When Average NBA Players Dominate The Olympics

[@DKM_Sports]

0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Bogdan Bogdanovic 3:56 - Franz Wagner 6:44 - Dennis Schroder 9:45 - RJ Barrett 13:01 - Josh Giddy 16:40 - Jock Landale 19:17 - Santi Aldama 21:27 - Rui Hachimura 24:03 - Outro

[@eBazi]

Serbia should’ve won that game … 😢

[@sehu1291]

You were wrong about Schröder. He started his international career in 2014 not 2017. He even played with Dirk Nowitzki the Euros 2015 and was after Dirk Germanys second best player in 2015

[@page8301]

What is that shade thrown at Dirk? Dirk managed to led an otherwise talentless German team to two medals and was usually a top 3/5 player in the international tournaments pretty consistently even winning MVP and he did it in the NBA as well. An all around superstar and winner.

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

nah he was right

[@page8301]

@@kingdinodragonite3470 Not really.

[@sehu1291]

True Dirks team was shit and he lead it to World Cup Bronze in the World Cup 2002 and in the Euros finals 2005 and lead them singlehandely to the Olympics

[@TheTyronecus]

Dirk never gets his flowers.

[@sehu1291]

@@TheTyronecuswell he was world championship MVP, Euros MVP and had the most points in 2 WCs and 2 euros. So at FIBA he got defintely his flowers and also in the NBA (but you are right when you look at all the records im the NBA he hold or is in the top 5 or top 10 then he should be revered much more. But he feels uncomfortable when he gets too many honors, so I guess it's cool for him. Haha. And in Dallas he is forever the GOAT in people's hearts even if doncic wins 3 chips with them

[@dwallent1]

say it... say it... we want Bogdan with Jokic... but.. oops... you just said it! Franz Wagner... incredible... finally a post on the unsung heroes.. thank you

[@jesusWilliams-n6t]

Sorry bud he bout to win his own,ring with my HAWKS!

[@bigbangbasketball]

@@jesusWilliams-n6tvery wishful thinking 😂

[@SlushyMist]

I fully believe almost any player in the NBA could be a star if the team wanted to play through them

[@nathan-sg7cu]

Also a factor to consider is "Entertainment" value.

[@BBallRambling]

I would definitely love to see a non-NBA players type video. Yuki Kawamura should easily the face of that video as he put up 20 and 7 on 40% 3-point shooting at only 5'8". I've been high on him for a while now and it is cool seeing him get so much international credit. And there were several other valuable role guys who were crucial to their team's success in the tournament.

[@alext3168]

How you gonna forget about Yabusele? Mans was literally getting MVP chants at the FT line in the gold medal game, and posterized the Fraud King!

[@bulbazzure7252]

Well it's about nba players not euroleague players, that's why ^^'

[@bigbangbasketball]

Yabusele about to get a 10 day off of that too 😂

[@renkane3086]

Because…he’s not currently an NBA player…read

[@TheCook43]

@@renkane3086He joined the 76ers

[@renkane3086]

@@TheCook43 🤦‍♂️ I know. But not at the time of the making of this video…it’s not brain science

[@whatdoiputhere1694]

Giddy is 21 and going to be far better than average, he just spent an entire season playing out of position for OKC to help his team win - then in his best position for Australia. Giddy is the main reaons Jock Landale is on this list.

[@allthingsrelevantcuriously5695]

Well done. You’ve come along way and sound much more polished and professional.

[@dalton7726]

Bruh Bogdan is 31? He looks 16 lmao

[@zephyrod7307]

Same with Schröder lol

[@BBallRambling]

These videos are awesome, DKM. Keep it up!

[@drizzy6302]

Josh giddy gonna be madness in the future

[@markneil6892]

Name a Non Allstar player from USA that you think that can step up their game in FIBA/Olympics if they gave them a chance.

[@I.am_Groot]

Did you not watch these Olympics?

[@ryanscott8180]

Sexton

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

nah​@@ryanscott8180

[@Trafalgar-D-Water-Law23]

Austin reaves averaged 15 on 50% from 3 and 60% from the field.

[@ryanmagiera4402]

More comments like these :) aaron gordon

[@BBallRambling]

I've got Giddey as my 2025 Most Improved Player

[@colberthunter12]

Patty Mills.

[@trollforfunsodonttakemeser2374]

boyy slow down

[@odysseasrizoglou7328]

Great video! Just one correction: Serbia came back from down 24 in the 2nd quarter, not Australia :) Game of the tournament indeed!

[@BeerAndJoints]

Bogdanović and Jokić on the Nuggets would be sick!

[@SuperGamer-xo1fk]

I know he is a fib a god but no patty mills???

