the women

[@marvincotton1919]

D1 College Basketball, is basically Pro Basketball, without the money. However! Basketball is the main focus. Been a job!

[@wowsadowsa]

USA = better stars Europe = better team players The USA system of development breeds athleticism, highlights, and marketable skills. But we can tell that our team game has suffered as a result. We really need to adopt some of the FIBA rules to augment our game and development.

[@bcollins5011]

It's definitely an advantage for them vs here. I was 27 playing in D1 Europe playing against a 16-17 year olds busting they a*s, however the experience playing against me was greater than me. I got money but i didn't get better some games.

[@tonehart]

LaMelo came from overseas so yeah it does help better

[@dejonwarren5664]

The problem is the gap in athleticism fools a lot of people. The euroleague plays better basketball. The NBA and America breeds better athletes. When’s the last time you can remember a guy coming out of college as a top 2 pick because of his decision making and fundamentals? Maybe the 90s? I’m out in Paris right now. It’s the culture. In some ways, its stifling, but in most its freeing. There’s no focus on stardom, no sacrificing the team to be the #1. Everything they do out here seems to be about synergy, making everyone’s life easier if you have the option-and its not even so much out of generosity as it is the expectation. It feels like the richer areas of the South. Manners, precocious maturity, and family/team mentality. It’s really cool to see and I bet it has a lot to do with this.

[@dukec2255]

Luca dropped buckets on PG and kawhi

[@jamesbartholomew7664]

problem is the aau circuit, you don't play too win with your guys there, you play too get eyes on YOU and make some guy some money from adidas

[@monkeysbmean]

It’s because a star player in college might not be a star in the NBA so changing their game to be a role player when all they did was score is the issue. Like they said European players are already playing against pros aka get your fundamentals right or you’re useless to the team.

[@hikiz3329]

This is f-ed up. In the usa they have the absolute best conditions and in every state you have the perfect conditions to become the best you can, with so many college teams and beautiful facilities to just make the perfect conditions, meanwhile in Europe, it doesnt even come close. Even in Western Europe. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ABT EASTERN EUROPE, because it is PURE WILL to get out of there and is just unfathemably harder. I guess its just our spirit. But you cannot say we have it easier I didn't know some people are this unaware.

[@hasanalabdo8185]

The problem is basically the NBA, just create an actual basketball organization in every city. Imagine you can start ur journey at a “Golden State Warriors school” Play their and show off your talent at the age of 15-16 and then get invited to the first men team. If you are not that talented at 16, they send you to a second men team which is in the G-League and you then build up your skills there, while practicing with people ur age and older. Kick 14 and 15 seed teams out of the league and replace them with the regular season 1 and 2 seed from the G league.

[@ridgethomas1998]

Right. Basically

[@Sane240]

It’s way harder to score overseas with the rules they play with

[@rockiefrm33rd]

Juluis should go play over there and let the Knicks free up that cap space

[@TrueProphit]

The real advantage is the NBA rules changed to include a European style

[@JohnSmith-fv8qg]

Absolutely

[@dillonsparks115]

That's not true they added the playstyle but not the rules it's harder to score over there like luka said because it's more physical it's like 2000s over there

[@S1LVAW0LF]

college is really over rated in the USA man. there’s no way the highscool, aau, and college system here can compare to being a young guy for a club over there. plus they get paid too…..it’s basically a job for them by 14 15 if they are good enough. Soccer is similar in this sense where the club system produced players at better rates than the school system. Look at the USA national team now, none of them played college soccer practically, except Matt turner lol.

[@godrises8100]

Players here are more interested in getting a bag not advancing the game... European players will phase out American for good reason....

[@NoFaithNoGlory]

No disrespect but no. European play style does not look like NBA play style. Your offense is kinda stagnated. Most of plays on the NBA have 2 guys on the weak side doing nothing and waiting to get an open 3. If you do that in Europe you get your soul yelled out of your body by the coach. You won't just wait for the ball, you run for it. You cut, screen, fake cut, run, switch, pass, dribble hand off, whatever. You are not allowed to stay in the same spot more than 1 or 2 seconds bc defenders catch up. Our courts are smaller, it's easier to defend 1 pass away. The closets thing I've ever saw to European basket was when coach Ettore Mesina was assistant of coach Popovich. That .5 principle: half a second to shoot, pass or dribble, then you move. You put a lot of cross court pressure, Spanish pick and roll and all that. That's nice, your court is bigger, you don't need that much of movement. Your defense sistems are also more focused on 1vs1 and you are kind enough to let your rival cross the court before making serious pressure on the ball. We run full court defense and during a game we can switch from various defense sistems just so the rival has to figure them out and adapt. That's why Luka, Jokic and Giannis say it's easier to score in the NBA.

