Mark Cuban Defends European Basketball Player's IQ vs Americans And Kevin Durant vs Dennis Schröder

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@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

Kobe tried to tell everybody and they wouldn’t listen.

@Icecube88 Ай бұрын

true

@TobyKBTY Ай бұрын

Kobe always knew what was up

@uncandcpshow Ай бұрын

Facts!

@aaronalvarado2481 Ай бұрын

Some of us are old enough (and not brainwashed) to have already understood this 30+ years ago.

@JimmySleeze3k Ай бұрын

Yet the USA continue to win gold

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

“I just think European players are just way more skillful” - Kobe January 3rd, 2015

@TCthaCrisis Ай бұрын

You guys just want them to be so bad.

@malikwilson7387 Ай бұрын

@@TCthaCrisisfacts Europeans will never be better

@cdwalk Ай бұрын

@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m WOW!!! That means something coming from Kobe

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

@@TCthaCrisisDid Kobe lie? Because how come the last 6 MVPs have been European/international players?

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

@@malikwilson7387Then how come the last 6 MVPs have been European/international players?

@Cynsham Ай бұрын

american basketball culture is centered around athleticism, iso plays and highlight reels. european basketball is focused on fundamentals, ball movement, off ball play, and playing as a TEAM.

@timkruse9912 Ай бұрын

yeah too much individualism in american basketball culture

@SLSMe Ай бұрын

A late 30’s something Dwight Howard shut down Jokic in his prime

@eghoseisiramen1892 Ай бұрын

@@SLSMestop it. Jokic was not in his prime at that point

@jolantakatiniene6683 Ай бұрын

@@SLSMedwight howard is also a sexcase 😂

@official_7313 Ай бұрын

@@SLSMe1. Jokić wasn't in his prime. 2. It wasn't Dwight (Men Raper) Howard but they played 3 Centers in their Rotation on Jokić. 3. It's a Team Sport. 4.Individually Jokić achieved more then Howard ever will.

@troybradley2575 Ай бұрын

They’re playing team ball as opposed to individual ball

@Gianni-u1f Ай бұрын

Yep

@HighlightReelFactory Ай бұрын

I was about to say the same. Even LeBron wondered why some people were doing certain drills

@Zay-i1l Ай бұрын

@@HighlightReelFactory Lebron plays team ball

@HighlightReelFactory Ай бұрын

@@Zay-i1l that's my point

@Zay-i1l Ай бұрын

@@HighlightReelFactory your point failed

@CJacHoops60 Ай бұрын

Played 4 years in Spain 🇪🇸 the highest IQ basketball I have seen in my life

@facts2676 Ай бұрын

What clubs did you play in?

@fgpsychology Ай бұрын

Thank you, we try hard 🇪🇸

@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke Ай бұрын

The Olympics says it all. You can take one/two amazing guys with a bunch of role players and they can hang against a team full of superstars.

@curtiszyr Ай бұрын

Lmao

@nikolakranjcevic4563 Ай бұрын

You may be right but we talk about Europe as such if you did selection of biggest EU players that game would be interesting. Luka, Giannis, Wemby, Joker, Sabonis, Bogdanovic and so on. That would be also team full of stars :)

@Micisonit 28 күн бұрын

Was about to say this @@nikolakranjcevic4563

@Paddl897 18 күн бұрын

@@curtiszyrso why didn‘t the US dominate more? Or you wanna say the US wanted to make it close in the Olympics despite having by far the best roster?

@bgdabg6769 13 күн бұрын

Despite the fact that USA is not doping tested like other countries because of their influence. It's not the situation on the world cup. Did you win there?

@Wraith3100 Ай бұрын

The difference between European and American players is one word, patience

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@Wraith3100 Nien

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@Wraith3100 Who was 11-0? The inpatient? Lol

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@Wraith3100 This is mayonnaise babbling. You text as if a European team won. Make it make sense, please.

@tomodomo1000 Ай бұрын

true.

@jolantakatiniene6683 Ай бұрын

@@Iandheisheresays the cheeseburger swallower 😂

@LucilleMedina-lw1xu Ай бұрын

Shannon, come to a Nuggets game in Denver so you can see the Joker in person

@Gianni-u1f Ай бұрын

Yep

@HomerunsamSOSA Ай бұрын

He went to a laker game when Jokic played there

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

European basketball focuses more on team play, ball movement and outside shooting. There’s more of a priority on fundamentals and execution. Whereas in America, there’s more of an emphasis on athleticism, one on one play and of course the famous slam dunks.

