This is Starting to Get Ugly

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[@nickelthepickle9130]

Jimmy the type of guy to make a graph of his all time P.E. stats

[@lilcheeseball6945]

You deserve 1k likes

[@phb]

@@lilcheeseball6945 You deserve 10K likes

[@bradydorvil2868]

We NEED this.

[@nehemiah7133]

Tuesday: 3 knockouts in Dodgeball Wednesday: Ran mile in 5 minutes Thursday: Pacer Test, 79. Push-ups, 45

[@zjclipz8525]

Fr

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

This video was exceptionally good. And wow. I've never seen that clip of David Stern before. Talk about a passive aggressive burn.

[@tommulligantravels]

That was less about him being foreign born but was more about him being from the Soviet Union due to the Cold War. He wouldn’t have said that before Hakeem or Dikembe

[@schuckdaddy1318]

@@tommulligantravels Good point

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@tommulligantravels damn

[@michaelsevilla7579]

@@tommulligantravels exactly, idk how jxmy missed this.

[@kingt.lightninggaming9319]

@@michaelsevilla7579 he did spell 2021 wrong he put 202 something happened

[@afrocubano-americano9696]

I would love to see Basketball have a “Champions league” like Soccer does but have it feature teams from across the globe

[@ReezyR]

u mean world cup

[@chanwin1762]

@@ReezyR Nah, world cup features teams representing their countries, the Champions league format the OP is talking about features club teams, so his analogy is correct

[@cesarrdz8235]

There is a champions league in Europe, among european clubs. I think Luka won the champions league with Real Madrid basketball

[@AlexeySKLK]

Football champions league is Europe only. Basketball euroleague is Europe only to. It is basically an equivalent. I found myself watching euroleague games with more interest than nba. Good defence, team based offence, far less pauses in the game, epic crowdes, almost every game matters.

[@FullOfSith3230]

That would be awesome to see

[@sharpie6572]

The French loss makes this video get even more real

[@Fomich]

@opzz xsin He said "with foreign nationality" and that's correct

[@DiegoRivera-ll8jy]

The US win makes this video get even more BS

[@sharpie6572]

@@DiegoRivera-ll8jy you’ve been waiting all week to say this 😂😂😂

[@DiegoRivera-ll8jy]

@@sharpie6572 hahaha you bet

[@sharpie6572]

@@chosendisciple1176 the point of the video isn’t the USA becoming worse at basketball, it’s about the international scene becoming greater over the last 2 decades. They only won by 5 which is impressive compared to the blowouts that use to happen

[@DBG2k]

The Olympics will be interesting. The difference between teams like Australia/Spain/Serbia and the US is that overseas players are developed from a young age to play a role in their club's senior team and a lot of them are used to being bench, then gradually getting a role in the team and some becoming stars. Whereas in the US players are mostly developed as individuals so they can get college scholarships/go pro. This US team is made up almost entirely of guys who have pretty much been the first or 2nd option their entire lives. I still think they are the favourites, solely because they will have at least 4 of the best 5 players on the court at all times. But if they lose, it will be because of their style of play and inability to play actual team basketball.

[@llkingproductionsl2154]

fax dbg

[@dotan12]

Fax

[@rashona9013]

@@matejbolta it’s a example chill…

[@nebulousbastrd]

talk yo shit

[@dotan12]

@Cool Shit lmao so why are the NBA players loosing???

[@LegitPlays777]

Actually pissed me off how they reacted to Sobanis getting drafted...

[@scotts7274]

It’s more about him being from the Soviet Union then just a foreigner. At the time the fear of communism in America was very real.

[@LegitPlays777]

@@scotts7274 Yeah didn’t quite think about that but still… what do they think he’s gonna do? 😹

[@scotts7274]

Oh I agree its a stupid reason not to bring him over. I’m sure the mass of people just assumed he was a soviet spy.

[@robert2690]

@@scotts7274 Nice try bud. You people clearly did not see what’s happening in Cuba.

[@chop5388]

@@robert2690 most of cuba's population is in favor of communism

[@MikeeJoness956]

Honestly I love this even being American. These players are so soft and every other country is humble and hungry. Let’s make this competitive. We need good role models like the Greek freak and luka in the NBA

[@colinmcewan7289]

@wuziFN He’s saying we need more people like Giannis and Luca who are coming in the league not to just play around and make money , but to really really win.

[@netaverse7694]

nothing soft about Zach, Damian, Tatum, Durant, Brad and Draymond.. smh stop it. They're all role models. don't let the foreigners language barrier fool you. Luka talks as much shit and goes for the dirty plays as much as the next guy

[@MikeeJoness956]

@@colinmcewan7289 thanks for clarifying idk how Wuzinfn didn’t understand what I said lol

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@netaverse7694 But do you see Team USA's recklessness? Other countries have more spirit, and team USA needs to get there spirit back

[@DiploAnnex]

@@netaverse7694 Oh they frigging soft bruh trust me. You do not know the European mentality... Especially the Eastern block. I'm pretty sure they feel like they're in a war against USA while they playing with 'em. Think about the mentality difference with the hero-ball players in USA Team...

[@chrisabro2194]

When he did the draft thing I loved the guy who said “hurry up” 😂

[@withinyouwithutyu1324]

8:55

[@alinalisan3361]

sounds like an idiot tbh, he continued talking throughout the clip if you listen closely, probably wasn't given too much attention as a child

[@09lowkey]

"Ridiculous, just ridiculous" says some old lady from Portland when the Trail Blazers select one of the Top 5 players in European Basketball history.

[@BilboFaggins]

Captain hindsight

[@09lowkey]

@@BilboFaggins Says a person named BilboFaggins...

[@bigted6351]

@@BilboFaggins well I mean that wasn’t hindsight. He was already one of the top 5 players in European basketball before they drafted him

[@mikeyfightz]

If my blazers would have had a younger sabonis we would be a top 5 nba franchise with Drexler and Sabonis duo

[@piotrzbies8683]

@@mikeyfightz Drexler would have had 2 or 3 rings before coming to Houston. And MJ wouldn't have been 6-0 in Finals.