[@WalterModel45]

The thin in europe is tha Academys

[@jonathansykes4986]

100% Plus Euro game is much harder than any AAU / HS / CBall game.

[@hecticlungs4308]

you’re comparing professional euro players to high school kids in aau💀

[@iskindersam7834]

The gap is closing rapidly

[@Obama844]

They shud get bron on this 💀

[@FS84727]

Yeah most European leagues for all sports have 16-18 year olds playing grown ass men

[@Nate101ization]

Julius out here looking 50

[@incognito13567]

Bro...from 2019-2024 - 6 years and I don't see any USA MVP. Wtf are u lil bros talking bout ? Of course Europe has better players than USA. You'll see this also in the Olympics that USA will lose

[@gerardoparedes8239]

I am sorry to burst your bubble of dreams but Europe is not a country. Jokic is from Serbia, Doncic from Slovennia and Giannis is nigerian. When Team USA started to take Olympics serious and sending their best players they just have lost once and it was not against an European Team, it was Argentina, you got mad US don´t care what EU teams do but you do not pay attention to other non-EU teams that will beat them in the Olympics like Canada and Australia.

[@bosshogg0713]

Europe letting kid play pro is an advantage but it mean nothing in the US. The NBA stopped kids from playing in the NBA. The last kid to come into the NBA from high school was Lebron James......KG was dope Kobe was dope TMAC was dope Dwight Howard...the list goes on. Basketball in the US is way more competitive, and physical. Look at what happens when our number 1s play in the Olympics it is an easy sweep.

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

Players could go pro in the US much earlier too, the problem is that in the US there are 330 million people but only around 1'000 pro basketball players because there's literally only 2 professional leagues for an entire continent, in Europe meanwhile there's a professional league (or several) for almost every country, meaning there's waaaay more basketball pros, leagues and teams, therefore way more spots for upcoming young talents, if the US had even close to that many professional leagues players could go pro younger and would be much more ready for the NBA by the time of the draft. So much talent in the country but only 1'000 players can play professionally what a waste of talent

[@jpcoqueran]

There's no pampering over there for one.

[@vanielofeodh877]

European players have the advantage, it's pretty obvious to me. First they train and play for a local club, not a school or a university. Their education and their sport aspirations aren't co-dependant. Second if they're good enough, they can play in an age class above from their early teens so they face better competition, earlier and more often than their USA counterparts. Third some become professional before 18 y.o because they're so good, they train with the pro and get used to the professional level whatever their age is. In the USA when you train with the pro, you already are a pro.

[@necronomecron79]

I have drinking game called “Fundamentals”

[@SmittyWerbenJagermannJensen]

Sayin we took their game and brought it over here is hilarious considering they took our game and brought it over there. Almost like this stuff comes full circle.

[@Funnycircleda]

Advantage is pay lol 😂

[@mafiozoesaxs3228]

Julius looks wise for his age

[@thunderapple5368]

Euroleague is better the NBA, just play a match with European champions and nba champion and see. Nba is all about flashy moves and who can do the craziest move and stunt

[@MadMan-vs2mc]

Coping hard.

[@williamcobbett4943]

Kek true

[@_mgslim]

European have a more fearless approach because they play older pros

[@mzili9470]

I cheereed more in this manga than I did watching Dragon ball Super

[@heyah1447]

90% of Europeans play soccer before they play basketball, so their footwork is already top tier

[@milosavpavlovic7548]

Not all Euro schools are the same Yugoslavian is the best.

[@coolice6382]

Why is the United States only one consider Is top tear talent

[@TheTribe8080]

We just have a lot better players it’s why we win the Olympics every year.

[@jonathansykes4986]

We have the 3rd largest population in the entire world.

[@TheTribe8080]

@@jonathansykes4986 That doesn't mean anything. The reason we're better is because most of us grow up playing basketball, while the rest of the world grows up playing soccer. It's the same reason the Canadians dominate Hockey.

[@josh35292]

@@jonathansykes4986 so China, India would dominate us if it was for population

[@coolice6382]

European basketball player are far better at the game

[@hbrotha1866]

What’s all this interruption 😂

[@ΑΛΗΘΙΝΗΦΡΑΓΚΟΥ]

Europe is better than nba

[@jIvEztImE]

But thats what college is for lmao

[@DiorInEveryStore]

I love overseas basketball but this overrating it to push a narrative gotta stop

[@g.o.a.tsports2880]

US players are 100x better but the European players are 100x more unselfish

[@smokejones4484]

AAU ruining the American talent

[@robk6831]

Bro, just say that AAU is the problem. Because it is.

[@luigiramirez1974]

Brother, the euro players run loops round the nba dont give me that "we have better talent" bs lol

[@HaruTch4303]

if luka, a european player himself who literally won an mvp in euroleague and an mvp in final four, said that the nba has better talent, then the nba has better talent.

