Why Europeans Are So Good At Basketball

From Luka Doncic to Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, how are more and more Europeans finding success in the NBA and how FIBA plays a huge role into that success. European basketball 101.

[@AverageGuy28]

Also, european players are used to make only 2 steps at most after a dribbling, so when they come to the nba and are allowed to make 3-4 or even 5 steps without a whistle, they can do pretty impressive things.

[@aedaed3605]

the wonders of a travel passport ✨️

[@frizzyrascal1493]

The stricter the rules, the better and more efficient you have to move. Europe’s players are much more fundamental and technical, there’s less ‘show’ than in the NBA. Not hating on the NBA, just pointing out a difference.

[@nigelrice3144]

true but younger leagues below the nba in the u.s also have much stricter rules on traveling

[@HectorWork]

Wrong, the gather step was first implemented in FIBA basketball

[@AlFredo-ci9yo]

​@@HectorWorkI guess you missed fiba basketball.. USA had so many problems, every second call was a travel 😂

[@sammyspaniel6054]

Basketball is a game of intense strategy. It's not about who is the highest jumper or fastest runner. But here in the U.S. coaches have lost sight of this over the years and built the NBA with super athletes. But this left the door open for decent athletes with high IQs to come in and disrupt things a bit.

[@HenryProperCall911]

Yeah, Larry Bird is a prime example

[@jeremyweems4916]

You nailed it.

[@Schattenfaust2]

Basketball is just about height

[@huyxiun2085]

Also, American are dumb, so even if a coach wanted a clever player he wouldn't find... Wait... nope, not going this way :p J/k... or am I?

[@MrManologrande]

Lol

[@Bozha_Kapetanovic91]

European basketball kept "more basketball rules" from history, and rules from that old school basketball, that makes good game !

[@YouBazinga]

In NBA the additional step after pivoting seems so unfair to me :(

[@pp-vf8ls]

so basically NBA - collect players who better individually untill they form a teams (12-15players) EuroLeague - collect players who can executed their coaches strategy players vs teamplay - choose wisely people!

[@jonz23m]

Also in Europe you need teamplay to beat the defense in the NBA they handicapped the defense so much that you only need to beat your man or pass to the free man when you get doubled.

[@ilikechips1024]

Agreed and thats how puerto rico,argentina and greece beat the superteam of USA,by teamplay​ and even after kobe joined usa still doesnt play like a team but more of like a your turn my turn offense @@jonz23m

[@PotatoGunCamper]

There isn't any best. If this were a universal rule, then Euro teams would win Gold every year in the Olympics. The NBA made a decision in the early 2ks to restrict defense to make a better product for TV. This namely happened after that early 2ks Piston team that was a defensive monster OWNED the Lakers in the Finals, but viewership was down. American viewers, especially casual viewers love a more free flowing dynamic game. Europe players who come to the US make great bigs, but often suffer as perimeter players (Luka is the exception) Euro players who come to the US as bigs often suffer on defense having to cover space more than simply sitting in the lane. The best players especially on the perimeter in Euro leagues are American players. So there is an ebb n flow. Modern NBA has far more room for floor spreading European bigs to be dominant. I think the world as a whole is in a great spot when it comes to basketball development.

[@Nikosk00]

also 1 big difference is fouling. in the NBA if you even lay a finger on someone its a foul (on defense). if the offender makes a foul and he makes a nice bucket they dont call it. that doesnt exist in europe. they allow defenders to actually defend and wont favour a nice bucket over a foul

[@emptyfueltank]

The US is just lucky they made half a continent a single country. If the whole of Europe only had 30 pro teams they would be totally stacked.

[@killaz2284]

The problem is lack of basketball culture in Europe. Lived in Spain for 2 years and park games were just leagues below skill wise to park games in the US. It's just not taken as seriously because of soccer.

[@GiblixStudio]

@@Ilkedolay to be honest I didn't even knew we played basketball in Europe until this vid showed up in my feed.

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

​@@GiblixStudiowhat? Yugoslavia was major world basketball force even in the 1970s and 1980s. European were good at basketball way, way back.

[@PotatoGunCamper]

@@unwokeneuropean3590 Yeah Eastern Euro nations seem to really love basketball, Western Euro not as much.