@KeithCloss33 Ай бұрын

Facts.

@l9ikjam Ай бұрын

So dallas and denver have a lot of ball movement? Both euro players are ball dominate. No ball movement on either team

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

@@l9ikjamNah Jokic isn’t ball dominant like Luka is.

@l9ikjam Ай бұрын

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m there are a lot of times where jokic is only on the court trying to get assist

@ifyjoanna Ай бұрын

The first 40 years of American basketball was teamwork ball movement fundamentals. After dr j, jordan, America has fallen in love with the athleticism. Nothing wrong with that. Now European players are somewhat in their first 40 years even though they been playing for a lot longer. At some point Europeans are gonna be in love with athleticism over fundamentals.

@soluscristus1 Ай бұрын

Europe is developing talent using the soccer club model. Luka Doncic entered the Real Madrid program at age 13. America passes children from city league, to middle school, to high school, to university. Long term development is almost impossible unless your dad is coaching you and taking responsibility for your development.

@RubbaDuckie32 Ай бұрын

Been wondering, any sports club in US, (maybe excluding football/soccer) dont have academy program that can promote youth prospect to the main team, do they?

@houseofvenusMD Ай бұрын

@@RubbaDuckie32Nope. The big 5 sports leagues in the US recruit directly from public and private middle schools and high schools. They were able to do so for so long because American sports operate on the Franchise/Major-Minor system. In Europe clubs are connected via promotion/relegation and the professionalization occurs younger (between ages 9 to 18).

@greggreyes6869 3 күн бұрын

@@RubbaDuckie32 cause it will clash with their high school and college system that they have in place.

@SummitSprint Ай бұрын

Because in Europe we don't watch sport to be entertained. We watch it in the hope that our team wins. We are entertained only from winning. End of story. We are not happy if we loose. we don't go to game to watch a specific player, we go to watch and support the team. In Europe you are thought that the team is always no1. there is no star player, the team is the star.

@billysummers1616 Ай бұрын

Watch it in hopes your team wins..... So you've been disappointed in the Olympics since 2008?......

@SummitSprint Ай бұрын

@@billysummers1616 haha no. My fav European team is Panathinaikos. and for national team I support Serbia even though I am Romanian. When your team exceeds expectations you can't be disappointed.

@karlanthonymargate7362 Ай бұрын

Exactly. Which is why I don't get why people complain about load management. If I'm the home team, I would be so happy if the lakers come and lebron and AD isn't playing because they are load managing.

@AlMA-od5ns Ай бұрын

lol does this also apply to all the Man City & Madrid fans (given the generalization of your comment on all sports)? As a German I can certify this comment as cap. While it’s true that European sports teams tend to have a deeper cultural/ historical connection to the region they’re in (unlike in the US where teams will often rotate cities), saying that fans don’t watch the sport to be entertained is ridiculous. There’s a difference between passion & obsession, and I don’t think classifying fans in Europe as obsessed is a proper classification

@SummitSprint Ай бұрын

@@AlMA-od5ns never ment to say they are obsessed just we don't look at sport as entertainment. as European I consider entertainment, movies, music, art, theatre, etc, but not sport. I watch sport for the beauty of sport, for the spartan element, for pushing the limit further. but I can't say I am ever entertainted. Even when I am neutre watching cycling I appreciate the strength and fighting element.

@edwards.8453 Ай бұрын

The song Mark Cuban is talking about in the beginning is called Big Dawgs and is extremely popular right now.

@TobyKBTY Ай бұрын

Europe isn’t chasing highlights and trends. They’re after fundamentals and understanding the game

@thanossnap4170 16 күн бұрын

Excactly. Here, sport is not about entertainment and spectacle. It's about the sport, and the passion.

@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Ай бұрын

Jokic plays team basketball and he can also play off ball and set screens/picks properly and correctly.

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Chokich lol

@crepinhauser5274 Ай бұрын

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@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@crepinhauser5274 Mayonnaise babbling.