[@TheJabukasiga]

yeah your talent in US is better, so get US dream tam vs European best - good luck to US ;dddddd

[@shan8245]

and since kd steph and bron are old no one wants to talk about europeans are the new face of the NBA now ja zion is doing their job on being a dum dum and them kobe wannabes booker and tatum is not it man thank god for europeans

[@nickthefox72]

The fans are better in Europe. In the states you see big things done by fans but only along with piped music. In Europe you have spontaneity and no piped music. They don’t bother with all the “patriotism” 💩 of flag waving and national anthem at every game. It’s unnecessary and should only be played at a final. Performing national anthem and waving the flags constantly is disrespectful and cheapens it. Also American sports in general are not about passion but strictly business with commercials,burgers and over hyped glitz. Things you do NOT need of your product is good enough. It’s why there’s so much of it in the NFL because the sport itself is utter garbage compared to the likes of Rugby which is a true world sport

[@christheclamper6614]

No the only adavntage is your guys genes but the basketball iq goes to the eruos

[@greedy4cash]

I thought bro was funny marco no bs

[@Berry_Honest]

Euro basketball is garbage and boring to watch just like the nba now

[@immanuelcunt7296]

Its also more people outside america than in it

[@alehlete830]

in euope u pla ychampions league absketball other countiressssssssssss

[@goonerizm]

US sports fkn SUCK and its SO watered down and SOFT. Even Kobe said European basketball is better

[@clydebroaddus4420]

In the European league, they play team basketball like the original NBA . Teams run plays and stress fundamentals. They listen to the coach.

[@nate8604]

Coaches actually know how to coach over there is more like it. Dudes ain’t gonna listen if ya philosophy isn’t working.

[@levyshi]

Original NBA 😂. Passes and assist per game have gone up.

[@abdallasiidi9449]

​​@@nate8604o why aren't NBA teams poaching euroleague coaches? Euroleague coaches would yell at players some times even slap some sense into them. I don't think guys like Embiid and Booker would like that kind of treatment

[@Woody13woodpecker]

@@abdallasiidi9449 Zeljko Odradovic, the greatest basketball mind, was invited many times over to the States, but he refused, and was smart to. You CAN'T TELL ANYTHING to someone paid 30+ mill per year, and Zeljko would bench his star at a heartbeat if he didn't play the right way! And to hear him cursing them up and down, the US stars would either knock him down, or cry like little girls! Check out: coach Obradovic yelling at players, It's funny as hell!

[@swavey4435]

@@levyshibecause the scoring has gone way up dumb dumb. Games have gone from ending in the 90s to ending with both teams hitting 140 and you’re surprised there’s more assists

[@hb-robo]

There is no advantage to growing up against top talent when neither you nor them know how to play the right way until you get to the league. European players know their entire lives.

[@NazgulC]

Exactly, g league is even worse than college ball. When they play college ball, at least they will play some team basketball. But imagine that a top high school player go straight to g league, n still play hero ball like high school, That’s defo a wrong way

[@macthedude9457]

they’re also a lot more mature. they aren’t as focused on fame or material things as young American players

[@Robert-pt1ld]

Facts!

[@ammonquitalig9077]

Still waiting for luka to be in better shape tho

[@impacc4182]

That’s a pretty broad claim. So all Americans are focused on is fame when they’re in college? You foreigners are hilarious

[@randyp8849]

@@ammonquitalig9077I’m waiting for Jokic to have shredded six pack abs. We’ll have to settle for a championship instead.

[@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE]

​@@randyp8849 congratulations you have figured out that everyone has a different "healthy weight" which means you must have figured out that Jokić attained said weight after he gassed out in the Bubble and a few years later won a championship whereas Dončić has not yet managed to do so over an entire season and coincidentally has not won a championship therefore you understood what @ammonquitalig9077 said and agreed rather than making a dumbass snide remark lol oh wait

[@beanuugly1753]

Lol I mess with PG podcast, but this man know he going to ask a question and then answer it himself 😂😂

[@diegomagellan]

Mmhmm

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

It’s been that way for awhile to be honest. Popovich was dipping his hand in overseas talent for YEARRSSS! He always loved their fundamentals & team mindset.

[@Woody13woodpecker]

Correct, he even steals offense from one Zeljko Odradovic, the best basketball mind no one outside Europe has heard.( Besides coaches, of course) There's a video about it on YT

[@dekderepite2253]

U dumb? Guy had tim duncan and you mentioning european role players

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

@@Woody13woodpecker yup. I believe he has a coaching clinic on YT too. Zelijko is a beast

[@Mr.Sax.]

​@@Woody13woodpecker Yes, the angry red man with 9 euroleagues.