[@Aciddeathzone1]

The 202 Olympics, ah, good times.

[@josephvattakkunnel3484]

time flies right?

[@skonk4483]

@@josephvattakkunnel3484 couldve sworn it was last week

[@vazeyKN]

@@skonk4483 lmao

[@MrMitchbow]

I think the Queen of England got bronze in the 100 ft straight-line running competition at those olympics

[@DesAndersonn]

@@MrMitchbow that Roman Empire squad was diff🔥

[@AvriSimas]

As a Lithuanian, I gotta tell you Americans: it's coming faster than you think. We used to qualify for every major tournament just because we're Lithuania. We just had more culture and basketball history so we beat teams like Germany, Angola and Brazil by default. It's not the case anymore. We failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time ever for the same exact reasons the US is struggling against Nigeria and Australia. The world caught up and we didn't work as hard anymore. Obviously, the US has an insane amount of talent and resources. But pride and teamwork are something earned, not given. I still think the US is taking gold but it will not be easy at all. At the end of the day, guys like Giannis and Jokic are representing weaker teams, they don't play together vs the US. But it will be interesting for sure.

[@connorberglund7032]

I would agree, but the problem is that only half of the US’ top players are taking part in the Olympics.

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@connorberglund7032 dang bruh lol

[@dhakadhaka3155]

Or….you just ran into Luka and didn’t qualify.

[@DJHogue]

Yeah, the U.S. and NBA is full of entitled people who don't work hard anymore because they would prefer handouts than working hard work and handups. They will continue to be worse as they become more "woke".

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@DJHogue Are you finished rambling?

[@Argenteux]

Fun Fact: None of the major award-winning players in the 2018-19 season were American. MVP: Greek DPOY: French ROTY: Slovenian MIP: Cameroonian

[@xhafts]

Fun fact Americans won the gold medal in mens and womens basketball so stfu

[@Argenteux]

@@xhafts Ok and?

[@faldo4580]

@@xhafts How are u triggered over this 😂

[@xhafts]

@@faldo4580 argentues is mad af after talking mad sht😂😂

[@faldo4580]

@@xhafts he aint talkin mad shit. he is spitting fax and what ur problem with it. he aint trashing the us cuz we all know they have the most talent. he just brought up a fun fact 😂

[@RageElixir]

Goes to show the NBA is slowly gonna become filled with international players as international basketball gets better

[@adrianfatahillah]

Yoooo its rage

[@Pocket_Jake]

yeah, that is indeed the point of the video

[@rellfrm405]

Bro that’s exactly why this vid was made

[@danieldickson4211]

I think it also is evidence that just putting a bunch of superstars on a team with no role players isnt a championship idea. Unless most of the superstars accept role positions. The other countries have starting fives of mostly NBA players, just role guys.

[@travisscheiwe4656]

Nice one Captain Obvious!

[@yohobozo1209]

9:44 hmm wonder who that 7ft 3 demigod is

[@albinocj969]

To be fair, Sabonis was drafted during the Cold War where tension was high between USA and Russia still.

[@emilchandran546]

A man has as much control over where he is born as he does over the colour of his skin. People didn’t want him to be playing and weren’t going to support him because of where he was born. Not his political ideology or the threat of nuclear war. It wasn’t Gorbachev who was drafted. To judge someone’s physical ability or their potential or their worthiness of opportunities because they are from another country, even a hostile one, is unfair. I mean if people started booing an Iranian, Iraqi or Pakistani today I would hope they were rightly called out on their racism. War doesn’t excuse losing our humanity.

[@albinocj969]

“To be fair” was poor wording; my bad. I was just trying to say it could have been a reason people didn’t like the pick, among other reasons. Never did I say that it was a good thing though. It is blatantly obvious that it is not good to hate someone simply because of race, country of origin, political view, social status, etc.

[@ZJ3712]

@@emilchandran546 That’s not racism. Obviously it wasn’t the players fault. But that’s sometime the way it is when countries abuse their power; they hurt their people. By defending that pick, you would have further enabled the USSR to abuse their people. It’s not pleasant, but it’s necessary. Government power is the most dangerous thing on earth, and you have to stand up to it.

[@payrysdoscs4903]

😭

[@haochen8179]

@@ZJ3712 Yao Ming has been an advocate to the Chinese government. He's now a politician in the making.

[@BOKIFILMS]

10:10 that’s funny because if Doncic and Jokic played in the 70s/80s they would be on the same national team for Yugoslavia. That would be quite a duo

[@blowc1612]

Doncic can actually play for Serbia next to Jokic and Bogi since his dad is a Serbian National.

[@lasse80]

@@blowc1612 could*

[@andreisevostianov9525]

Dragic - Bogdanovic (Atlanta) - Doncic - Bogdanovic (Uta) - Jokic with Nurkic and Vucevic on a bench. That could be a hell of a team. In real life, they play for 4 different nations.

[@sejuanisupportonly7385]

Oh, they had quite the players back then. Yugoslavia produces AMAZING basketball players for a country its size. Take 1987's Yugoslavian national team. Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Stojan Vrancovic, Vlade Divac and Zarko Paspalij. Legendary players one and all. And in 1989, two years later, they added Predrag Danilovic and the amazing Jure Zdovc. Two years later? There's Arijan Komazec. And after the wars there's Tomasevic and Rebraca. What a place.

[@ezraprzytyk]

Best passing high basketball IQ duo of all time

[@felixeliasson7376]

The fact that people were laughing when Sabonis was picked is so outrageously disrespectful to someone who had worked so hard for his big moment.

[@Hoffanheim]

It was because of the cold war against the Soviet Union at the time

[@oddballskull1941]

@@John-od8zv ..is that sarcasm?

[@oddballskull1941]

@@John-od8zv cuz if you think this era is less disrespectful I have a list prepared

[@SCOclimbing]

Hello, I present you: Americans.

[@pinkvr7599]

@@oddballskull1941 go ahead bro

[@user-im1hx1wf7o]

watching this in 2024 after the draft, seeing how good that "seven foot demigod" (victor wembanyama) became is crazy

[@Fomich]

Papa Sabonis in his prime was indeed a 7'3" Larry Bird. He was insane. The entire Soviet Union was glued to the screen when he was playing.