[@marcop.525]

​@@Ilkedolay imagine if they really cared like in football

[@AlAl-b5j]

Europe still allows players to play defense. So when Europeans get to the NBA, where nobody is allowed to touch eachother, it's like there is no defense.

[@JLENDSS]

as someone from europe, it's the same except the 3 second rule

[@clintonbaird5465]

@@JLENDSSis hand checking allowed on defense?

[@JLENDSS]

@@clintonbaird5465 nope

[@mjwbulich]

Then why is everyone except Giannis so bad defensively? Luka sucks. Joker sucks. Vensenkov was Euroleague MVP and hes so bad defensively that Sacramento cant keep him on the floor. The court is smaller. There's no three second rule. The Euroleague is packed with no talent hacks barely making six figures that are willing to throw caution to the wind and bang it out down low. That's why defense is tougher over there.

[@Αναστάσιος-σ8υ]

​@@mjwbulichDoncic in Real played more like a point forward, he would share the floor with two guards at the same time so he guard the opposing small forward in most of his time on the floor. Vesenkov was was always known for his slow feet even before he played in the euroleague. Olympiakos tried to help him by guarding players that were the least possible to beat him on the dribble but the Kings won't do such adjustments to help him out. About Antentokounmpo, you cannot really consider him a European player either by anchestry and by basketball upbringing. He played at the very low level before being drafted by the bucks. When he plays outside the NBA he sucks all the time. The best proof how the NBA sucks on defense is the recent world cup. In the NBA a guard lineup with Brunson and Edwards would dominate still the perimeter defence of the USA team was exposed so many times. The thing is that all you guys that make such comments you never watched anything else apart from the NBA, still you are making judgements

[@violoncelo1000]

Why Europeans Are So Good At Basketball? Because the first thing they learn, is the most effective moves.. not dunks and 3's... you sacrifice for the team, not the other way around...

[@i_fuze_hostages6]

3s are the most effective way to score in basketball

[@violoncelo1000]

@@i_fuze_hostages6 If you're Steph Curry...

[@ehrenthompson7891]

True, most people cannot dunk because they don’t have the physical attributes. But you can train a Curry.

[@Giglots]

​@@i_fuze_hostages6 The most effective way to score is finding the space to shoot an uncondensting shot. That requires passing the ball around, making screens, finding / creating the open opportunity etc. So Team work. ISO in Euroleague is not existing, you try to go one on one against the guy defending you, as soon as you get rid of him you will have someone like Tavares turning the lights out on you.

[@markdsm-5157]

i don't think you're seeing this correctly. The dunks and 3s are the extremes in strategy. The most flashy, which sells a lot better. In the end without getting the fans all excited you don't make money, 3 pointers and dunks sell a lot of seats.

[@drewf89]

This guy knows ball! It's amusing to me, a Filipino, how you know so much about PH basketball (and making valid points) haha. Keep it up bro

[@jpmtlhead39]

In some European Countries Basketball is Viewed and Supported like Football Teams. Its a Real Crazy Atmosphere.( And very dangerous in some games between some teams,where Violence between supporters is guaranteed ).

[@ivanott7196]

Its easy. European learn basketball through academy. They are trained and selected. In academy, they learn what is basketball through philosophical perspective, instead of just straight dunking on the street and trying to be selected into school program.

[@michaelmatisse2808]

Yes but even 30 years ago the Europeans where trained that way. What happened is that in the last decade Americans are all-out in being physical athletic monsters and neglect the rest of the game. It is easy for well balanced Europeans to outperform these one pony trick americans

[@ehrenthompson7891]

True

[@ehrenthompson7891]

@@michaelmatisse2808that’s true too.

[@InfiniteCoreXD]

Even with all that, American players are still way better and that’s a fact. You don’t need an “academy” to learn the game of basketball. Take any high school kid right now, he could be good in the euro leagues.

[@BotulinSpikedMarzipan]

​@@InfiniteCoreXDOops, that's a glaze

[@jaumechaparro]

Nba is a show, eurpean basket is a sport

[@thisiswhywecanthavenicethi8965]

I guess defense is a show then.