[@speedwagon6-e1b]

Euroleague has been ahead of the game in terms of offense and spacing for the last 20 years. There are tons of full euroleague replays of past games you can find on youtube

[@Amphibiousmage]

PG asks him a question and then answers the question himself 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Cjust15]

I was waiting for someone to notice that 😂

[@ubadman1]

It's not that they are playing professionally it's that they are receiving better coaching as opposed to AAU culture and the kids play under a shot clock in Europe as early as 9 and 10. That makes a huge difference

[@mus434]

Fundamentals is what it is, AAU is a showcase!

[@JohnSmith-fv8qg]

None of these players have great fundamentals. They constantly break the rules and are rewarded for it.

[@mus434]

@JohnSmith-fv8qg And that's the problem I have with College 🏀, they get to the pros and have to work on simple shit that they should have been working on in college preparing to be a pro, tats what I love about Coach Prime in football he p7sh thise guys to do it the right way and your talent will kick in!!!!!

[@tj4lyfe64]

​@@JohnSmith-fv8qgyall just don't watch ball😂yall watch who they put in your face and run with it 💯 most definitely some highly skilled players developed here and the reason why most foreign players are more skilled is because they have to be in order to even make it

[@dillonsparks115]

​@@tj4lyfe64bro kobe has stated that it's better over there Americans are developed 1v1 highlight real players all euro players know how to play the game fundamentaly most Americans don't even know how to set a proper screen until they get unto the nba

[@BlindSwami_]

It's not as much of a show over there. It's all about winning and finding the best ways to make your team successful.

[@kurosan0079]

Europe's method of preparing young players is way better than whatever bs the AAU is doing. Imagine if Jalen Green spent his teen years under a European basketball club. He would be a monster today.

[@Triumphant144]

AAU just about making money. They don’t care about developing athletes.

[@onlyfacts3178]

no he wouldnt....cant teach fundamentals to dumb players...

[@prolific1518]

He would be unheard of nobody. Europe doesn't produce talent.

[@tarrenceconyers6548]

That’s why Lamelo was a dog till the Ball family injury genes kicked in

[@markymark6928]

Euro players coming so skilled to NBA..euro player's are the future!

[@gogigrk5211]

in Usa is about how high you can jump not how you read the game.

[@MrSoda007]

In all sports in Europe if you are good enough you are getting top level coaching from the age of 8-10, personally I was getting professional coaching from 10 at my local football club

[@MrGuruDaClownHunter]

Who's gonna be BRAVE 💪 ENUFF TO bring the BACK 2 DA BASKET CONCEPT BACK 2 Modern Basketball ‼️😂😆😅🤣 That'll stop all this up & down (🐂-💩) But games will be ugly, and thats when polictics are involved ‼️😂😆😅🤣

[@astronewton1995]

It’s a crazy story line with the NBA, Steph globalized the 3 point shot and then next you see these euro guys come in with some fundamentals it’s so crazy.

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Yeah i think its from the cause and effect of letting the guys do more IE more fouls. Back in the day basically the more stronger or bigger guy won but the new rules allows guys to use their skills not just strength or force. I don’t think steph wouldve made it back in the day because of how physical it was they wouldnt let his shooting going making him very uncomfortable every shot

[@maxdurk4624]

What on Earth are you talking about

[@ljtk1490]

The 3pt shot was always in the international game, It just took years for the NBA to realise that 3s were better than long contested twos. Because of the illegal defence rule players didnt have to learn how to shoot. It was specifically designed to benefit superstars so they couldnt be double teamed, because the NBA is an entertainment league before it is a sport. Also the defensive 3 second rule made it so bigs didnt have to learn to shoot aswell so opossing bigs couldnt jam the paint.

[@immanuelcunt7296]

​@@jusbertmeza4424Bullshit skill was very highly used back then

[@maxdurk4624]

@@ljtk1490 I agree with everything you said except for the first sentence. The international game was more of a pick and roll, spread the floor game than the American game was, but I think it was more because the line was closer, the refs called fouls in a way that made it harder to drive/post up (if you remember Tim Duncan basically rage quit international ball after '04 because of how it was reffed), there were less players with size, zones were allowed, and you can knock the ball off the rim. I don't think they were ahead of the curve in terms of looking at the game mathematically.

[@MrGuruDaClownHunter]

Julius, you need to try it sometime ‼️😂😆😅🤣 You Almost 10 yrs deep in the NBA & you can't go RIGHT ‼️😂😂😆😆😅😅🤣

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

American sports focus too much on developing athleticism instead of technique and team ball imo

[@GJ-dv8uq]

seems like guys from countries that predominantly play soccer have the best footwork. look at Luka, Embiid, Ginobili etc

[@miyagi-masters143]

Love this podcast, keep it up!