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@crepinhauser5274 Chokich is not special. He can screen well lol

@Iandheishere Ай бұрын

@@crepinhauser5274 Joker's the best. He screens well 🤣

@gal3930 Ай бұрын

Love Cuban but I'm sorry to say that's too basic (high level) of an analysis. Not enough practice? I'm privileged to have played pretty much all around (Spanish middle school, American HS, Spanish national team under ages, American university, Spanish and French pro divisions)... and it is definitely not a matter of practicing more or less. My clear conclusion was the lack of overall diversity and ball knowledge of American coaches and assistants. Running extremely basic plays, practicing repetitive sets without clear focus on what is trying to be improved, sticking to very 'old school' approaches to the game and/or over relying on 1:1 basketball. 'IQ' is not enhanced simply by 'practicing more', but by practicing better

@crepinhauser5274 Ай бұрын

Maybe he meant practicing all posts vs just one? I don't know, mentioning his 13 yo kid every two seconds doesn't speak that highly of his ball knowledge (unless we hear of Jake Cuban as a draft prospect in 4-8 years)

@y40ll 12 күн бұрын

Jokic doesn't have athleticism? Athletics is not just high jump and sprint. Jokić is not a racehorse, but a workhorse. Strong and durable! His stamina is incredible, and the strength to move almost any player in the post.

@daviddudukovic2430 Ай бұрын

It’s true, European basketball is more about team plays, a lot of coach involvement. Whereas in the US a lot of times they let the individual talent, which is off the charts, take over.

@curtiszyr Ай бұрын

You guys just say anything 😂

@KeithCloss33 Ай бұрын

No lies told. I've been saying this for years.

@gtdr5616 Ай бұрын

A country that treats its Sports as entertainment first, will always lose against a continent that treats Sport as a competition. Did you know that in a way, Sport tournaments replaced wars in Europe? When England is playing Germany in a Football game, the excitement is through the roof in both countries. Americans don´t really understand that, but give it some time. When you get better at Football or Europe gets even closer in Basketball, you will feel the heat :P

@PYHUFNY Ай бұрын

Correct. When I watch NBA games, I'm always surprised to see fans singing and dancing even if their team is down by 30. This could never happen in Europe. In Spain, France or Italy, people would probably boo their own team. In Serbia, Greece or Turkey, they would throw projectiles on the court.

@jackjax7921 27 күн бұрын

Europeans are skillful? Cant even beat a 39 year old LeBron.

@PYHUFNY 27 күн бұрын

@@jackjax7921 Because Europe is not a country, Bozo. All the best european players are not in the same team. Lol. Team USA begged a guy from CAMEROON to play with them. It's pathetic.

@PYHUFNY 27 күн бұрын

@@jackjax7921 Europe is not a country, kid. Best european players are not in the same team. Team USA begged a guy from CAMEROON to play with them. What a joke.

@AnaInTh3Sky Ай бұрын

Also: Club + federated League structure. In Europe there are official leagues at every level and talent is spotted and nurtured waaaaay earlier. All the euro clubs have teams going all the way down to 7-8 year-olds. Until the US adopt a similar approach, international players will keep taking more and more spots in the NBA.

@kadzait72 Ай бұрын

Camera work bit over the top! Class interview!

@JuventinaHannah Ай бұрын

Kobe who grew up in Italy always preached this after he retired, he warned everyone about how Europeans were coming.... Maybe the only American star to ever appreciate the coaching and fundamental development in Europe and why he will always be more loved than LeBron globally. Makes me sad actually that clowns like Shaq, Draymond, KD etc... Feel its so easy the trash European ballers, i bet Kobe would have stuck up for them over US players who think they're only good because they have elite athleticism no actual skill.

@limbeboy7 Ай бұрын

Pride comes before the fall. Allow the Americans to keep thinking they're the best at everything

@AnnieB8844 Ай бұрын

They trash European players because they are hurting/insecure/scared. KD has been an insecure diva since the beginning because he has not lived up to the expectations.

@billysummers1616 Ай бұрын

4 straight golds......

@Mahomeboy Ай бұрын

All European and foreign stars today idolise Lebron.

@Salah-fq2wi Ай бұрын

@Mahomeboy He's the face of the league it makes sense to say that. The rest of the world love Kobe.

@PanagiotisVourtsas Ай бұрын

True story Respect 💯💯💯..R.i.p..Mamba...Kobe Bryant

@Micwood16 Ай бұрын

They are told that it’s a team sport from the beginning, yet we believe to make it we have to be Jordan. Just go to a LA Fitness and play with randoms at least one person not passing the ball no matter what

@juriiboyoka5557 Ай бұрын

1:10 in Europe, boys in team U15 and lower , We got 3-4 practice trainning per week(we going to school day to day ) , and 1 game in Saturday or Sunday , like proffesional leaque basket in Europe Practice its mean - individual skill set, and team defense and offense playing 4pracitce per weak- to 1 full game USA 4-5 games per week, zero practice as team

@zkitxo8848 Ай бұрын

Homeboi heard Big Dawgs by Hanumankind, dope.

