These Players HATED Playing In The NBA

Did you ever imagine that some NBA players, despite their incredible talents, huge money & fame, actually hated playing there? From Darko Milicic to Vassilis Spanoulis, we explore their reasons for leaving the NBA and what they found in other leagues.
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[@christopherpeavy9887]

Mario Hezonja

[@grzeszalewski260]

Sergio llull

[@serjogavladimirov9980]

Nikola Pekovic

[@aleksandarilic4215]

Aleksej Sved

[@user-pe7ts8hg2y]

Jim McIlvaine. Used to play for the Nets. He actually said so.

[@pavlelekic5343]

You may say whatever you want, but in Serbia apart from a mountain of talent, we probably have the most colorful characters among professional basketball players 😂

[@SomalieDXB]

Serbian hoopers are a different breed!

[@wabdih]

Your players and coaches are definitely spirited people lol

[@CategoricalImperative]

True, a lot of personality.

[@AK-74K]

Serbs are a bit crazy!

[@petesmart1983]

Serbs one of the racist nations in the world 🇽🇰🇽🇰, darko has a tattoo is a Serbian nazi and Hitler ally

[@dusankrmar3304]

Darko Milicic hated basketball as a whole, not just playing in the NBA. In some of the Serbian podcasts where he was interviewed he talked about it. Basically, until high school (age of 15) he was playing in his hometown and enjoying basketball. As he was tall and extremely talented he went to play in another city in one of the best youth basketball programs in Serbia and lived alone in what is essentially a boarding school. Basketball became more professional and stopped being a game. He said that he wanted to quit a million times at that moment and return home, but didn't have the heart to tell his parents as they sacrificed a lot during the 90s (which were an extremely bad and rough period of time) to bring up him and his sister. Especially later on when he was projected to go to the NBA and earn millions. It didn't help that he was drafted at only 18 years of age with an extremely hot head and crazy temper. If he had some form of psychological help or support he would have maybe had a different career trajectory. I would even dare to think that if he remained in Europe under euro coaches which are more strict that his career would have been better. Nothing worse than putting such a lost and crazy kid in the NBA, which alienates much older and mature players with the style of training, playing and the off-court life. I'm glad that he matured and found happiness in life afterwards, he seems like a really cool guy now.

[@Busola29]

kreten čedomirski, njegovo ponašanje je krkansko i iskreno nemogu vjerovati kako su ga roditelji tako loše odgojili. Snimke i slike govore više od tisuća riječi...

[@RaferAlstonAkaLAZIO]

I still remember when he maybe a year prior NBA cooked Lietuvos Rytas with Vrsac Hemofarm. I thought like: wow, this guy plays like 80% Gasol/20% Dirk. Great talent. And that he was picked 2nd in top 3 NBA draft of all time says it all about how huge are his "what ifs".

[@happyrash]

Miličić is a supporter of the Ravna Gora movement (Ravnogorski pokret),[70] and has tattoos of World War II Chetnik leaders Nikola Kalabić[71] and Momčilo Đujić on his stomach,[72] and Draža Mihailović and Brane Bogunović on his back.[73] In late 2013, he expressed his support for far-right politician and convicted war criminal Vojislav Šešelj.[74]

[@slobodankarapandzic3018]

​@@happyrashfor what convicted and by who.... That tattoos are of Anti fascist and Anti communists , are you a fascist or communist

[@saveyabreath680]

@@slobodankarapandzic3018”anti communist” usually just means a different type of fascist

[@stefanmandic8359]

Darko Miličić, what a collection of curses 😂😂❤

[@gehtsma]

The Darko bit is legendary!

[@simojovic6358]

yup

[@VLASPAR]

I have seen Darko on 2 weddings, that was at the beginning of his NBA career.. The guy was crazy, actually more or less the same as in those videos.. But now he is settled and normal family man, you can even find him in local church on Sunday..

[@nonaligned293]

or on weekdays you can find him shooting guns with leaders of crime syndicates, either way he's a great guy

[@jaxsonbateman]

According to Basketball-Ref, Bynum earnt about 73m over 9 years in the NBA. While these figures are likely more than he actually took home himself, the fact is that a *lot* of people would spend 9 years doing a job they hated if they got paid 8 figures for it.