[@shrgien8602]

@@thisiswhywecanthavenicethi8965 You aren't allowed to defend in the NBA, but you can in European teams. What's your point?

[@nenadmitrovic3469]

​@@thisiswhywecanthavenicethi8965 when Europeans watch NBA , they all think no one is playing defense in NBA

[@innosanto]

@@thisiswhywecanthavenicethi8965defence does not exist in NBa. And there is no defence eithout zone defence at certain parts of game

[@ShdkfndDbdhdodldmd]

So then why does the show always beat real basketball?

[@claycooper5937]

I wish they would start a Europe vs USA basketball competition like golf does with the Ryder Cup

[@cpoller]

I want a champions league type tourney with nba teams vs euro teams.

[@tsunayoshisawada8062]

@@cpoller Which ruleset tho? Any ruleset chosen is sure to favor one or the other.

[@cpoller]

@@tsunayoshisawada8062 Idk. Maybe switch it every year or something.🤷‍♂One year games are in US with US rules, next time, games are in Europe with Euro rules. I haven't really thought it through, just thought it would be cool.

[@u.v.s.5583]

It makes no sense. Where in the last world cup both Lithuania and Germany destroying USA - what's even the point? Number four team in the world (USA) vs the world? Are you mad? Aside from that.. If you pay top 24 ballers of the world 20 to50 million bucks each for a week of work, it could probably be done, provided you find a spot in the calendar. However, that spot will most likely be the one where the form curves of the players will be the lowest in the year. Money invested badly.

[@RefRed_King]

They're also kinda good at soccer

[@s0uldr4ke]

*football

[@huecogrinding4804]

Latinx ball

[@drstone2358]

@@s0uldr4kedoes that matter

[@Forced2Comeback]

@@s0uldr4ke🤓🤓

[@nikolayjerev9285]

Yes one is football the other is rugby. And stop calling a liquid gas.

[@sagemenn]

there's no tanking in Europe, every match counts

[@andu1854]

They practice how to play team basketball… many kids in the USA play AAU, and often most of those coaches don’t coach and often just try to win by having more talent than the other teams… and until They make huge changes to to AAU (they run those players into the ground so that they get injured easier in the pros due to all the miles)…

[@alexross26]

for such a small channel that was an incredibly in depth breakdown. good stuff

[@thedailygreatness]

Euros have studied the game well, especially since the Dream Team. They're good students.

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

You missed the golden era of European basketball of 1970's and especially 1980's. European basketball deteriorated since then.

[@jonz23m]

Well depending on perspective. At the same time the NBA became less physical and softer on defense. Euro league is closer to early 2000 NBA than the NBA itself. Back then Europeans where also more skilled but couldn't dominate because of the physicality

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@dtikvxcdgjbv7975 That was mostly a Soviet vs Yugoslav affair! Now it is more spread out... 🤣🤣🤣

[@dlxinfinite7098]

Euro ball hasn't produced a Bird, a Jordan, a Shaq. You will always be second rate.

[@ssm445]

​@@dlxinfinite7098Diiiiiiirk!

[@edvardsrdic5642]

Awesome video, but you should put in Fiba Europe Cup in the pyramid. It is awesome starter European Cup, promotes basketball even in countries that are not on top level and in the future, if money would be available, it should be expanded and with prize funds

[@frankenviews4069]

The biggest hurdle for most Asian players is size and athleticism. Thanks to European and NBA basketball trends towards "space and pace small ball style basketball", those problems aren't problems anymore. I predict an Asian draft pick someday soon lighting up the league with Steph like shooting from 3.

[@soloistdeve]

History doesn't repeat itself in sports. After this Olympics, the small ball will be dead and buried. The era of the giants has come. Nobody wants to watch weaklings jacking up 3s from their safe space. That is not what basketball is for.

[@flashgordon1541]

Isaiah won’t from miami

[@flashgordon1541]

Wong

[@lc9245]

But the players who are dominating the league right now would have huge size or extremely strong and quick or both. Giannis, Luka, Jokic, Embiid. Same with the next generation, Sengun, Anthony Edwards, Vic, Chet etc... Maybe there's hope from someone like Shai. Yet, the physical difference is not just in stature but also muscle, tendon, ligaments. Part of why Yao was so injury riddled was not just due to his height but also Asians have less bone, muscle density than other races. This puts more strain on their ligaments and tendons. No doubt this contributed to his injuries. Interestingly, I think where they might achieve breakthrough would be in women basketball.