@christopherhussmann8698 Ай бұрын

Dirk was one of the European Beast!

@kyleharrison713 Ай бұрын

When Shaq hits two free throws in a row you know its over lol.

@jeraldhammond303 Ай бұрын

Hello keep up the great interviews and sections. You have great chemistry with your guests.

@leetraviusmckay314 Ай бұрын

"DWade goes to the free throw line 973 times" 🤣

@diegolove173 Ай бұрын

I still believe that Euroleague current top 6 would do extremely well in the NBA

@suresai1021 Ай бұрын

0:43 @hanumankind going places man cuban is one of a kind

@xanderdiwa2996 Ай бұрын

I don't think Europian are more skillful than Americans, but they definitely smarter when it comes to playing basketball, they play the game the right way.

@fdhfghfgrhrrth Ай бұрын

I think it has to do with being born with maybe less than ideal athleticism they have to learn ways to play. A lot of American players are born with natural athleticism so they don’t develop their game because they dominate in their younger years

@antemercep8844 Ай бұрын

@@fdhfghfgrhrrth There were some very athletic players in Europe, its not really the issue here. The issue is the game here is taught and played differently. Played differently like this, first its all about the team, second coach is the law not players or stars, and third win is what matters and not your personal stats. And now about learning game, at least I can say of when I played and when I was kid which was when Kukoc played in Chicago (he is from my home town), every single player learned post moves be it big or small, everyone learned tactic, everyone learned how to pass the ball efficiently, how to minimize mistakes and turnovers, shooting FT's. We worked a lot on those basic skills and if coach would see you try some flashy move more time than not it was bench time. In US youngsters are more focused on highlights, flashy dunks or assists, breaking ankles and shooting deep threes. Dont get me wrong those are all skills but its way of skipping the game of basketball, skipping the tactics. Kids get athletic and to fast, they move into drive to fast and committed and can't stop any more. Its a game of basketball not just sprint or high jump competition. To much speed without control usually create mistakes and prevents you from reading game good.

@Lazone5 Ай бұрын

@@fdhfghfgrhrrth😂Europe is a big continent not everyone is built the same that comment just sounds stupid the only difference is the USA has the size of a continent too pick players of course it will be easy having top players

@bgdabg6769 13 күн бұрын

@@fdhfghfgrhrrth🤣 As a Serbian I can only compare us to USA people as superior in any sense, physical, intellectual. You can easily see people from Europe dominate NBA and you make statement how they have to find ways , bla, bla... Do you know how giant Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Montenegro people are? Dutch average heights? USA athleticism 😂 Try to join world doping testing for the Olympics to see the results. Never mind, you can always buy the best players so you would be good again 😂

@danieljovacon8626 Ай бұрын

You have to be a willing, gifted and high IQ passer most of the time. Jokic - Antetokounmpo - Doncic Top U.S. guys who are next in line still on that killer mentality and less of a passing threat. Tatum - Edwards - Morant The only U.S. players in my opinion who are all around type like Lebron: Cunningham - Banchero - Haliburton

@jamesmaguire9518 Ай бұрын

I can see why players like mark cuban. I feel like most people with billions arent the greatest of people... but i feel like mark is a good guy.

@LiamPower-cj9qv Ай бұрын

Can't say I've ever seen a player from India in my life 😂😂

@pbalma Ай бұрын

Embiid is not a European player. Never played in Europe. One year in college + NBA. French threw citizenship at him hoping he would play for their national team. He was more interested in a gold medal. Are we that prone to generalizations that an African is called a European player? An African-born superstar who modeled his game after one of the greatest African players of all time, Hakeem 'the Dream' Olajuwon. It's time to acknowledge that Africa is going to be the next basketball powerhouse. And welcome it. And foster it. And acknowledge it. And discuss it.