[@75aces97]

Bingo! Lots of people work jobs they don't like just to put food on the table. If I could make $20 million by age 30 I'd have done just about anything legal. Where I went to college there was one player who reputedly hated basketball, according to his coach. This guy never made the NBA, of course, but I talked to a coworker who kept in touch with this player several years later, and he told me he was playing pro ball in Japan. I said, wait a minute, I thought he didn't even like basketball. Coworker said, he doesn't, but he does like making half a million $ a year.

[@nikokotoulas]

It was a disgrace what happened to Spanoulis - we went to see him live vs. the NJ Nets and over 1,000 people in the arena were chanting his name.

[@acceptpapara]

Μένεις Χιούστον ? Ζήλεψα την ιστορία σου. Μακάρι να ειχα την τυχη να έβλεπα ζωντανά εναν Έλληνα να παίζει στο NBA.

[@vinny_the_kidd]

Jeff Van Gund is an beyond medicrity Coach.Thanks God he's out of NBA

[@petesmart1983]

He was never good enough, he couldn't shoot at the NBA level as he was too slow and unathletic

[@s.varveris]

@@petesmart1983 please educate yourself.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Spanoulis#Team_awards_and_accomplishments

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

he did it to himself

[@theretiredyogi4246]

Milicic legendary guy

[@AVuckovicKG]

You conveniently omitted to mention that Darko actually started hating basketball in Minnesota because the entire team was helping Kevin Love stat pad. He was averaging something like 28/15/7 while they were a 25w team. On one occasion they got into conflict because of the way team played and team management asked Darko to apologize to Love since he was the biggest star on the team to what he replied: “I’m not gonna apologize to that cry baby.” Not that I’m defending Darko as my fellow countrymen, but like you and many of these players say, NBA is 99% business and 1% basketball.

[@sugoneseballs365]

Everyone knows Kevin Love is not that good and was stat padded, I don't think anyone thinks Darko is a bad guy over that.

[@andrem.thomas332]

Darko was a bust years before Kevin Love got to the NBA. Darko was a bust because he was a bust.

[@rotinhell18]

Love is Love is Love is Love is Love@@andrem.thomas332

[@scizorbullet8185]

That's such bullshit 😂Darko was complete shit in Minnesota and Klove was a solo star in a team with complete bums. So he had no choice but to average 25 and 18

[@Raptorsified]

One forgotten story of a guy who fell out of love with basketball is Larry Sanders. At one point the Bucks were fighting tooth and nail to get this guy on the court, but I remember that summer when something snapped mentally for him. I hope he's doing well now.

[@wabdih]

Great example. He was a player that everyone wanted on their team but he fell into depression and wanted to leave the NBA. He tried a comeback but he couldn't really keep up with the demands of the NBA

[@humot]

"RECIEVED"

[@matteotesinionline]

From his instagram it seems he's enjoying his life. I really liked him playing for his defensive effort and his crazy skills

[@jamesb8619]

What do you expect. He chose pot over ball.

[@poindextertunes]

@@jamesb861990% of the NBA smokes weed 😂 L take friendo

[@maartenvz]

Its interesting that its all players that didn't live up to their own expectations. I would love to hear what the gasol brothers, gallinarri or ginobili have to say about this

[@balonikowaty]

Navarro and Bynum did tbh

[@MrOrthodox13]

You're missing "white" somewhere in there.

[@hachibei4914]

Coach sometimes sucks at developing players especially the teams that are purposely losing. Guess jj reddick was right bout the nba today. Players are survival to the fittest and pretty sure it is the same for the coaches.

[@ivanstojanovic621]

I think Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic dont like to play in the NBA and in general they dont like to live in USA

[@williamphillips3035]

It was their choice to play in the NBA, they could've stayed in Europe.