[@Anvilsk9]

Shoutout to you for talking about the boomers seems like no one wants to acknowledge how good our little country is at basketball

[@AnsWerNas]

Ow we know dw hahaha we in Spain feared you and Canada the most. Mills is just a superstar with no fear, but u cought us off guard with Giddey. I love watching ur team play❤

[@jmgonzales7701]

your country is far from little.

[@OwenMcKenna]

The amazing Patty Mills deserved a feature coz he really did lead the Boomers when the chips were down, got them into OT vs Serbia and he totally fits the theme of this video. Great video, though!

[@Shingo_Aoi]

Another player who played well is Jack McVeigh for Austrialia, 9 ppg on 52% from 3. He played significant minutes in a roster full of NBA players while he played in NBL last season (and actually was the MVP)

[@vintagepimpage6049]

Barrett has been a borderline all star his entire career ...so he played exactly like he has always played so it's strange he is even mentioned

[@Shingo_Aoi]

3:18 wait, Bogdanovic won 2017 Euroleague with Fener

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

As someone who is fond of the bulls I am much more optimistic about Giddey now

[@Anvilsk9]

You should make a video about how Mattie thybulle got snubbed this year from the boomers makes absolutely no ssense and there’s a lot of up roar here about it.

[@colberthunter12]

Patty Mills from Australia becomes the Michael Jordan of international ball, drops 25 every game

[@charliejames1981]

I would love to see players outside of the NBA because as an American I hear the same stars so hearing from those ballers from other countries is something I'm looking forward to knowing about

[@hunterhidalgo9917]

bogie not really a different player at all tho lol those splits and numbers are pretty comparable to when he's healthy and actually utilized in the nbc, he should be 6MOY and when he gets starters minutes and ball handling duties he basically avgs his fibs numbers; he's always that good

[@hunterhidalgo9917]

*nba *fiba

[@koopalibrary]

Postseason aside, the nba regular season is just a day job. national team (and postseason) is where players show up for real. Outside of the usa.

[@hbk2221]

9:28 Dude Dennis Schroder IS CURRENTLY in his prime. He's only 30. Just barely off of his 20s. Why do some of yall think 30 is old. What is wrong with you? Even Jimmy Butler & Marcus Morris had breakout seasons at 30.

[@sehu1291]

True. For an PG 30 is nothing. Look how old most of the NBA pointguards are. Schröder said already he will play until 40 (he afded that if he isn't good enough anymore for the NBA than for an Euroleague topclub in south Europe and at the end at his own club Braunschweig in the German first division)

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

The analytics show Wagner to be considerably better than average. He simply is joining the ranks of "average" NBA international players who got to show what they can do with them as the focal point of the offense. Most notably Steve Nash and Manu Ginóbili, and more recently Lauri Markkanen.

[@sheesh4488]

Dope content

[@DKM_Sports]

thanks sheesh

[@WallyMerrigan23]

Patty Mills

[@Adrian-xu3xi]

I had no idea bogdan was 31 I thought he was in his early twenties

[@discowolf25]

Albeit Patty Mills always been above avg- he do turn into prime MJ for fiba. Just saying

[@user-lx4wb2cz6q]

Thanks for putting respect on us aussies

[@nomercyinc6783]

the nba is the most skilled league in the world regarding basketball. even the worst nba player is still better than anyone at the gym or park court

[@yusufc1826]

Bogie actually won the Eurolegue champ in Fenerbahce Turkey

[@curtismanning6129]

As a French I need to hear you praise Yabusele and Cordinier so please make this Non-NBA players video !

[@Pm78667]

Après avoir bien joué contre Canada, Cordinier a complètement disparu contre les Américains🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@letefte]

As a Greek I dread a video where you mention the guys from Euroleague teams that underperformed.

[@DKM_Sports]

u red or green

[@letefte]

@@DKM_Sports Green

[@DKM_Sports]

needed Loukas

[@AMACHiiBiong]

Aldama IS the future of Spain 🇪🇸 But Aldama + Edey in Memphis is also really interesting to see

[@saredciders7414]

Yeah lets do an outside the nba vid

[@onlyfacts3178]

WAGNER isnt a AVERAGE NBA player..he is a STAR and isnt an all-star because thats a MARKETING LEAGUE...WAGNER is better than BANCHERO and better than many players, the difference is the number of shoots attempts...

[@john94949]

A winning player who hasn’t won? What are you, The Riddler? Ehhh, it’s actually kinda clever

[@ryanmagiera4402]

BOGDAN + JOKER = CHIP #2 !!!