@thomaswargnier2562 Ай бұрын

I was a bit shocked that he included Embid among the European players. Indeed Embid is Cameroonian, American and only got the French citizenship a few years ago but has himself never lived here. That being said I'd like to correct your assessment. If France and mostly the French basketball federation was really keen on the potential of having Embid play for the national team, he himself, at the time, showed that he was eager to achieve the same goal. Here's an abstract of the letter he sent to no other than French President, Emmanuel Macron: « Après discussions avec la Fédération française de Basket-ball, mon choix est désormais arrêté. Je souhaite engager les démarches pour obtenir une naturalisation française et ainsi être sélectionnable avec les Bleus. Je ne souhaite en conséquence jouer pour aucune autre équipe nationale. » If you don't read French, it says: "After talking with the French basketball federation, my choice is made. I wish to start the process to get the French citizenship that would allow me to get selected by the French national team. Thus, I don't want to play for any other national team." As the saying goes, it takes two to tango, and Embid was very much part of it. I guess he then decided that he had better odds to win the Olympics by playing for the US. I think it was the right choice. He has more links to the US than to France. It would have felt weird to see him play for a country that he doesn't really know even if it would have been a major addition to the French team.

@NateJenkins3 Ай бұрын

Somebody want to tell these guys that Joel Embiid is from Cameroon which is in Africa, not Europe. 🤔

@canoli8 Ай бұрын

If Jokic wasn't a great athlete, he wouldn't be playing at the highest level. It just looks different. You can't back down AD and guys like that without athleticism

@chris3141084 Ай бұрын

973 times, I checked it was 981

@jeezy3765 Ай бұрын

Same thing with soccer in Europe

@kylelaforest9919 Ай бұрын

And basketball/ football/ baseball in the US

@jeezy3765 Ай бұрын

@@kylelaforest9919 no

@rishabshetty4620 Ай бұрын

Mark cuban shouting out Hanumankind! I love it

@jayg199zero Ай бұрын

USA’s best players get to be on one team. EU’s best are dispersed over many country teams. Let’s have USA v EU All Stars and see!

@mufasa2009 Ай бұрын

That's silly

@joachimmahoudeaux8619 9 күн бұрын

Nah really let’s see: Lebron Steph Anthony Kevin Jayson vs Luka Joker Wemby Dennis Giannis, still sure USA wins ?😅

@juzzytin86 Ай бұрын

Those Thunder 4s are LIT

@OSnoopySnoop1 Ай бұрын

BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS WHILE US AMERICANS ARE MORE ABOUT LOOKIN' KOOL & FLASHY & ARE STYLES OF PLAYIN'=DID YOU SEE THAT KOOL MOVE I JUST DID 🤔😏😂

@cdwalk Ай бұрын

Well....that is true. I tell my Sons to be obsessed with techniques and being fundamentally sound. The highlights will come...some if not most of that is in game instincts. So concentrate on fundamentals.

@malikwilson7387 Ай бұрын

@OSnoopySmoop1 that's a lie The Olympics just proved Americans are better

@malikwilson7387 Ай бұрын

@@cdwalkno it ain't

@cdwalk Ай бұрын

@@malikwilson7387okay, have a great evening.

@Jeremy.hollister Ай бұрын

One of the many reasons of why primetime NBA was the 90s during Jordans era....players did crossovers and etc not to embarrass other players but to score.....no wasted movement

@azzie_tv5708 Ай бұрын

also, in soccer too much pressure from parents in little Ligue , that's why kids are not technically good , as soon as the kid get the ball parents start screaming at him and telling him what to do

@zoxtogamer Ай бұрын

Indianapolis 2002 and Bodiroga

@leetraviusmckay314 Ай бұрын

"i thought this was going to be a fun interview" 🤣

@cameronadams1242 Ай бұрын

Basketball is becoming a more global sport as the years go on. With the NBA's promoting of their league a lot of people internationally start becoming fans and playing basketball. The number of American players in the NBA is going to continue to become less as more people around the world are playing basketball

@MasterTwig1 Ай бұрын

It's also a cultural thing.. Americans are way more used to playing basketball as a streetgame which means they play more on their own responsibility and have to rely on themselves (hence the handles and athletisism) while you see a lot less basketball on the streets of europe which therefore means that euros play more in a controlled and coached environment (hence less entertaining and more IQ). On top of that there is also the cultural difference in how the braging/trash talking and entertainment is viewed on the two continents. In europe these things are more frowned upon which means you're less rewarded for selfish behaviour even if it's entertaining.. heck they tried to put on Helene Fischer (a very popular german singer) as a halftime show in a Bundesliga game once and it was a disaster for her. The entire crowd just whistled and booed for the entire performance so no matter how popular, euros don't wanna see anything but athletes at a sporting event.