[@Just_For_Kixz]

And look what happened in 92... 88 USSR took it out with 4 of their starting 5 being Lithuanian come 92 olympics and Lithuania beat USSR in the Bronze medal game If you haven’t seen it watch the doco.The Other Dream Team

[@rogoznicafc9672]

@@Just_For_Kixz whats the doc called?

[@Just_For_Kixz]

@@rogoznicafc9672 The other dream team www.imdb.com/title/tt1606829/

[@rogoznicafc9672]

@@Just_For_Kixz ohh haha, thanks

[@Just_For_Kixz]

@@rogoznicafc9672 all good man

[@realin8313]

Who heard someone yell "HURRY UP!" at Stern during the Sabonis pick 😂

[@erm668]

me

[@RafitoOoO]

Stern was holding a laughter that's why it took so long lol

[@salaji8987]

Me 😂😂😂😂

[@lejohnd2430]

😂😂

[@mirmula]

yeah lmao

[@-moliko555]

"As we speak there's probably some kid in Norway or Japan or Germany who's gonna drop a 50 bomb on someone's head in the 2035 NBA season"

[@tanaking5778]

We'll come back to this quote in 14 years

[@dtey6720]

But fr you Americans have no idea how good ur facilities are. Yall have public gyms where any kid can pick up a ball and play that are better than our top facilities here. I'm a national team player and I play in a outdoors court with no roofing and stone floor

[@ThisDude234]

Screenshotting so ion forget

[@zoradelaney9412]

More likely, that kid will come from Nigeria, Angola, Senegal, or South Sudan. Keep an eye on the NBA's new league over in Africa......

[@mihajlosimic2591]

Well you guys did drop the bomb on Japan a while ago so that Japan kid will take the revenge on the court and drop that bomb hahhahahah

[@MrMathsimon]

Seeing that NBA has been involved in developing these international talents, and seeing them beat team USA, means that their investments are now paying off! This is actually therefore a good thing (ironically)!

[@slackerofhell]

I think it's fantastic to see so many international players getting the spotlight and joining the NBA. Imagine the talent that was passed on without anybody even knowing in the last few decades from different countries.

[@imnorevives]

can’t believe they keep losing in the 202 olympics 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@SevastovTv]

I can't believe too 🤣🤣🤣

[@hajaaj_jarky]

cant believe it either

[@tbhousen]

they needa get the fuck out of DC quick.

[@milankohoutek801]

What you mean, olympics didnt even started. Its just friendlies

[@thisistheendpt2]

@@milankohoutek801 bruh... 202

[@gustavaas]

Fun fact about Sabonis: when he came to the NBA he was so injured, that the doctors told him he can easily qualify for handicap

[@sidpotturu7097]

arvydas sabonis ^

[@grantzeditz]

Which sabonis

[@grantzeditz]

Domantis or his dad?

[@y2shuproblem]

Arvydas.

[@marcosmacedo9801]

@@grantzeditz dad

[@Fuegolino]

Waiting on the follow up video Jimmy… Shoutout to Team U.S.A. for beating France for Gold..

[@BuBryce]

3:55. Victor Wembanyama is mentioned for the first time. Thanks Jxmy. Seeing the future.

[@navimoondi7390]

Ahhhh, the year 202…Back when the term “pass the rock” was literal 🪨

[@kingdra-winston3500]

3:40 🤣🤣🤣 u funny

[@spiffymal4867]

legendary comment.

[@whoozyyy]

I came to the comments to write this 🥲

[@zgoetzinger6970]

Lol

[@lilholyy]

underrated comment lol

[@jaymthesn5981]

"You guys can't even beat Europeans in Basketball anymore, The Dream Team is DEAD" - French Cab Driver from Rush Hour 3.

[@SirThomas_II]

I love seeing comments like this, it's always a line I forgot about from a movie I love lol

[@harrymills2770]

All-Star teams that don't play together as a team very long, aren't going to be as good as teams that play together for a long time. Players learn what their teammates are thinking, where they like to get the ball, and just generally how to complement each other on the court. Interest in NBA has been dropping over the years. It's not as much fun to watch, any more. I stopped watching in the early 2000s, mainly to free up time for other activities. But when I tune in to watch at random, nowadays, it's not the same game. Not as team-oriented as it used to be.

[@eazydays525]

YESSSS😂😂

[@allanhouston6759]

*Patty Mills ( age 33 ), Aaron Baynes ( age 35 ), Matthew Dellavedova ( age 31 ), Joe Ingles ( age 34 ) vs KD, Damian Lillard, Bradley Beal, Bam Adebao and Zach LaVine.* Lol.

[@dreadiejaquan9240]

@@allanhouston6759 Are all pro players and pretty good. It's chemistry that counts.. This isn't 2K bro

[@O0Rocco]

If I’m being honest. Damian Lillard looks like the only one that’s wants to be there

[@ianjenkins1942]

beal too cus hes been consistently putting up numbers. unfortunately neither of them play defense.

[@adinrizki4125]

Bradley Beal and Draymond too.

[@lamefart8831]

Draymond.

[@KING-sb9ns]

LaVine

[@O0Rocco]

True

[@shades715]

"The world used to be local and linear. Now it is global and exponential." Awesome video.

[@5000subsnovideo]

Situation ain’t getting better after the loss against France. These USA players are used to being stars and don’t know how to play a smaller role.

[@radecree9338]

nba players dont know how to play defense anymore

[@beasleyicey1370]

This aged horribly

[@xhafts]

Umm say that again you turd

[@dwnturn]

@opzz xsin yeah you can hardly call kyrie foreign lol, he grew up in the states and is also american

[@normienormie9425]

@@dwnturn I think he was talking about where he was born but yeah kyrie is American lol.