[@stefankovacevic2596]

​​@@williamphillips3035money talks

[@Marco-uh5zn]

@ivanstojanovic621 True; Luka likes to humiliate other players, while Jokic does his job and earn his money, that's all. Jokic did care of winning his first ring, but i think, he doesn't like the idea to succeed in the playoffs during the next seasons, at all. He was literally pissed in terms of his very short holiday after his deep playoff run, heading to the finals and his first ring. He admitted in front of the camera a few months ago, that he doesn't like his job, because nobody likes his job; thats wild, but it is funny af. Obviously he cares about not to become the face of the league or a 24/7 hyped superstar and a 24/7 scrutinized mvp-candidate. For him mvp is nice to have, but he hates all this ego - shit, which comes with all these conversations and comparisons with Embiid and stuff; he is a team player, does his job and refuses to sell his soul. He disappoints crazy expectations of media on purpose. The media, trying to scandalize, sensationalize everything 24/7; Jokic destroys his potential celebrity status on purpose; this is funny and the dude obviously is very smart.

[@gahdhsh623]

luka paid something like a million dollars to get home as fast as possible this year... no need to talk about jokic. our people like to sit, talk, drink beer and watch sports not playing it. 😂

[@petesmart1983]

Jokic family are all pretty much anti western Serbs who are covered in nazi and genocide tattoos... Nikola is only one on his family who has openly supported Nazism and genocide

[@jayjayson9613]

What Jabari Parker said is spot on, half the league doesn't care about winning about, they just tank for picks. It's embarrassing how bad some teams are. Blazers losing by 60 points, just awful

[@neilbryanbucsit197]

I can understand the frustrations of some of the guys.. Imagine being a superstar caliber player in the euro league then you go into the nba to further improve your skills and when you get to the league you get benched for some up and coming college player or being benched and not showcasing what you can do to the team

[@acceptpapara]

I think Efthimios Rentzias and Sarunas Jasikevicius were amongst the players not happy with the NBA treatment. And I have a feeling that pretty soon, Sasha Vezenkov will be another one.

[@sinfulhoradrim]

Ibrahim Kutluay and Mirsad Türkcan enter the chat

[@acceptpapara]

@sinfulhoradrim i rememver Iverson asking the 76ers management that the team needed players like Kutluay. He was amazed mid range and long-range shooting. I think he tried somewhere around 2006, in the preseason. Ibrahim was old by then.

[@sinfulhoradrim]

Kutluay tried the NBA but couldn't make the rotation and similar to V-Span he turned back to Europe and the rest was history..@@acceptpapara

[@yoboijason586]

Sasha has been playing decently. I don’t think he will leave till 2025. Give it the rest of the season, most of us kings fans agree he needs more minutes

[@CarlKarnak]

Interesting topic. Ralph Sampson the original Webanyama unicorn tolerated basketball because of his unique size and talent but really lacked passion. Ed O'Bannon openly discussed his disdain for the NBA.

[@Slamdango6]

Thats what wemby's downfall will be. Hes great for a rookie. But he isnt gonna get much better than he is now. His stats are also a bit empty because his tram is trash. He just doesnt look like he loves basketball, his heart aint in it.

[@UnknownFilipino]

There needs to be like a uefa championship counterpart for basketball. All the clubs in the world should bout it out to see who the REALL WORLD CHAMPIONS are. Your channel has got me interested in watching the Euroleague, but only watching the NBA is more accessible in my country.

[@dollabillwill415]

that would be fiba. uefa is only europe

[@TheMarslMcFly]

A country, at the moment Germany, is World Champ. Clubs don't play in World Cups.

[@peter61935]

Club world cup?

[@TheMarslMcFly]

@@peter61935 Aside from nobody giving a fuck about the Club World Cup, if Manchester City win that they don't call themselves World Champs cause it's just incredibly corny

[@Goxilla]

Cauley-Stein was obvs talking about Luka who was his teammate in Dallas. Also important to mention is that Cauley-Stein pretty much quit on his team during the season. He was lazy on defense and blew wide open layups several times. This dude is more concerned about getting a new face tattoo than working on himself

[@nukeboy4939]

Facts

[@oldmanballer5088]

He also played with Fox who does the same thing.