[@wilmafingadoo8477]

only if they come out of a lab

[@louroc425]

There’s no college game, that’s why. They move up professional ranks at different levels. 16 year old usa athlete gets award a competition that’s selected down playing against amateurs/ 16 Europeans if they’re good enough play against professional adults at different levels of the pyramids. It’s also why we can throw 1 billion dollars at soccer here and not come up with a single top 100 football player.

[@ehrenthompson7891]

NBA needs an academy system and forget college. Get the kids in Jr. high and develop them.

[@Siggerou1993]

@@ehrenthompson7891 Imagine if the (extremely talented) young players in the US would also get proper training and development instead of only focusing on individual skills. The US would again completely dominate the basketball world for decades. Greetings from Greece!

[@michaeldavis6607]

Joker is brilliant. I’m wondering if he has a high IQ in general and not just basketball.

[@u.v.s.5583]

These skills usually don't transfer well at all.

[@pavelmakarov3565]

A bit of a wrong question. It should be "why usa produces players that only good individually?"

[@DimitrisDrougkas]

it is a social thing,they do not want to be flagged as communists.Apart from making fun,if NBA is going to go like this,they might start considering keeping it to the US only as it is for Rugby and these american sports,otherwise they must call it something else.

[@pavelmakarov3565]

@@DimitrisDrougkas lol what, teamplay = communism?

[@DimitrisDrougkas]

@@pavelmakarov3565 obviously joking

[@PotatoGunCamper]

Because we produce far more elite athletes. When you have elite individual players it is easier to build around that player vs to construct simply good team guys. It is difficult to win in the NBA with just good team guys. You need superstars more often than not to carry you over-- if you draft especially well, you can create a team like championship year Mavs who can get by with less overall talent with a perfectly oiled team of role players.

[@hans.lankamp]

The US is creating players with the template of Kobe, Steph, and MJ. The Euros are creating players with the template of Magic, Jokic, and Bird

[@hmp01]

2:16 so with a quick check the last MVP of Euroleague from NA was Anthony Parker in 05-06

[@wildmouse5888]

The European Leagues prize actual basketball skills over sheer athleticism. A 3-pointer is still worth more than the most high-flying dunk.

[@Kiivenn]

It's easy: Passion. If soccer wouldn't be so popular in South America you can BET they'll be as good as Europeans because they have passion. Basketball is played organized since 3yo and 4yo and we have passion in the blood, we live, breathe and give our life for our passion.

[@fabs8498]

Foot ball and basket ball players are physically very different.

[@GAZII-zl7zi]

Soccer ist 100 times more popular then Basketball in Europe

[@pennybleta2300]

​@@GAZII-zl7ziIn Greece it's equally popular. The same teams play in both. And Greek basketball teams are better than their equivalent in football.

[@PimpolloSogal]

Thing you just said maybe has no sense. You worded that out in a way that it would seem basketball in Europe is bigger than soccer, and I believe that isn't the case. Soccer is the biggest sport in Europe.

[@caesar9784]

Puikus video, matosi buvo įdėta daug darbo!

[@DKDove]

One sad thing, that nba miss lots of players who can defend also good. Some who would lock Luka

[@Bozha_Kapetanovic91]

Serbia is powerhouse of basketball!

[@Touchpadse]

From what I'm hearing (as a person who don't know much about basketball). It sounds like you're saying: NBA is more technical whilst FIBA is more tactical as in: In Europe you need more understanding of the tactical parts and more team play mentality whilst in the NBA you need more individual skill and more of an egotistical mindset (I don't mean it in a bad way btw, both ways has it's pros and cons). Am I understanding you correctly?

[@WayWillow]

Call it "the Larry Bird factor." They play the game the RIGHT WAY 😊😊🏀🏀🏀

[@mrconfusion87]

You mean the 1992 Dream Team Effect! The Euros studied that and built around what they learned from it... 🤣🤣🤣

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@mrconfusion87 Obviously. Everybody else were just watching, but the Europeans were learning.