[@thestairguy]

Man, Sabonis not playing his whole career in the NBA is a travisty. He was so insanely good. Watching him Shaq the Admiral before Shaq even was is just amazing to watch

[@sauliussimcikas7538]

I'm happy he didn't play his whole career in the NBA. I'm from Lithuania. My father told me stories what it meant for the national pride in an occupied and oppressed small country when Sabonis-led Lithuanian team from a small city beat the best talent all of Russia had to offer and won the Soviet Union National League three times in a row, beating Moscow CSKA in the finals. Lithuanians felt that these were indirect battles for independence and they were very important for people emotionally. Americans got to see enough great talent in the NBA. Yes, I'm curious how Sabonis would have compared. But his career was special and important in a different way.

[@thestairguy]

@@sauliussimcikas7538 Yeah, that's true. It would be like if Luka stayed home now and did the same there

[@amancalledhawk5575]

Had sabonis came to the nba back then the game would be then what it is now centers shooting 3’s with excellent passing i don’t think mj gets 6 rings if sabonis , Petrovic actually played together

[@brunozgodic3032]

@@thestairguy but Slovenia is not under other counries tyranny so i don't understand why he would make such cultural impact.

[@thestairguy]

@@brunozgodic3032 Just curious but you don't think his amazing performance in the Olympics didn't have an effect on his country? I'm not going to pretend to understand the politics, I just thought having one of the greatest players in the world stay home would feel amazing for the locals. But maybe I don't know what I'm talking about 🤷‍♂️

[@kelvscontent3986]

We need these fiba refs to ref the nba

[@Aj7th]

Underrated comment!

[@hugorodriguez9964]

I don’t if you saw Kevin love in the Nigeria game. He tried to jump forward into the defender to try and get a call. They did not call the foul it was so funny seeing him try to do that.

[@davidepoian9758]

Fr they're not soft and inconsistent like the NBA refs they actually get the right calls

[@lachiefraser6394]

After watching game 4 and Jae crowder and cp3 flopping every 30 seconds, I would much prefer the FIBA refs lol

[@DarthB213]

Harden would retire

[@raven2034]

i love that you mentioned sabonis purely because my dad always told how great of a player he was even to standards of the usa dream team. im glad hes at least not forgotten in other countries

[@ethanjaworski743]

I live in America but have family in England who I visit often, and there seems to be almost a shift of culture there. Within the last few years there have been so many basketball courts built and also just excitement about the game of basketball, great to see.

[@spagbolllover554]

patty mills literally turns into prime MJ when he puts on a boomers jursey

[@triocha233]

2016 Curry *** Ahahahhaha

[@weneedhim526]

@@triocha233 prime MJ >>>>>> 2016 Curry, but at least you are on the right track because 2016 Curry did drop off KD and won by 8, just like Mills dropped off KD and won by 8, and both games were in the 90s to 80s scoring outlook, so I will give you that

[@yoshatabi]

@@triocha233 hahaha no

[@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802]

If Patty Mills really turned into prime MJ they should've beaten the current US team by the end of the 1st quarter...

[@airxain2571]

@@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802 aight relax it’s a joke

[@Reagankarr1]

Just imagine how ridiculous a Yugoslav national team would be today, that combo of luka and Jokic would be deadly

[@user-wz8zu7rw6o]

Bogdan Bogdanovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Ivica Zubac, Dario Saric, Jusuf Nurkic, Nikola Vucevic, and a few more haha

[@azizabdiwali3364]

An all Balkan teams sounds better imagine Giannis too.

[@Bliu2th]

You just confused people from the US lmfaooooooooo

[@timothybrown8424]

@@Bliu2th Not the ones who pay attention in history class. That team would be raw for sure.

[@blvck5943]

149-148 game scores

[@goldengooseinvesting4215]

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllldddddddddddddddddd

[@oneelrockwell79]

Awesome video man. Thanks for the hard work, and cool information, you put into your videos.

[@feardatd7961]

"This is getting Ugly" proceeds to talk about how the game is becoming more beautiful.

[@sonuji14]

Ugly for the USA men’s team

[@xMoondo]

The context is different. Read more.

[@zainulmuttaqin7565]

Oops, wrong place i guess

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

NBA is getting ugly - whole BLM thing is a general turn off , so im not surprised. Their heart isn't in it , and these stupid ass protests have the american audience turned the F off.

[@mattylatvala43]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 what

[@noahlakatosh1941]

about Sabonis, drafting a foreign born player wasnt inconceivable, drafting a player from the Soviet Union during the Cold War was inconceivable

[@WhiteGold251]

Yea, I think the Cold War might have been the bigger issue not that he was just some 'foreigner'. I am pretty sure the bulls had someone on their team who wasn't from the USA and they went on to win back to back titles.

[@TheHuskyK9]

It was both, actually. It was rare to see foreign-born NBA players around that time and it just so happened that the Cold War was also happening at the same time so it was even more surprising

[@charless3484]

@@WhiteGold251 kukoc

[@williammunny9916]

*_Isaiah 55.6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon._* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family....._

[@sinanodabas9651]

FACTSS! Love the vid bro. Respect from Turkey✌🏻

[@Edainboy]

Great Video, Jimmy! Basketball goes international, pushing the game forward!🏀

[@DumbInvestors]

I think the Sabonis reaction was because he was from the USSR and not because he was foreign

[@hatuxka]

He was from Lithuania which remained Soviet despite being like Poland and wanting independence from the Russian Empire well before the Russian revolution and the USSR, and became more obviously very anti-Russian after the Soviet breakup. People thought every part of the USSR was communist to the core, like they stupidly think Russia is still communist.

[@kalstonii]

Right. Manute bol was already in the league then

[@ianrowe5797]

This is 1000000000% the reason. We were in a fking Cold War with his country.

[@magjan5721]

@@ianrowe5797 yeah, usa wanted none of that

[@maxthomas-bland4842]

@@ianrowe5797 yeah youre right that is an excuse to needlessly dislike someone purely because of their race and nothing else

[@ryansears6594]

"And if you ask me, that's how it should be" absolutely agree

[@butahir2242]

But also "this starting to get ugly" in the title

[@dynamicflashy]

@@butahir2242 Ugly for the US.