[@akwesirobinson1710]

Rj is like he showed you is in the playoffs vs the Cavs and heat and with the raptor he is like that

[@jamex7189]

Bogdan bogdanovic in a good contest wuold be very good as you said

[@noy4747]

Landale and Aldama should be the only one's on this list. The rest of the players pretty much played to their NBA level. Not a lot of people that follow the nba would say, "I didn't know he could play like that" while watching the Olympics. Even Landale and Aldama didn't show anything new. They just had more minutes. If anything, I would include that PF from Brazil

[@ashleyfisher9308]

Giddey was traded FROM OKC to the bulls not to OKC. And he added 10 points and 6 assists to his 9 points vs Serbia… cmon man.

[@sirtainlee8725]

NBA teams should try to reassemble any one of these countries' teams, to guarantee multiple Championships.

[@sehu1291]

Well Schröder, Bogdanovic and Wagner (unfortunately injured almost whole group stage) was already this good last year at the FIBA World Championship. The duel Schröder vs Bogdanovic in the final was epic

[@gymrat8164]

Wait why did he say Serbia blew a 30 point lead it was a 17 point lead😂

[@ReeFitz_2079]

Patty mills

[@s3yedm10]

hey bro u got great vids were r u from

[@DKM_Sports]

Scotland

[@AnsWerNas]

​@DWKM_Sports WHAT...I ALWAYS THO U WERE LITHUANIAN WTH HAHAH

[@jamaalsjourney]

​@@AnsWerNas yeah dude i thought Bosnia

[@s3yedm10]

@@DKM_Sports haha great seeing other peoples thoughts about it

[@R.B.90]

Rui going back to Washington always has games that make him look like Paul George lol but he has so much talent but lacks the ability to be consistent. I think he settles too much. He needs to look for his. N even when he doesnt he needs to not let it effect his defense cuz he can be an all NBA defender.

[@sirtainlee8725]

There are few things as empowering as fighting with your mates, for each other and for your families. FIBA play is very different from NBA play. It's time the US looked at that. Finally, every-man-for-himself style is very different from a coach-run style.

[@ezrymellis3654]

Actually Australia were up by 20 against Serbia

[@CAGAT25]

Hey man, Can you make a video showing more about asian basketball and their rivalries? Also about tjeir potential and what they can achieve in future tournaments? Im very interested and would be a big break from most Euroleague and NBA content. You could shed light on those underrated teams and start with Justin Brownlee who led the Philippines to beating number 6 Latvia and also about them Winning the Asian Games after 60 years. Basketball is the biggest sport in the Philippines similarly to countries like Lithuania, Lebanon and more. You could also View more like the rise of basketball in Japan Witb players like Watanabe, B league MVP Kawamura, Hachimure. Or powerhouses like China or what went wrong with Korea. or even look up and coming powerhouses like Lebanon with Wael Arakji. Or even the Australians in asian games.I know Euro Teams are significantly better and that most tesms would go winless in a Euro basket tournament besides Japan and probably The Philippines but its still pretty interesting imo to see their progress snd predict where they would go from now to the future with basketball becoming a bigger game. You could also probably check other. Former/ Current NBA player like how players like RHJ, Li Kaer, Andre Blatche did for the countries they played.

[@DaffyTaffy93]

Josh Giddey was drafted number 6 by okc my guy

[@felipecastanha9161]

13:03 josh diddy

[@antoniouy9704]

If the old yugoslavia can play together again..they can beat this team usa...imagine adding luka, vucevic, nurkic, and bojan to team serbia...

[@crepinhauser5274]

Not sure they'd add Nurkic. He's got a bad rep among players.

[@weedhigh2564]

I said it many times and will never get tired of repeating this, if Yugoslavia remained together instead of splitting up we would be dominating in sports worldwide, there would be no sport where we wouldnt be at the very top, well maybe breakdancing, I hear thats a sport now

[@jorgepascual169]

ok bud if the usa sends in kids sure maybe but anytime we send the a team well you already saw lol

[@weedhigh2564]

@@jorgepascual169 no I didnt see anything like that. You do realize that the full Yugoslavia team would be completely made of NBA players with 2 out of 4 of the best players in the NBA (or rather in the world) on their roster against a USA team that has 0 out of the top 5 current players on their roster. Crushing USA in sports was one of the big reasons the USA ruined our countries political unity because we were the biggest threat to them dominating world politics and regulating it the way they please. Go to school, learn about history and learn to discern good teams and players

[@andreamicucci2396]

Bogie was spazzin, I watched him vs USA and he scored at will...also if he went to Denver he'd be a clear starter, who's gonna play the 2 over him? Braun? HA

[@dumpalt1975]

Bogdan is an all star player in normal basketball rules allow defense

[@R.B.90]

I know international play doesnt always translate to the nba but when u outplay your expectation like Jock Landale did you have to think he will improve in the NBA next year. Problem is, the Rockets are stacked with young talent. N hes older than the core. Hopefully they sell high now n its a win win where he can be a primary back up somewhere else.