@purplekush4951 Күн бұрын

There's more basketball courts in Slovenia per square kilometre than New York city.

@Gianni-u1f Ай бұрын

Cuban is sneaky!

@davidwest4799 Ай бұрын

USA v World team would be a good watch

@jamesjay6717 Ай бұрын

Yea, would be cool for the ASG to be that instead of east vs west

@xanderdiwa2996 Ай бұрын

exhibition game I think USA wins, but in a real game when it really matters team World would easily destroy them.

@GA3S_ Ай бұрын

@@xanderdiwa2996na USA still wins. 🤣😂🤣and not wit the Olympics roaster either.

@xanderdiwa2996 Ай бұрын

@@GA3S_ not even close man, team world schools those nggs

@del4373 Ай бұрын

U don;t even need to go to the whole World…Europe has a 500m population vs. 350m in the USA…a European All-Star team with Doncic, Jokic, Wemby, Giannis, Dennis, Gobert, Porzingis and the depth of the non-NBA talent in the European league would look better than a US-only All-Star team…

@JoLaf-d6y Ай бұрын

Cuban’s 1st point is not valid : 5 of the last 6 are from Europe, which although is OUTSIDE the US, nonetheless is NOT THE WORLD either. USA and Europe is roughly the same population, and you could even argue that Basketball has more market share in the US than in Europe. So no, you can’t say it’s in big part à question of statistics and demographics

@TonyMontgomery18 Ай бұрын

As an American born from European parents, I can see what he’s saying….although I totally identify as an American I have noticed for 50 years now that there seems to be something a little different about me, sort of humble/efficient/intelligent that gives me an edge. I’ve always been able to outsmart and outwork my peers any time I feel like it. I often start slow, get overlooked, sometimes get made fun of….but the longer time goes by and the tougher the job gets, the more consistently I end up rising above those around me. That said, I love our freedom and diversity here, I love the fun and showmanship, and I think there’s plenty of room for everyone to do things their own way. Life is to be enjoyed, we’re all in this together, not everyone can be a star, not everyone needs to be a millionaire. Relax. All good 😊

@Gianni-u1f Ай бұрын

Same here!

@ibrahimciftci9599 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@mda990 Ай бұрын

@@ibrahimciftci9599niye güldün?

@bgdabg6769 13 күн бұрын

Are your parents from the same European country/nation ? I guess there would be difference to be noticed. How you described yourself I would guess your heritage is from some Balkan or south country. English, French, German are almost equal to USA standards 😂

@Santig4life Ай бұрын

The thing is that many Europeans players played football before they played basketball so they get the iq from that when the pass when to to a run when to lure players etc etc thats why. In the US everything is about athleticism iq beats athletism

@johannbogason1662 Ай бұрын

It is all about team-spirit, not the individual.

@johnmartin5520 Ай бұрын

Giannis is the best

@waff6ix Ай бұрын

10:55 IMAGINE JOKIC + LUKA ON SAME TEAM😳

@RainFannan Ай бұрын

I get that European players focus on fundamentals and at this rate they may someday catchup tobus , but we are comparing a CONTINENT with double the population to a country , and they still have a long way to go and time to make up for.

@SOV3r3IGN Ай бұрын

Nah, we're comparing Balkans not the whole Europe 😅

@xianhunt Ай бұрын

Well, basketball is way more popular in the US compared to Europe. Size of population has nothing to do with it I'd say.

@apmoy70 Ай бұрын

@@SOV3r3IGNBalkans, Spain, Lithuania and a little bit of France and Italy

@benjaminbronnimann3966 Ай бұрын

Popularity of a sport is much more important than population size, basketball is almost non-existent in many european countries, for example here in Switzerland 90% of people couldn't name you a single basketball player outside of Kobe and the biggest basketball games here get like 300 spectators in a good year. If population size was really that important China and India would dominate most sports, but look at China for example they have 1.5 billion people and pumped 10 billion dollars per year into football with the goal to become a top football nation, but they can't even qualify for the world cup, they just lost 7:0 against Japan a few weeks ago lol.

@alexanderbalsvik592 Ай бұрын

basketball is popular in like 3-4 SMALL european countries lol. there are probally 10 times as many players in america compared to europe.