[@butahir2242]

@@dynamicflashy For Team USA, but for American people its great to have better level of play in their national league

[@hollister2320]

@@butahir2242 hell yeah, we couldn’t be happier here in the US, it’s beautiful to see, and has me excited for the Olympics

[@0401412740]

THEYRE TAKING OUR JOBS!!!

[@nicolecooper1569]

Same is happening in track and field too. It used to always be the same countries winning titles. Nowadays not so much. The finalists in each events are starting to be more diverse. Albeit, some athletes are transplants from a country that’s known for track and field , but like basketball the sport is also diversifying.

[@troliskimosko]

So true! Who would’ve expected FRANCE to take the 100m gold haha, these sports are truly becoming worldwide

[@niuren]

If your videos editing skills are 10/10, your logic and reasoning skills are 20/10, amazing stuff bro!

[@milesluther1003]

The angry reaction to drafting Sabonis is more closely linked to US-USSR Cold War tensions than it is to drafting a foreign born player

[@98slime86]

First time black ops taught me something

[@fgwalt5343]

Right this dude didnt even realize that😂😂😂

[@Anonymous-vm9bg]

@@98slime86 how did you not know about the Cold War 🤣 you must be 12

[@98slime86]

@@Anonymous-vm9bg it’s called a joke my friend….

[@ipwnnoobsable]

I was thinking the same thing

[@nnn6054]

The USA team is just full of iso “guy” of the team. When they run into other countries that play as a team and have good chemistry they get smacked. It also doesn’t help that the recent trend of foul calling in the nba doesn’t fly in the FIBA

[@nunyabizwacks6711]

team fulla iso joes lol

[@nunyabizwacks6711]

@BDBInTheFlesh hell yea i hope. may go back to more preferential treatment tho like jordan used to get. you could still hack the fuck out of players in those days, but if you looked at jordan wrong they were callin a foul

[@lowbudget1661]

through out my school days i was always a b team player but good enough to be team captain or co,..we beat our A team soccer team in a city wide tournament in the final no one expected to see us in the final against our best team and we beat them by playing as a team we did it again in high school basketball in a friendly,we were a top nationwide basketball high school our senior team won the entire comp because we had the very best coach in NZ,his son went on to become a professional player so every team was trained well,at the time we knew we could beat our age group A team because they played as individuals

[@javierlandaverde4108]

This is true and it shows you as well how under appreciated is Steph Curry and how he is very under sold in today’s NBA by fans and media. What separates Curry from anyone in this team USA including KD is he is not just an iso guy which he can be but he is the best off the ball player in the nba meaning he doesn’t need to iso or dribble the ball to get his buckets. So it’s tough guarding him because he can beat you on the ball and off the ball in many ways yet people be downplaying he isn’t a legend and disrespect him.

[@Kaiden-9226]

@Square up! yeah maybe not

[@ayushgarg9253]

Luka doncic saying “It’s easier to score in the NBA” and the backing it up since his rookie season is the Biggest flex ever bruh. 😎

[@VangBill96]

Kobe looking down from heaven at Team USA shaking his head soft…

[@BlackPsychopathHAHA]

Nope. Kobe's in an eternal slumber unaware of anything going on on earth. RIP Mamba

[@unspokenvoicesmedia]

Yeah Kobe is shaking his head because he can't believe how dumb then the game has become. He is shaking his head at the fact that there's no critical thinking in logic being applied how media is being consumed without questioning not just a message but the messenger. The fact that your personal feelings that lead to your opinion by cherry picking a particular angle facts. Communication and how mass media can be used by applying one of their heat tools called lies of omission. Look up this concept in journalism and mass communication.

[@tlbush84]

The title of this video should be: this is starting to get beautiful

[@acxe212]

This ;3

[@BravoNineThreeTwo]

This is starting to get ‘interesting’?

[@181cameron]

I agree...but I don't think a large swath of Americans really enjoy foreigners using what they've learned from watching the US players put on a show. I'm Canadian, and I saw the same thing happen when hockey players were becoming "increasingly foreign born." I think it made the game better...but what do I know?

[@lucashigdon4488]

@@181cameron yeah they will be mad and they will most likely do a protest sense they love that thing. But it’s good because then the USA is not the only dominant basketball team

[@balinn01]

@@BackgroundDude agree 100%. The game is expanding

[@Shabangin]

Only reason we losing is cause Lance Stephenson and Michael Beasley aren't playing

[@Shabangin]

@Caleb Martin u right, how could I forget the GOAT

[@bron2k217]

@@Shabangin you also forgot about Jahlil Okafor bro

[@KDSlimReaper]

dudes really sleeping on kuzma in 2021

[@Shabangin]

@@bron2k217 It's amazing no one has brought up the best dunker in the CBA, Robert Sacre

[@bron2k217]

@@Shabangin now all of this is getting insulting to the best PG of all-time Jonny Flynn

[@baranbaysal7033]

Such a great video, hands down the best basketball channel I’ve come across

[@bryladam]

Who's here after Team France beat Team USA?

[@beasleyicey1370]

Who’s here after Gold??

[@boltz3665]

Usa the best

[@xhafts]

Whos here after team usa beat france for gold?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christopherdavis1012]

So basically everyone else caught up and it’s gonna be truly competitive? I’m with it.

[@christopherdavis1012]

@Noah Hemmings we’ve been dominant for sometime. It’s hard for some to deviate from the norm and accept change

[@slimetime4668]

No one caught up just hardly any top players even show up for team USA

[@nunyabizwacks6711]

@@slimetime4668 exactly, and half of em play for other countries lol. in my opinion, if your in the nba and a citizen of america, you should be representing america in the olympics

[@bryane727]

@@nunyabizwacks6711 sounds so dumb trying to monopolise players at the end of the day it's players choice to choose who they want to play for. Terrible argument.

[@chiefgaming7692]

@Noah Hemmings no... if AD Steph LeBron Kawi Embid were to play against any over seas team it’s a wrap, team USA this year is weak compared to the last 10 years

[@del46_60]

Pretty sure people were reacting to drafting a USSR citizen in the Reagan era, not that he was foreign. Also the college system sucks for developing athletes.