[@dme1236]

I Remember Being Disappointed Juan Carlos Navarro Went Back To Europe 😞 His Game Could’ve Helped The Grit And Grind Grizzlies Era

[@petesmart1983]

Reality he was too slow and not particularly good in the nba

[@jaend6924]

​@@petesmart1983 he was good enough in NBA. it was his decision to leave, Grizzlies and other teams wanted him. he averaged 11pts on 25mpg with only 20%usg, easily converted to 21pts per 100pos.

[@101marketplace4]

Subscribed. honestly its crazy to think guys don't like playing in the NBA. but I do feel like the NBA style of play is not as high level as people believe it is. I think Europe is going to surpass the NBA eventually if American fans do not start valuing team ball.

[@CarlKarnak]

I agree. Especially since players don't hone their skills at college for four years anymore. Basketball is completely dumbed down in the US. Jokic and Doncic are making that pretty clear than even with disproportionately lower representation in the NBA as a whole, the Eruos that play here are making dramatic impacts. Jokic and Doncic are not an outlier, they are a trend.

[@simonedr2038]

Bargnani's definitely missing on this list

[@harisamp]

I suspect Sasha Vezenkov. He said he never receives a pass by his team mates who they don' t make use of his great ability to pesent himself free under the rim coming from nowhere as he did in the Olympiakos schemes. Instead the NBA game is of few or no passes. His coach does not consider him in the first 14 players. He is already demoralized

[@PeterGyorffyAchJaaa]

That would be a friggin travesty if true.

[@kokosaslobys8436]

Coach Mike Brown did not promise Sasha Vezenkov if he would fit in Kings’ ROTATION.

[@Xicor111]

idk where you heard all that. Players are singing praises for him.

[@harisamp]

@@Xicor111 his coach has a different opinion. The news was on every greek basketball site.

[@harisamp]

Wait and see.

[@timlett99]

WCS and Parker really spit some facts, the NBA is by far the best league in terms of quality of talent but in terms of pure enjoyment it’s done more than gone down hill and it’s hard for fans to understand that. The league isn’t what it was and while those guys aren’t perfect, the NBA is very very different than the game we grew up playing and I think that’s where we lose guys. Not to mention Europeans do pretty much everything better than we do lol but that’s subjective to an extent

[@balonikowaty]

I love your edits. So much better than 90% of American KZbin productions. Just keep posting more

[@BasketNews_com]

Thanks 🙏 We're on it!

[@Dbales34]

Often randomly wonder where the hell previous nba players disappeared to. Yesterday's enigma was cauley stein. Perfect timing for this video!

[@jerometurner8759]

Spanoulis didn't hate the NBA. He just hated his Rockets coaching. He's a great player. To bad he didn't get a real chance.

[@bookaufman9643]

Most players move to Europe because they can no longer find a job in the NBA. Maybe at the very end of a bench but you can go to Europe and get starter's minutes. This is just guys making excuses.

[@HW.0029]

I have a friend who’s a pro and also in the national team. Not USA of course. But still, they train 2 times, plus a weight room session, 6 days a week. And the remaining time are for footage, team meetings, etc. During his off season when he gets to come home and when we hangout he doesn’t event wanna talk about basketball. He gets paid pretty well compared to your average 9-5 worker, plus he can save most of his money as food and accommodation are all paid for, but still it’s 8-10 hours of sweat, sore muscles, intense workouts and suffering for 6 days a week. Most people do not understand the work pro athletes put in behind the scenes, all they see is the fame and the money, they never see the hard work.

[@l30hzs]

First time viewer. Great and well produced content. You choose a very interesting and different angle.

[@jmoney769]

in Soviet Russia, basketball hates player

[@ovuncozkan125]

Except Will Cauley, most of them seems like hated being in secondary role rather than NBA. Will Cauley is the only one with pretty decent explanation about the way basketball being played.

[@momoneymoza]

🤡🤡🤣🤣

[@williamphillips3035]

Also, he was talking about Luka as far as being a selfish player.