[@jjWhy213]

I kinda disagree with Schroder, and bogi. They always go crazy when playin for their home team. This isn’t new for them

[@StefunnyStrange]

Whoever created AI deserves the anti-Nobel Peace prize for making our lives worse.

[@DKM_Sports]

What’s AI?

[@anonskritler]

Allen Iverson does not make out lives worse, smh 😤

[@nomercyinc6783]

euro league basketball is second class to the nba. fans opinions dont make anything matter in sports

[@SEGAMAST3R]

Where patty mills??

[@cheap272]

The kid giddler🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@oscarcarrillo39]

the giddler sighting

[@antoniouy9704]

If embiid opted to play for france..team usa would be playing for bronze.. france and serbia would be playing for gold instead...

[@dubs.couldntbeme2949]

Horrible fucking take😭

[@HesiSzn]

alvarado??

[@AnsWerNas]

Micic! He along Bogdanovic and Jokic elevates the team to what it is now

[@firetrix93]

Josh Diddy

[@bigbangbasketball]

Schroder’s fiba overall is easily 99

[@PikaSpeaks]

Yes Bogi 👏 he was amazing

[@sehu1291]

Franz Wagner is not average for his age

[@mangyantv7906]

🔥🔥

[@lipaulo100]

Cmom Man, no Bruno Caboclo?

[@DKM_Sports]

He isn’t nba

[@disispeter]

As an American that never watch euros but wanna get into it more… when does the season start and how can i watch some matches

[@sambo416]

Spanish league is sept-may Euroleague Is oct-april So similar to NBA That way they can all do fiba in summer

[@disispeter]

@@sambo416 which league is better or has better teams/players

[@ConnerBasketball]

Giddy Glazer

[@BRYANTTOSHAQ]

Bro was good

[@timurbom975]

​@@BRYANTTOSHAQ at touching kids

[@dwallent1]

I want Bogdan

[@tomislavlukicloznica]

Serbia is best European national team and consistant.

[@BrendaYoung-y4w]

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[@PatriciaSullivan-o1m]

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[@cbkmdfiekbxtyrf6666]

Lee Donald Davis Maria Thompson Frank

[@I.am_Groot]

What exactly is an 'average' NBA player? There are fewer bench players than starters so that isn't it. Even for bench riders many of them would be THE STAR on their national team and for sure stand out in Olympic play. But then DKM thinks the women's team did not deserve to win so not sure he is where I would come for objective content lol

[@MrE_]

What is your definition of bench player? Someone who comes off the bench, or someone who gets no playing time? If it's someone who comes off the bench, then there's way more of those than starters. By average, it is exactly that, the average player. Take the numbers for the highest level superstars with the lowest level bench warmers, average that out and you get the average player which is usually role players (regardless of starting or being on the bench). Role players are common, they can be good or bad role players, but they are the most common

[@I.am_Groot]

@@MrE_ Good points. To me the basic idea of an average NBA player would range between a regular rotation player off the bench even if that means only 10 or 15 mpg to a starter who is functional but not great. Those guys will stand out in Olympic play as they are still a level or two above very good pro players outside the NBA. So really this video just plays off that fact and the word 'average' is accurate but has been used for effect as any of the players mentioned are quite valuable to their NBA teams

[@CeiolKeeils-e4b]

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[@demonofpurgatory5188]

Jayson tatum isn't good

[@barbarablomfield2125]

Moore Cynthia Perez Christopher Davis Kenneth

[@PhenomRom]

P diddy giddy

[@I.am_Groot]

Cute. NBA players been bangin high school girls since the league started but somehow this guy is different lol

[@aymerico11]

where is Evan Fournier

[@crepinhauser5274]

in Greece

[@RonMatthews-q6h]

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[@shorttwinntv6471]

💪🏾

[@AmandaBeach-h5e]

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[@kjjr3270]

Wagner average? Delete your whole channel tf are your talking about?

[@banditmc12]

Literally not even what he said. Watch the fuckin video

[@timurbom975]

Hes a typical euro fuck dont bother taking any of his basketball takes serious

[@matthewmartin7391]

Wagner is average

[@banditmc12]

@@matthewmartin7391 nah, he can be as good as a second option in a championship contender, but he already is a second option for a playoff contender. Don’t sleep on him

[@matthewmartin7391]

@@banditmc12 Yeah but he’s not superstar level, barely all star, him and Bogdanovic are in that same weird spot. Average players that have the capacity to be high volume scorers due to there lethality beyond the arc

[@NehemiahEdwiin-z5h]

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