[@jamessprentz3570]

Agreed, that was beef with the USSR not foreigners

[@Blazegamingcentral]

100% Cold war was still active, hence the "Americas game" comment

[@harryjin4022]

My thoughts exactly!

[@trubica]

Lithuanians hated being under the USSR tho.

[@gomez3357]

Agree

[@jakeklawonn797]

4:01 Here in 2023 where this “7 foot 3 inch demi god” is now known as Wemby, was the most hyped prospect possibly ever and was the #1 ovr pick. 2 years ago we didn’t even know his name.

[@Tylercm262]

I love the people clowning Sabonis. Not knowing how much of an impact he would have.

[@YossGold]

Truth. And if he'd have come when he was actually drafted his name would be up there with Wilt, Hakeem, Kareem, Shaq and Russel in the list of all time big man GOATs imo. He had every tool in the kit + amazing basketball IQ. I think he would've dominated for a decade+

[@lukemontgomery2934]

Bring these dudes into the nba, literally makes it so much more fun. I love seeing foreign dudes coming in and making the competition even crazier

[@fernando.tomina]

Imagine the last three or four years of NBA without foreign players... it would be a very different power balance. We would probably have three or four power houses and a bunch of struggling franchises. Foreign players are the wild card that keep the league interesting, because nobody seems they coming (differently from college or top high school players).

[@fyemusicplug6486]

@@fernando.tomina Facts. Giannis just dropped 26, 14 and 8 ast and they considered that an off night for him cuz he didn’t score 40 as usual.

[@fernando.tomina]

@@fyemusicplug6486 and that block? the guy basically teleported... the greek is trully a freak!

[@fyemusicplug6486]

@@fernando.tomina let’s not talk about that 😭 I’m rooting for the suns

[@JohnDoe-dw7or]

I think we are seeing the lasting impact of the game growing in the 90s and 00s. These kids worldwide grew up watching MJ while the older generations never got to see the NBA as much. That inspired them to reach the heights of a sport that has much more reach than before

[@BENBOSS777]

more like kobe & lebron, cause people born after mj retired are already 23

[@izzy031096]

Yup basketball still isn’t even that popular down under.. You guys just wait until it is lol

[@samstewart2158]

@@izzy031096 Yeah can't wait for the Melbourne Wallabies to set the basketball world on fire 😂

[@zevroman]

@@BENBOSS777 uh nope, MJ was the sparks for basketball here in Asia. Before that, everyone was just a football (soccer) fanatics..but our generation and below started to love basketball.

[@BENBOSS777]

@@zevroman nope, mj inspired lebrons generation, not this new up-incoming one. Luka Doncic literally said Lebron was his idol and inspired him to play ball

[@confusedindividual]

There’s a reason why guys like MJ and Kobe only got more intense as their careers progressed. It’s easier for later generations to achieve skills like theirs when they’ve seen the greats in action. The pioneers work harder to pave the way resulting in an easier job for their descendants to walk the path. Becoming the best is about innovation and motivation. Staying the best is about vigilance and relentlessness.

[@tylerbuck9347]

Smartest comment I've read in a long time

[@patrickjohnson2798]

Strike two bruh..

[@user-ls9ic5vr1g]

Strike 3 jxmy loses half of his subscribers. Strike 4? I dont even wanna know

[@eruptic6503]

I remember when Luka was drafted many Mavs fans were extremely mad. Of course watching him in the Euroleague wrecking my favourite team time after time, I knew how special he was.

[@TheQsanity]

That's probably why some Texans hate the Mavs. The organization is too We European and not Texan enough

[@Qicboy47]

Luka was drafted by the Hawks

[@vittorioantonioscaletta7255]

As a Mavs fan, during that draft I'm pretty excited about Luka ngl. I believe he had the potential from the beginning. Sure there's doubts of being a bust but hey we have Dirk before, why not gamble on Luka? and look where it get us.

[@zgoetzinger6970]

@@Qicboy47 ye he was

[@eruptic6503]

@@Qicboy47Well technically they traded him on draft night.

[@robertdiehl1281]

Dude your take is spot on. It always makes you wonder why we would call ourselves world champions when the world wasn’t involved. Thanks for this

[@prismatic9804]

@Tucker Johnson Embiid is not from America. Lmao

[@tombradydid9114]

@@prismatic9804 is called the "NATIONAL" Basketball Association not the "WORLD" Basketball Association. Just becuz we have international talent doesn't make it a world league.

[@prismatic9804]

@@tombradydid9114 the guy I was responding to must have dorty deleted. He said Team USA didn't have their best players and listed Embiid, chief

[@LevelofClarity]

This was a good one. Everyone in the world should have the most opportunity possible. Let the best, most hard-working individual win.

[@gagause]

Amazing content - great job, do not stop!

[@brendanmcguinness3136]

“There’s probably some kid in Norway or Japan or Germany, who’s going to drop a 50 bomb on someone’s head in the 2035 NBA season.” I bet this will actually come true, see y’all in 15 years

[@farhanabdullahi5636]

You from norway?

[@clarkrodriguez3455]

Let's all stay alive until that time comes.

[@thinkingonesec]

2035 and Luka Magic still balling for his 5th ring

[@johnjperricone7856]

It will happen sooner.

[@Anita_sensei]

I really hope this ages like wine

[@GojoRamsay888]

Team USA thought that they're still in NBA 🤦‍♂️

[@almondchip3490]

Nah, watch durants effort in the bucks series compared to in the intl games. He’s barely trying

[@oskarneftel3756]

@@almondchip3490 Bruh that were Playoffs

[@finderofmenaces277]

@@almondchip3490 maybe he’ll try when it’s actually games and not pointless exhibition games

[@lTeridaxall]

this is a dumb comment

[@maksssglatkikkk9129]

www.youtubesolit.com/watch?v=xfjNLxFCUhn

[@johnjacobjingleheimer-schm8283]

Loved this video, and I SO agree with the points you made. I'm sure your answer will be yes, but have you watched the 30for30 "Once Brothers" that talks about the Yugoslavian team that was VERY good and many think could have beaten the original Dream Team that didnt get to play the United States because of the fall of the USSR on Dec. 25th 1991, which led to Yugoslavia breaking up. Which led to Serbia and Croatia going to war with each other. If you haven't watched it, you should, it's an incredible documentary l, and easily one of my favorites from 30 for 30.