[@petesmart1983]

Espically Europeans who were stars in Europe but couldn't cope with minor roles in the nba

[@75aces97]

There are probably a lot more who could make this list. Basketball is one of those sports where you pretty much need to be physically abnormal to be exceptional. If you're 6'9 and athletic, you may not love the game, but you'd be a fool not to take advantage of a chance to go to school tuition free, or make a few pesos if you can. Might as well ride the gravy train to the end of the line.

[@necrophagiakc]

Eddy Curry literally said he didn't like playing basketball that he was the biggest tallest kid in school and everyone just pressured him to play "don't waste your size" they'd tell him

[@nickbillups3151]

Zion falling asleep on the bench and his career. 😮

[@talkingmoney4499]

Some Of these guys just weren’t good enough

[@lovisakevatdottir8909]

Sick video!

[@tabasco07]

It's weird to see Spanoulis with a hairs

[@achastos]

Larry Sanders is a player that he said (for him) it was not worth it playing basketball

[@MattyDabs]

I think if they were actually good in the NBA they wouldn’t hate it😂

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Mario Hezonja was especially vocal once he left the NBA after being here in Portland. Of course, he always had a larger than reality self-image, but still. He said he felt alienated, mainly because of how people would choose to speak to him or... not speak to him at all.

[@user-nv1gm2zj7y]

you see the one real reason they didnt liek the nba... they didnt like the pecking order. they where big shots in europe. then nobodies in the nba. ego cant take that. unless they do something like a luka ...

[@ilackedtheheart]

5:37 baja mali knindza sighting.

[@jakeledbetter6105]

Larry Sanders hated basketball a lot apparently.. he said he wanted to be a pro skater but got talked into basketball as a kid because he was so tall.

[@101marketplace4]

Guys you missed... Larry Sanders, Kwame Brown,and Rashad McCants

[@chuckplaysgames7925]

Rashad couldnt hack it. He loves basketball so much hes to embarassed to admit he couldnt hack it.

[@begthediffer]

Amazing to see how these Euro legends come here and end up struggling. NBA players are really on another level!

[@omnivorous65]

I love basketball. Always loved basketball. I played two seasons professionally where you practise everyday, then game day. In preseason you practise twice a day. Even without injuries your body is always tired and achy. You stop enjoying the game, it becomes a chore. You question if it is a suitable activiity for a grown man. No matter how much you might loved the game you loose that love. When I started playing casually again, the old passion came back. Anyone who critizes player for such statement, try it yourself. See how much you like it.

[@srdjanvujicic2329]

In the Navarro Barcelona celebration a young Ricky Rubio is seen. Never knew he played for Barcelona

[@BrockMak]

Rubio left the NBA for his mental health last year. A bit like someone finally taking a gap year. But yes. Rubio was a Golden Prodigy for Barcelona then. He will return to play for Barcelona this year.

[@solsticelacer]

Pat Bev said 50% of nba players didn't love basketball. Not that they didn't like playing in the nba. People who went to different leagues seem like they still have love for the game. This video is kind of confusing the issue

[@ST-tf4sq]

Anyone who anytime saw Darko, know dude was one of the most talented players ever, he made Dirk look like a turtle, dude was fast and athletic, but his mind wasnt there, I truly believe it was the money, he was poor, and became rich overnight, he used to party, drink, snort coke, and plus his Ego was so high, Im pretty sure people kept pumping his ego because he was second pick in a STACKED draft, sadly he was a simple dude who had so much potential and talent, even when eh came in league dude was 3 levels higher than rest of the league, just find his old matches, when he gets touches, dude is so talented and smooth, but sad story truly. Also he didnt get playing time, and was drafted in a team that did not need him. I hate that he is labeled bust, he didnt deserve that, just a kid. but if he got a good coach like Pop or Pat or Phil or Spoelstra would have guided him much better. But Pistons had championship team and didnt care for him. such a sad story, but heard he is happy now so thats good. best of luck to him.