[@xv6701]

The rules in the NBA aren’t enforced, defense isn’t played, and if you look at a super star wrong, calls will go against you for years. The nba is making its players lazy and unskilled by not letting them play the game of basketball. It’s become a game of trade 3s first, everything else later

[@zenithx2114]

The statement about Philippine Basketball league is straight facts. Its why their young talents develop slower than other countries.

[@takesomesoma]

That short clip of Macijauskas playing in my local team… sniff sniff, memories

[@innosanto]

Because Europe comtinues to follow true basketball such as one in NBA in 80s and 90s

[@sake3857]

Main thing I got out of this video is that Europe needs to step up the team and league logo game!

[@u.v.s.5583]

Muhaha, hell yes!

[@danajohnson6794]

Part is they took defense out of the game. In the 90s you weren’t allowed on the court if you couldn’t lock your man down. Rule changes and style of play changes mean it’s okay to get beat for 2 now if you get 3 on the other end. Change the rules back and bad defenders would disappear again. Steve Kerr was a guy that barely played because he couldn’t lock down. In todays game he would be a star

[@Freigeist2008]

I have seen a lot of Podcasts with the Wagner-Bros and they planned their career in an very early stage. Youth teams, Bundesliga, College and then NBA. They did get the fundamentals in Germany, the ISO-Play and Physics in College and the rest in NBA and National team. Perfect mix of both systems. BTW: When i saw in docs their training environment in Michigan it was much much better than any faculty in Europe. Even the best clubs did not have anything near this. So, BBall in Europe is still a developing sport.

[@maddjole]

Developing sport 😂 Basketball didn't start last year, when Germany took the first gold 😂 Prost 🍻 Read a little about the history of basketball in Europe, you will be surprised... 😁

[@MK-zl7hj]

it isn't a developping sport, but there's much less money in it since it isn't that popular

[@RedzNusantara]

And then why USA did not win the World Champion? Germany took the gold.

[@Kagemusha08]

The public perception is going to be warped because a lot of the top players are currently European. Statistically and historically Europeans still don't dominate the NBA. If they did, every great Euroleague player would be making the jump to quadruple their salary in the NBA. THat said, European-style has a number of advantages: more emphasis on fundementals than current amateur US bball, superior ruleset that allows defense, better youth system...

[@Smido83]

Because even 10 years ago NBA talents were more fundamentally sound and had athleticism. But the rise of AAU has destroyed that. European Players are here to stay. Wemby, Wagner, Sengun ... the next generation of Allstar Level european Talents is already in the League. Not to mention that there are 5 more european Talents projected to be lottery picks in this years draft. Once again even as the 1st pick (Sarr). As young kids have more and more national Idols to look up to, more and more will choose to play basketball. As an example. Without Dirk, there would be no Schröder/F Wagner/M Wagner/Kleber/Hartenstein/Theiss and no World Cup Championship. And those guys (specially Schröder and Franz) will inspire the next generation of german Talents... Same with France, Serbia, Latvia, Spain, Lithuania, Slovenia... the List goes on.

[@ebonyknight5]

Excellent illustration!!!

[@tonioriginal3215]

Bro really didn’t talk about Pau Gasol

[@marvensabang9592]

Philippines government sucks as a fellow Filipino, I couldn't agreed more to this.

[@Cyberchic2]

What does the Philippines have to do with this?😂

[@Sacto1654]

In short, players with Euro League experience are very skilled in the fundamentals of basketball. No wonder Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama are making most American-raised NBA players look totally silly unless the American player has ridiculous skills like LeBron James or Stephen Curry.

[@Random_UserName4269]

The way he described European basketball reminds me of my teams growing up as a little kid in America, which is funny because he said they were strong on fundamentals the way he described the NBA is basically every single black person I’ve ever seen play street ball at any park everstrong individual players that don’t know how to play as a team together. That’s really interesting.

[@grotoni2687]

In Eurpoe we don't really play basketball

[@milosjovicevic6083]

Yes we play. Almost all except your Banderas Ukraina

[@edelcord7931]

Most of the Europeans that have gone to the NBA like Luka have been playing against adults since 16. You start learning a lot from veterans from a very young age.