[@prlito9mm]

There should be some kinda international league in the future

[@huamenger6799]

There is for Europe like the champions League for football

[@tamzidrahman6655]

Basketball changing from "American Game" to "The World's Game" is beautiful and necessary

[@09lowkey]

It's funny because Naismith was born in Canada.

[@09lowkey]

@Death I agree, makes sense in Football because they only play American Football in America. But nahhh, the Olympics is the World Championship. NBA is NBA

[@xsigna1]

@@09lowkey canadian-american

[@09lowkey]

@@xsigna1 "Born in Canada"

[@xsigna1]

@@09lowkey He invented basketball while teaching at the ymca in Springfield 🤦 Soooo Canadian-american

[@denashakutskozmianas1081]

3:47 damn we really be playing during the roman empire years

[@manraj3765]

i was just about to comment that

[@denashakutskozmianas1081]

@@manraj3765 you’ll get em next time champ

[@battousaix4263]

whatever Caesar wants, Caesar gets bru

[@user-rj6ku1go8j]

At Caesars palace arena 😀

[@bigt1574]

Now I wonder who that 7' 3" demigod from France is.

[@yohobozo1209]

WEMBANYAMMMMAAAA

[@kentcho1823]

You make one of the dopest content fam!! Real shit!!

[@kamilmusalat]

I didnt know arvydas sabonis was such a truck, crazy I only saw him when he was already "broken"

[@amjan]

He was basically a bit more modern Wilt Chamberlain. He was actually a high flyer!

[@coolfear360]

@@amjan His offense was also ridiculous. Such finesse for a tall guy.

[@BADMON_]

Proud to be a Lithuanian rn 😂 watch out for Sabonis Jr.

[@GIGATT808]

I thought he was a big white chocolate with the blazers

[@JawaPenguin16]

He came into the league as damaged goods with two formerly torn Achilles, and still managed to be that good. Sabonis was a gem.

[@alexanderkraus139]

"As we speak, there's probably some kid in Norway, or Japan or Germany who is gonna drop a 50 bomb on someone's head in the 2035 NBA season." Lock up that prediction!

[@yixie6830]

basketball talents booming everywhere except my China, SAD

[@WastedBananas]

@@yixie6830 Fanbo Zeng looks good

[@cmvhon]

It’s starting to remind me of soccer honestly, where most countries have an even chance. Granted, the US still probably has more talent then almost of the world, but I feel like any country has a shot nowadays. Great video though man. Love the explanation of what happening!

[@ethanma3916]

bruh Mason Plumlee pushing his teammate to the ground on defense at 6:57 got me weak lmaoo

[@andrewmartinez1913]

This is simple , the world didn’t catch up in talent . They are playing basketball, not iso ball like we have in the nba now . This reminds me of the heat vs Spurs . Miami had all the talent , Spurs just played better basketball .

[@michaelh7125]

The NBA has been moving away from iso ball for 10-15 years now as witnessed by the Suns with Nash, Golden State, the Raptors and now Phoenix and Milwaukee, the Team Game is superior, the Europeans had to remind us of that. BTW, you do realize that before the NBA / ABA merger in the 70s the game was played much more like the nowadays European game? Blacks played a more street ball version of the game which led to the game we have now for the last 45 years or so. The European Team game is much more true to its roots.

[@esho758]

You must be a young af if you think the NBA is mostly iso ball now. Now the 90s-early 2000s....that was iso ball. Today's league is heavily focused on 3 point shooting, which requires more passing to get the open shot. Yes, you have teams like the Harden led Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers who relied heavily on iso ball, but even then they were still passing out jacking up a bunch of 3's. Look at the team that dominated last decade, the Golden State Warriors, a beautiful passing team. This olympic team is playing a bunch of iso because they're not used to playing with each other, haven't had much practice time together, and haven't established a hierarchy. Once (maybe I should say IF) they figure out who's the top dog, who's second/third options, and their roles become more defined, they will start crushing the competition again. Probably need to get used to playing tougher defense as well. NBA has gotten soft on that side of the ball.

[@andrewmartinez1913]

@@esho758 your making my point . Who dominated in the 90s ? The Bulls they had the triangle. Who dominated the 2000 the lakers and Spurs . They had systems in place . Yes golden state dominated but didn’t start doing so till Steve Kerr came in and made them run his version of the triangle! Those are systems that win . To why James harden never won in Houston and neither has Portland . ISO does not win championships

[@michaelh7125]

You have a reading comprehension problem apparently.

[@djteq9]

The 90s was nothing but iso ball.

[@21exodus]

3:45 , dang we really in the year of 202, shits crazy out here bro

[@unknownaccount72]

time flies by hella fast

[@sherikinz3435]

lol

[@sswaaayzeeee3786]

We started over

[@21exodus]

@@sswaaayzeeee3786 factory reset

[@maksssglatkikkk9129]

www.youtubesolit.com/watch?v=xfktCVDEoek

[@wxrriorog3096]

I am from Greece and I picked up basketball a few days ago but the basketball feels so natural to handle and I have already created my own dribbles 15 years old

[@Robert-tz3tt]

A lot of high quality coaches from the US have been spreading knowledge worldwide for a long time now. It’s showing.

[@billputney2533]

Personally I believe the Sabonis reaction was from the announcer taking minute-long breaks between each line, just to say a “USSR” player during the Cold War. Otherwise an outstanding video as always👍

[@arnav9192]

Yeah it wasn't just foreign born, it was THAT country that he was born in. I doubt it was a similar reaction when hakeem or dikembe were drafted lol.

[@michaelturner9712]

I think the reaction to him being drafted had more to do with it being the USSR. Cold War views.