[@Boysetsfire26]

I always wonder what I would. I mean you get a shitload of money to begin with. I'd probably would play my 2-3 years and then retire. But I think alot of the starters are overwhelmed with there wealth and are in need to play further although they hate it because they want to keep there standard of living. Not to mention that and I dont mean it offensiv in anyway some players are just not smart enough to make a living without basketball.

[@gehtdichnichtsan2477]

every time I see interviews like this with millicic, I wish David stern never been the NBA Commissioner..

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

not liking playing basketball for a living makes no sense to me so many people play for fun for free.

[@Rblock777]

The first guy played for Rick Carlisle who is an out dated coach. He put Porzingis in the corner and wanted Luka to do all the work. Basically the coach was kissing Lukas feet, and Luka wanted to have the most points in the NBA That was the worst NBA team in the league because of the coach, because players had hella talent For example the coach didnt give Brunson minutes who is a rising super star now Sad to see players actually leaving the league because of duche bags like Rick and Luka

[@oldmanballer5088]

This might be the dumbest take I’ve ever heard

[@BeastSquad-uq1wh]

No wonder ubiratan, kresimir cosic declined to go to the nba in the 1960s and kresimir cosic. In also dimitris diamantidis, theodoros, dejan bodiroga and my favorite player ramunas siskauskas

[@karuscuvic]

players that werent good enough and are coping or just lying.. there are certainly reasons to like european basketball more and many things i like more about it but if we think any of these players wouldnt have stayed in the NBA if they were good players we are kidding ourselves

[@OrthoGoth79]

Darko Milicic 👍😂🔴⚪☦️🍻

[@petesmart1983]

Nazi

[@yoavbeneliyahu6686]

Maybe there should be an alternative basketball organization in the states rather the NBA. I thought calling it the alternative basketball league (fbl), it will play fiba rules, so it will have a team first culture

[@AlGcHorte]

It is definetely a failure from the NBA system taht players as Navarro or Spanoulis did not make a career in the league. Same with Teodosic. Even the examples of Micic or Vezenkov right now. Then you see a bunch of mediocre players taking their minutes...

[@scizorbullet8185]

A lot of these guys were very arrogant and immature

[@slackerofhell]

Just throwing it out there, but plenty of people that don't make the kind of money NBA players make still work a job they hate. If I was making NBA money to do my job, I'd be more than fine. Pay me tge 13th man's salary and I'd still be making far more than what I currently do.

[@OverEast34]

If the money was as good, a lot more Americans would go to Europe.

[@NotALizardPerson81]

When I was in highschool, our starting point guard was black. You literally couldn't get the ball from him if you were white. This especially stunk being that me and another white guy had the highest percentage.

[@orenthaljames2534]

Yes if the player works out the minimum amount of time, watches film the least amount time needed or spends the least amount of time in the facility then they dont like the NBA. Its just a job to them

[@MaterazziSound]

Hellooo from SERBIA ✌️

[@k4s461]

Dont like playing in the NBA is different from not playing basketball at all.

[@poindextertunes]

Yeah growing up in Serbia in the 90s you bet he’s got a temper 😂

[@kingakiel8697]

More than half the reason why is the NBA doesn’t nurture TALENT! .. and Zone messed up the leagues play .. ..then the coaches changing players algorithm to fit their coaching style to please them and destroy players DNA

[@oceanairguitarforce]

Jabari Parker’s knees hated the NBA

[@user-vl7di3xr2u]

When a sport stops being something you do for fun with your friends and schoolmates, where you can play with abandon and let your skill and imagination run riot; and instead becomes a job where you are paid to perform, follow a coach's instruction in order to win; then your love of the sport is going to die.

[@thespartanjello5056]

jokic said it,nobody likes his job.maybe you like doing something but as soon you are forced to do it,it stops being fun and becomes a job.

[@el0kadur]

Ben Simmons

[@skipperson4077]

and possibly Andrew Wiggins

[@sergiotorresdiazdecevallos5657]

U cant listen to a word Pat Bev say 😂😂

[@matthieusaade3616]

1:45 or Luka Doncic maybe

[@joseyeastwood]

Wow Darko definitely is his name 😂

[@bkbaughn]

Parker is a strange one... He didn't play because of his defense... But there's like next to no defense in the NBA anymore... Look at my Pacers... They're terrible defensively and have guys who olay more than they try to move their feet and stay in front... Same with the team he used to play for... The Bucks don't play defense either... The NBA is going that way so I don't see why Parker wouldn't get another shot in the league...