@martinmariasonneborn4480 27 күн бұрын

NBA: product Euro League: sport 7 mn Serbs playing 350 mn US guys 91 : 95 in 2025 Olympics. ---> US outnumbered 50 : 1 to win by 4.

@jackjax7921 27 күн бұрын

LeBron 39 Curry 36 Durant 36 Serbians cant beat old dudes. The mere fact LeBron won Olympic MVP at age 39 means the skills of Americans is miles better than Europeans. LMAO

@martinmariasonneborn4480 27 күн бұрын

@@jackjax7921What are you trying to tell us? That the US did not bring their A team to Paris? That 350 mn US dont bring up as many younger talents as 7 mn Serbs?

@TC-yx1qt Ай бұрын

Does anyone know what shoes Shannon is wearing?

@del4373 Ай бұрын

Throughout this interview they seemed to ignore the fact that Europe is not a single country…a combined European All-Star team with Jokic, Giannis, Doncic, Wemby, Porzingis, Gobert, etc. is statistically probably a better team…and that;s just the NBA players…the European league also has its own depth of talent…

@fisheye375 Ай бұрын

I don’t understand why people can’t just accept a flaw and adjust. International players are coming and are coming hard. US players need to improve When you say that, you always ear a « but »….but we are still the best…but we won…but more of the best players are still from the US…but…but.. People totally miss the point because they can’t handle a constructive criticism. People need to see it like this: if US kids combine their athleticism with the euro IQ, it will be game over for the next 100 years. That’s all…. And if they don’t, in the 25 years to come, the table will be flipped.

@mem5860 Ай бұрын

Shannon should make a podcast with thierry henry, he is one of the best soccer player, play with messi and love basketball, athletism is not the first for him.

@123FUG33 Ай бұрын

Love Thierry, but If he had to pick a soccer representative to talk on his platform it has to be either Beckham or Zlatan. Both fluent in English and can talk in interviews. Zlatan hilarious 😂

@mem5860 Ай бұрын

@@123FUG33 Henry make a podcast with jj redick was awesome. Ferdinand have a podcast and he Said r9 and Messi are the players that impress him the most, it would be interesting to hear him But yeah Zlatan Is in the top to be in a podcast ,agree

@gonzo2495 Ай бұрын

@@123FUG33 Henry is a pro, but zlatan is entertaining

@fformentif 23 күн бұрын

Joel Embid is European now... american geography never cease to amaze me

@derrickcotten3839 Ай бұрын

Cool thing about sales and ownership… hustle or think!

@MrWilson-zx9ix Ай бұрын

Calling Embiid European is a bit of a stretch.

@PisangBerangan508 Ай бұрын

Possible Sharpe a friend of Diddy?

@derrickartis8183 Ай бұрын

G A ....is the only one that was a true MVP.....skill means nothing without IQ and fundamentals

@n.dewayneb9258 Ай бұрын

I think there shouldn’t be a grouping together of all non-American players, and subsequent labeling as “European players”. Africa is not Europe. South America is not Europe. Canada is not Europe.

@Bo-g5o 18 күн бұрын

He said this because the europe League.

@marcuswestbury2379 Ай бұрын

Cameroon must be tiny, i cant find it anywhere on the map of Europe.

@Daz555Daz Ай бұрын

So weird people being freaked out about "slow unathletic white dudes from Europe" when not so long ago Larry Bird was literally the US version of that and the baddest man in the entire league. And as said elsewhere - Kobe said this was going to happen. He was right.

@adnanyussuf3617 Ай бұрын

Joel Embiid he’s not europe he’s American[a] professional basketball player for USA National Basketball

@drsapnis Ай бұрын

more people.. and amazingly lot of NBA players from India and China

@a-j.2002 3 күн бұрын

Cuban said it. It's 330 million people against the rest of the world. Long term, MVPs were going to be foreigners. What KD doesn't understand is that they win because they're lucky Europe is not one (or two or three) big country (or countries). That's the only reason they get a medal, sheer country size.

@walterceralde699 Ай бұрын

can someone tells me the shoes shannon is wearing? TIA 🙂

@reggie3715 Ай бұрын

American players are breed for superstardom & highlights while European play the game correctly.

@juicebarr Ай бұрын

THEY NEVER WON LOL

@nacirema2710 Ай бұрын

They play the game "correctly" and still lose.

@reggie3715 Ай бұрын

@@nacirema2710 the point is euro league players have higher IQ because their more fundamentally sound.