[@hxntertrxmble8887]

facts

[@chrissykes1619]

I was looking for this comment. Facts

[@Withoutwin]

For sure

[@fatslav7712]

Yeah the red scare was still in full swing, and there was generally a lot of xenophobia towards everybody from the eastern block, even if it wasnt the fault of the people from russia or lithuania that they had were part of that system.

[@yixie6830]

also he's an older dude with many injuries

[@mist_ey]

9:15 the reason why I think they reacted that way was probably due to the fact that the draft was during the Cold War and the Trailblazers chose a person from the Soviet Union

[@jmccall7846]

Standing by, waiting for @jxmyhighroller's video about the demigod in Milwaukee

[@mbravo857]

They depend on the foul calls and they ain’t giving them any soft ass fouls

[@foraminutethere23]

Those calls are to protect the players. To protect the team's investments

[@jactrich]

@@foraminutethere23 yeah the olympics committee couldn’t give less of a shit about what rich NBA owners want. They are gonna do what’s beneficial to the Olympics not the NBA and that means basically ‘go as hard as you can, we don’t care if you get injured we’re not the ones paying you’

[@jactrich]

@Stop Trolling compared to you and your illiteracy. Yes yes I do

[@jactrich]

@Stop Trolling my degrees and things outside of social media determine my intellect not a KZbin name or comment. You realise that Eszett is also not a b if you really want to dig into the name. 😬😬😬🤐🤐🤐

[@ryu-ken]

This is true. USA team flailing around trying to get their calls. It ain't working

[@benbrittan8429]

The reaction to the Sabonis selection definitely wasn’t solely due to him being a foreign prospect, but rather the fact that he was a Soviet draftee during the immense animosity of the Cold War.

[@6redda]

was looking for this

[@dylonmartinez7946]

Agreed

[@kx4998]

well another reason why it is pretty stupid to draft him at that time is that unless sabonis defect and desert the red army, he cannot even come and play in the nba

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

Maybe for some, but for others? I imagine there was a lot of people who had no idea who Sabonis was and since America>World, thought he was an "inferior" player because he didn't grow up and play basketball in the states. I'm just glad that Sabonis had a nice career. I remember watching him as a lad, and even though he seemed slower and "stiff" at times, not to mention not as "flashy" as well, you could tell he had definite skill.

[@kieranr5676]

“Talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not”

[@nzbg1132]

talent is not equally distributed

[@WastedBananas]

@dripler You're probably talking about somewhere in South Sudan, thing is they've never really produced a legendary NBA player despite they're extraordinary average height

[@CarlossWorld]

well done video and spoke about real issues I love it

[@KrazyNigerian14]

Wonder if it also goes back to the “the league is getting soft” talk. I remember seeing an article about how in the Nigeria and Australia games, US players were looking at refs regarding calls they’d usually get in the NBA

[@philipspires5781]

The NBA wants $ so they tired to appeal to the world by changing the rules away from iso ball. It has backfield. The floor is so spread out that everyone is in iso. Help defense takes too long to double team and leaves shooters wide open. Greed has ruined the NBA. It's a jump shooting contest, if Europe actually plays defense I'll watch them instead.

[@RockWonder210]

The league is soft right now and the rest of the world is playing ball like it’s the 90’s. The best era for basketball.

[@jamiecumbee4108]

They not used to getting slapped on the pinky finger

[@ATLMike94]

Considering that Nigeria and Australia have plenty players with nba experience, wouldn't their teams be soft too? Yes, the NBA is soft but I don't think that has anything to do with us losing international games. It's not the NBA vs the World anymore. The Olympics is basically nba players playing against each other representing their home countries.

[@RockWonder210]

@@ATLMike94 Think about the international players in the league. They play hard and some are blamed for playing too rough. Ex. Giannis and Embiid

[@AntMan9651]

Although I enjoyed this video, I disagree with one of his arguments. The people weren’t upset their team drafted a foreign player, they were mad that he was from the Soviet Union. That clip was from 1986, 3 years before the Cold War even ended. Ties with the Soviet Union and the United States weren’t great. Anyways, the video was great. Edit: The Cold War ended in 1991, so the clip was 5 years before the war ended. The Berlin Wall was taken down in 1989.

[@MrCtwhat]

Exactly. They may have acted a little annoyed if it was from a European country or something but their almost outright disgust was because he was from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. This was 1986 and Rocky 4 came out in 1985, so it kind of shows where societally USA and the Soviet Union were at.

[@brianjamds6617]

Hate to say it, but this is one of Jimmy’s worst videos- very little research, almost all lazy assumptions.

[@jamiecumbee4108]

Very true. Know your history.

[@eacey]

Still shouldn’t matter.

[@ricardodiaz8612]

@@eacey it kinda should, the US and the soviet union were super close to NUKE eachother out

[@mattmuhr109]

Wow, don't normally comment on videos but this was a good one. Well done and subscribed!

[@dovydas4295]

Lithuania! Thank you for the video!

[@chriskaloki6494]

It's amazing that Hakeem and embiid played their first basketball at age 15

[@gregstertv695]

also me. except im still 15. but its really inspiring to know that african players like hakeem and embiid started the way i did.basketball is my life fr. and i hope that it can expand in africa as well.

[@linuxafrica2584]

A great point and this was actually true for a lot of young Nigerian (i know embiid isnt nigerian) who were born in those days the usually started out with football and if you got tall then you would move to basketball my dad has some pretty funny stories about guys who were insane baskball players that just never tried playing until College age.

[@choppy3148]

@@gregstertv695 keep working man

[@tylerlockett8606]

I remember back in 202 when we lost against Nigeria, whew memories.

[@azizabdiwali3364]

Team Egypt were 🔥

[@TheHuskyK9]

You dang kids with your electronics and gadgets. Back in my day in 202, we walked through snowstorms just to get to school! 😂😂

[@navimoondi7390]

Back when the term “pass the rock” was literal 🪨

[@ItstheDubsWay307]

@@TheHuskyK9 lol oldhead huh ahahahahaha!

[@azizabdiwali3364]

@@mnassif3809 mashallah thanks akhi

[@WayanGYoga]

The disrespect when they announce sabonis😔

[@shirshbhati9427]

One of your best videos man.