[@armin38822]

Macijauskas is damn true about xenophobia being part off white europeans not playing having to proof themseleves twice harder

[@drsapnis]

I can give you answer Pat did not make survey

[@donzsky4432]

wcs just didnt developed outside shots.

[@Slamdango6]

Jesus, jabari looks rough. Looks like alcoholism. Nobody would blame him

[@eazydp]

Do all the players who hated playing in Europe and then decided to take their talents to the NBA next😜, the narratives this guy weaves man 😂

[@petesmart1983]

Reality is these are big stars in Europe then can't cope with small roles in the NBA

[@famouscriminals18]

Playing eight hours a day will surely make you despise basketball. The guys who love the hard work are like Kobe and Jordan.

[@MaryAYoung]

And that’s really what it is. Everyday running and working out when you have millions in the bank probably feels like torture

[@toysandcollectibles74-10]

Spanoulis one time dominate young Chris Paul in the Olympics ( USA team without Kidd & Kobe)

[@petesmart1983]

And was too slow and couldn't shoot in the nba

[@birdzviews]

Parker was hurt, didn't hate the NBA

[@kurtmagnus5243]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Allen Iverson

[@Goxilla]

Milos Teodosic hated his stint in the NBA

[@petesmart1983]

Cause he wasn't good enough, from being a star in Europe to being a backup and cried about it despite not being good enough

[@Goxilla]

lol you don´t know anything do you@@petesmart1983

[@drdisresfaketaxi2898]

Bro NBA today is more like 1v1 in the arc step back and 3

[@nemanja1365]

Hahahaha Miličić jebeni kralj

[@petesmart1983]

Nazis

[@aleksandarilic4215]

Aleksej Sved, Milos Teodosić, practicaly everybody that are not circus statistics chasers and people with brain.

[@lesterjohntalde296]

hahahahaha they hated it cause they lacked of success and offer

[@fadercreek]

i blame the owners and adam silver

[@mikeacidecw1]

It must also be a coincidence that all of these players also happened to no longer be desired by NBA teams, just as their hatred for the NBA was setting in. LOL

[@vaannebilim]

Calling Barcelona legitimate is telling a joke

[@cheft6984]

Mirotic

[@ivanstojanovic621]

Yes Mirotic, if he stayed in the NBA he would have solid minutes even would be a started in many teams, but he choose to return to Europe instead.

[@zouldiersheat5667]

Nikola Jovic would be on this list soon if Erik Spoelstra keeps this up

[@petesmart1983]

He's not good tho, poor shooter, defender and awful rebounder

[@adamlake9507]

99% of people, if you give them enough cash, wouldn’t want to go to work no matter what they do haha

[@SerboAssassin]

LoL Milicic 😂

[@vecislt]

It is what it is. NBA is all about super stars so most Europeans that come from team based basketball might hate the NBA way.

[@petesmart1983]

It's not that it because these guys are big stars in Spain, Greece etc. Then from being a huge star to being a roleplayer or non starter in the nba. There egos get hurt badly

[@BasketballCoachesNetwork]

Where Jokic at lol

[@GrybasTV]

You're saying that Spanoulis was asked to be a shooter in the NBA, and he was a different type of guy. It is not a correct way to use of his talent. But you're showing highlights when he came back to Europe and made game-winning shots.

[@Emmanouil_]

he was a leader not a spot up shooter

[@balonikowaty]

shooter =/= spot-up shooter

[@pablosnackbar6417]

all those shots were off the dribble right?

[@petesmart1983]

He couldn't shoot,defend or pass really in the NBA way too slow. Like many stars in Europe he failed same with Juan Carlos Navarro, Rudy Fernandez etc

[@simojovic6358]

Darko Milicic is such a Serb 😂😂😂