@flockh24 Ай бұрын

What this argument misses is the number of US players playing in Europe and around the world. The academy model in Europe has its own developmental issues- early specialization and potential for abuse/ mismanagement.

@philkeh Ай бұрын

Lets get a few facts straight about why the U.S. is rightfully saying it has the best National team. The U.S. has 343 million inhabitants and a long tradition in playing basketball. Is a National sport together with football and baseball so kids play it everywhere and a youth league slash College system is established. Of course they produce amazing palyers. But making a comparison with Europe is not possible because the US had never to compete with a European team as there is no European All Star team. Andssoccer is national Sport number 1,2, and 3 in most European countries and that is why they dominate it, but thats a different story. There are 27 different Basketball National Teams in the EU. Germany has 80 million people and some great NBA players. France has 60 million people and some great NBA players. Same goes for Spain. Greece has 10 million people and some great NBA palyers. Serbia has only 7 million people which is 2% of the US population but has an MVP. Slovenia has 2 million people but has an MVP. So if you want to make a fair comparison you imagine an European All Star team and then expect them to be dominated by the US Boys? No freaking way! The US Boys may dominate single European nations but against an EU allstar team those games would be tight for the US boys to win. The question why Europe has produced great NBA players is also becuase Euro leauge basketball is a tough league to compete in. NBA is of higher quality but the difference is not huge anymore. Euro leauge is tough and players who dominate there also often can dominate in NBA. Especially you get tackled much harder in Europe and supporters/fans can be intense so you are under high pressure when you play Euro league basketball. Just put Luka, The Greek Greak, Joker, Schröder, Wagner, Wembanyama, and many other great European players ina team and you have a fair match between US and Europe.

@konstantinosalexandridis2550 Ай бұрын

All the Indian, Chinese and african Players. So many of them.

@p7647-w2b Ай бұрын

Welcome to Caitlin

@konstantinosalexandridis2550 Ай бұрын

The great traininglevels in India, sure.

@EaglesGang215 Ай бұрын

Euro players are just too heavy as a whole American still runs the nba

@kurthanson7522 Ай бұрын

Cameroon is in Europe now cool

@FilJR99 Ай бұрын

In terms of knowledge of the game and training methods the rest of the world has caught up with the US, however from what I see, basketball is still a small sport in most countries all over the world,so that’s always a disadvantage for other countries to compete consistently. A bit like Americans playing soccer, there’s not enough passion and not enough players in the base of the pyramid to steadily rise to excellence.

@Kevinjimtheone Ай бұрын

Cuban: “We have the best players. It’s not even close.”. Isn’t it? Because the best four players in the planet are not from the US: Jokic, Giannis, Luka, and Embiid. And the best younger player is European. Additionally, with the NIL deals, the US colleges have attracted a ton of young European players that would normally be playing in Eurolrague soon, and chances are they’ll play in the NBA in some capacity. So the lower levels will be talents from outside of the US, too. Which is a good thing. It would make for a bigger audience abroad.

@mufasa2009 Ай бұрын

Yeah you know better than an NBA owner lol

@mufasa2009 Ай бұрын

Embiid is American, how many times must you be told this

@mufasa2009 Ай бұрын

Those aren't the best 4 players.

@nikolakranjcevic4563 Ай бұрын

thing is that we talk about europeans as such USA beat hardly Serbia with 8 milion people in that country. If we did european selection of playres i think there is a good chance of beating USA team. We talk about Giannis, Luka, Jokic, Sabonis, Wemby old spanish matadors. Would be a great game to watch at least,

@jackjax7921 27 күн бұрын

Lol LeBron at age 39 beat these clowns. LMAO skill level isnt close.

@shafsteryellow 20 күн бұрын

@@jackjax7921Lebrun is your goat

@EmmanuelNimakoSarpong Ай бұрын

Showing Olympic medal to a world champion seems funny

@userjim83 19 күн бұрын

Usa had to put together a squad of collectively the best 15 players they’ve ever been able to to win the Olympics and it wasnt a walk in the park. They even felt they had to get Embiid who isn’t American. That was against teams who had at most one world class player on their squad. If that doesn’t tell you what the landscape is then nothing ever will. In 1-2 decades the NBA will be at LEAST 40% international players and that number will only grow. The developmental system in America is archaic and the culture of individualism in America sports combined with the inability to get over the obvious superiority complex will mean it’s inevitable. There’s a reason why USA don’t dominate team sports that have high participation worldwide.