[@mylesunion8413]

Next video, why are Americans so good at basketball

[@aedaed3605]

lol Americans suck at it now. I mean, if you can't even medal at the last FIBA...

[@mylesunion8413]

@@aedaed3605 America’s C team didn’t medal . . . I remember now.

[@aedaed3605]

@mylesunion8413 yeah man a team that had Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson and Haliburton is somehow a C team, tell me another one I honestly believe the Americans are in for a rude awakening in the Olympics this year

[@mylesunion8413]

@@aedaed3605 curry, brown, Kd, AD, Tatum

[@mylesunion8413]

Booker, LeBron, Lillard off the bench + embid since he’s an American citizen now

[@janekmundt579]

As a European I’d guess more emphasis on team play and less on individuality. Individuality is usually only permitted in European sports as long as you still play the most effective. With a few notable exceptions like Ronaldo for example. In other words you won’t become a star if you don’t take back your ego for the best result

[@mjwbulich]

For every Giannis and Luka there's five guys that wash out. Vensenkov was Euroleague MVP and he's struggling to get minutes in Sacramento.

[@rasmusbang6118]

for every Jayson Tatum there is 5 that wash out. Weird statement

[@frizzyrascal1493]

That’s like saying for every All Star player are 20 guys barely getting buckets. Duh?

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

I mean yes most pros won't become superstars, that's how pro sports work

[@jimlytrivis5524]

Its vezenkov god damn, learn how to spell his name first and then talk about our piraeus legend, plus he doesnt take the minutes he deserves and to be honest i just want him to come back home so he get what he deserves where he is loved by everyone. Otherwise your comment its just stupid (with all the respect im just talking about your comment not you), there have been first round picks that were totally busts and they couldnt even play for a euroleague team, and some of them not even in eurocup.

[@mjwbulich]

@@rasmusbang6118 Was Tatum MVP in a professional league?

[@sotokorro]

USA went 4th last WC and finals were between Germany and Serbia.

[@mrconfusion87]

It is a funny irony that the USA NEVER WON a FIBA tourney that was hosted in the Philippines (a former US colony itself)!

[@sotokorro]

@@mrconfusion87 how is that ironic?

[@samh227]

It’s because Europe values skill and not just pure athleticism

[@larsnielsen1852]

Instead of just listening to Europeans who play in the NBA I would like the opinion of American players playing in Europe.

[@Hagbard123]

That would be interesting.

[@roccomp]

Easy: Europeans play once (two at most) and get training 5 days a week. Americans play 3, 4 a week, get days off to rest, long trips... almost no training.

[@mezmerizer9422]

"Luka Doncic to Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo" That's basically balkan

[@radeksimcik9769]

Why I prefer watching Euroleague to the NBA? Defense and intensity.

[@draganmisanovic942]

Great video ❤

[@guillegui6487]

We do not usually make sport only a spectacle, for this reason, players rarely seek to stand out from the rest of their teammates. The behaviors of American society are reflected in many arenas, including sports (including basketball), the behavior of Europeans is largely different, both in politics and economics and in sports.

[@chrismill85]

especially in the Balkans, where the coach curses your whole family once you miss a shot, which is a valuable lesson for players development

[@PotatoGunCamper]

We get the best of the best European players in the NBA.

[@cx9882]

As a european NBA is more fun

[@nikolasioakimidis3003]

European basketball is the real basketball, NBA is a fitness contest

[@u.v.s.5583]

Reversal: If NBA is a fitness contest, why are Luka, Jokic and even KP dominating the league?

[@nikolasioakimidis3003]

@@u.v.s.5583 Cause they know real basketball :)

[@Thinkingnamesishard]

There should be a Euroliga v NBA game. Like top 4 v top 4

[@captainspirou]

Nice seeing Pat Bev at 1:51

[@Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles]

They develops players the right way In Europe you are taught all of the skills on the court regardless of size. Guards learn to post up, big men learn to handle the ball, forwards learn to pass and so on. In the U.S. you can get pigeonholed into a position pretty early, especially if you are more mature physically at a young age and never learn other skills besides how to score near the hoop. Europe plays the game the right way. In Europe, the basketball system is fluid. They have the same rules, same courts, same lines, all year round. There isn’t a shot clock in some places and not in others (there is one everywhere, at every level). The three-point line doesn’t change. In the U.S., some states have shot clocks and some don’t. With rules changes between high school and AAU, it can take the focus off of on-court development. There aren’t as many parents who have an “ownership mentality” as can happen in AAU settings.

[@dirmusloner7963]

To answer why we Europeans we are so good and basketball is because to us Basketball is not only entertainment as it is for you for us is PASSION.

[@bostjanhribersek1205]

Luka Doncic 💪🇸🇮

[@captainspirou]

One thing that contributes to the play style is entering the league so young. You are smaller and slower than older men you are playing against. This means the only way you are going to succeed is using the type of style Luca or Jokic has developed

[@ChairmanMeow1]

this was really good commentary... you know ball

[@callumlambert6558]

FIBA rules basketball. NBA is a shit product where players are divas and don’t even wanna suit up

[@Mori-ey8wj]

Tldr: they take international competition on a frequent basis very serious.

[@sabakag]

Advice - dont use curse words in your videos, because youtube has a program that scans voice searching for curse words and then bans that vidoes where it finds those curse words. My brothers video was banned because of that. One bad word in a video was enough...

[@514Exc]

Theres absolutely no defense in the NBA anymore thats the real difference

[@ParisXuanViet]

Thanks for sharing

[@MrVeryfrost]

@13:30 That's Myles Turner's lack of skillset in the NBA and FIBA.

[@dirmusloner7963]

We Europeans are good at soccer and basketball because 1 we have coaches that are architects that build a strategy or plan of actionbefore the game, the coaches compliment a mentality and a plan of how players should play and players are disciplined to the plan that coach built and they use their minds for better decisions along with physical ability. But above all basket to a European is passion

[@dutchmilk]

Accurate and sharp comment about Chinese's market not understanding basketball.

[@truthnotfeelings]

A very insightful and well scripted video

[@tomekstec981]

I'll tell you why - because of social values. In europe, you have strong social structures, while the US is all about individualism. You can't win a team sport if everyone is playing for himself.

[@nielslarsen1693]

If the players are Europe was concentrated into as few teams as NBA Europe would trash the NBA

[@baroncaucasio95]

imagine being good in a region where the rules are aplied, then going to somewhere where the rules doesn't mean shit and you get steroids and other PEDs on every hamburguer

[@OVERCOMEZULU214]

Had a argument with my father about it and i then looked photos up from the winners and they call them the NBA champs

[@OVERCOMEZULU214]

Some photos in the 1990 had NBA wolrd champs

[@sonatine3266]

Europe gets better at US sports (Basketball and even slowly but surely American Football), while the US getting better and better in Association Football.

[@valenciafantv]

They are still atrocious at football and baseball

[@pandabear3559]

"fuck it im 28 im moving back to europe" 😂

[@alfstewart22]

NBA has hustle and physicality, Euro leagues have high basketball IQ

[@LL-iy7bg]

.Euroleague is not closed, thet`s NBA. Teams are promted by wining in their own domestic lig and every countrys/leagues have like slots.Depends how good is your league,better league more teams can go in Euroligue. Spain have like 4-5teams, Greece 2, Turky 2-3,...ABA league is 6 countrys and best 2 teams are qualified to play in euroleague, etc,..

[@raaghaviyer9498]

I live in india and man basketball's situation is really bad here I'm not saying the players here are better than players in the nba or euro league but it would be good if we got a chance I'm sure there are many tournaments in india as well but the exposure is really bad The awareness is really bad It would be really good for the upcoming generation if this was looked upon

[@gabbar51ngh]

Football is 2nd or 3rd most watched sport in india. If that's not getting any attention then forget basketball.

[@u.v.s.5583]

You definitely have unlimited wasted potential in almost every sport, science and art.

[@johnwayne6112]

Everything is bad in India

[@asaforg]

I dunno, i grew up on the euroleague since the 80s , and it's around the level of college in the states. It's tougher very defensive and strict. There aren't many great players simply cause Europe is a football continent. Basketball is an afterthought, a distant second.

[@crimsonlightbinder]

because they have something extra along with physical prowes

[@asmerX100]

that's what I noticed...like for european center players, they develop other skills like passing and shooting unlike american centers who are only there to defend and dunking

[@Giglots]

Americans dominate the Euroleague only in scoring numbers (and even that is not completely true) , that is not enough here. Without depth, strategy, team play and good defense you won't go far.

[@jameswaters3939]

Win or lose, pro or street-ball, it is the #1 game on the planet, full stop. The rest can go & play.

[@Ten_Piedad]

Because they have brains, let's not be afraid to say the words

[@matejsebechlebsky12]

Basketball is a baiting game with no payoff

[@eriklindstrom4910]

Only Serbia and Lithuania have NBA players of native origin. France, Greece and Germany only have blacks but still call them europeans.

[@charlesg5085]

Real Europeans are just more cerebral.

[@fistrexx]

Poland have one NBA player too, but most of our tall people play volleyball and they are #1 in the world

[@felixmustermann790]

being european has nothing to do with your skincolor but culture, also Dirk Nowitzki for Germany

[@charlesg5085]

@felixmustermann790 Umm, it kind of does. There is also a cerebral component.

[@Cyberchic2]

@@charlesg5085 yeah, real Neanderthals😂

[@godalmighty5970]

Becouse Euroball is more physical (sic!) That in 90s or 2000s would be a good joke. Especially Balkan ball. Becouse Eu are very good at tactics. Simpla working out space to shoot & more complicated tactics. 3ptrs are major! Have been. In particular in East (Lithuania,Estonia) but also South (Balkans again -Huuge). But the rest of Euroleague caught on Itally, Spain, Germany...France has suprisingly weak League but what an individual tallent - Gobert, Wemby... Turkey...what a league they built. Greece - always strong - recently 'slightly' weaker. Europe "levelled" its leagues mostly... And levelled UP.

[@joshrillo]

3:12 Kai Sotto should've just taken that contract from Spain.

[@reneesirel6225]

I need repeat myself. Problem is not that europeans are better problem is that in US dont have any trainers at all and this problem is huge. US aint play basketball they just shoot and jump and this is not all game ✌

[@aftermeta6556]

let me give a simple example of team defence ,if a player has a good right hand you deny him his good hand without whoring for the drive because in paint is always the big guy.

[@dregen8662]

you can see that from some quite time , USA national team struggle when they play top European nations like Spain France Serbia....and they don´t even win anymore

[@IShotLazer]

I feel like the premise for this video wasn't even substantiated. And the comments are swarmed with pseudointellectual comments with nerds pushing up their glasses saying shit like "EU actually plays as a team and does more than dunk" I don't even know where the criteria for "good at basketball" is coming from. EU gets trashed and played around with in the Olympics. It's literally a joke match. The players don't even try and analysts for the games act like its a foregone conclusion. The video starts off completely on the wrong foot. The NBA is the premiere league. And most of the NBA is composed of Americans, not Europeans. There are only a few names to really speak of that originate from the EU. How does that substantiate EU>US? Those are just star players. I'm still floored. How does this make EU "so good at basketball" when there are only a few stars from the EU that are any good? Why is all this "team focused gameplay and 101 fundamentals" trash when it comes to actual international play? We cant even substantiate that "101 fundamentals" are working because US players don't even need to worry about it. The few EU players that are any good work well within the American NBA metagame, but not as a whole. Seems like if you have 5 players all playing the same, somehow it doesn't work. But having 1 extremely team focused star player seems to work well on an NBA team. That's all we can really conclude here. Like... do yall seriously think these players don't just go "oh, yeah we can pass the ball *forehead*, "hur durr did you know team work and dribbling?", "dunking bad guys!" USA coasts by with Olympic gold for the last 20 years and FIBA players are trying to get into the NBA, not the other way around. Is this really because FIBA has just a couple of wins? Is that seriously what this is based on? I'd actually like to know. Because it seems like this is all just a bunch of guess work with no concrete proof its "better" in anyway. I'm fine someone coming in and actually educating me on how EU is better or "so good at basketball" but I'd actually like an argument that doesn't just assume the premise because I just don't see it.