THE EUROPEAN INVASION OF THE NBA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- THE EUROPEAN INVASION OF THE NBA
Of all the 523 current registered NBA players, only 58 are European! Yeah, that's not a lot, but given the total number of international players in the league is nearly double that, it's fair to say Europe is well-represented.
And by well represented, we don't mean only in numbers but also in performances. In fact, it's nearly impossible to mention the best players in the NBA today without mentioning a few Europeans.
So in this video, we will be taking you through everything you need to know about this seemingly-sudden European invasion of the NBA as well as a review of how and why european basketball, luka doncic, nikola jokic, giannis antetokounmpo, domantas sabonis, victor wembanyama, bogdan bogdanovic, dirk nowitzki, pau gasol, vlade divac, arvydas sabonis, peja stojakovic, tony parker, marc gasol, jonas valanciunas, europeans taking over nba, euro basketball, nba, balkan nba,aau basketball, steve kerr on aau basketball, usa vs europe basketball,usa vs europe youth basketball,usa youth basketball,european youth basketball,nba european players,nba europe players,nba international players,nba international prospects,nba vs fiba basketball,nba vs fiba rules, eurobasket, nba vs euroleague have fared well in the league.
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Who's your favourite European player?
Arvydas was a BEAST!
Dražen Petrović
Alperen Sengun gonna be the 4th one
G g ginoblii
Nvm he’s from Argentina
You forgot drazen petrovic! He didn’t play long because of his untimely death, but he was influential and a good scorer!
I was going to say the same thing! Thank you for mentioning Petro.
I stepped into an uber several years ago, mentioned I hooped, and got to hear an old head euro-leaguer’s version of basketball history. Said it was a travesty people didn’t know him.
or detlev schrempf from germany ...
Drazen was an absolute talent! Check out our latest video here: th-cam.com/video/FSv10Y2ntqA/w-d-xo.html
The USA dominated the sport for decades, but the league wanted to go international and promoted Michael Jordan like there was no tomorrow turning him into a world wide sensation and creating a wave of basketball love around the globe, this is new wave of euro players not only will make the NBA better, but the international competitions as well, now some of the best players will be playing for their countries and what ginobili did in 2004 might not end up being an anomaly, but the first of many gold medals that the us might not be able to get.
We were beatin USA regulary, we good 😂 🇷🇸✌️
Michael wasn't even born when little Yugoslavia was destroying European teams and until Dream Team came, Yugoslavia broke up,so we destroyed US in Indianapolis WC,taking the gold with half the country!
It has nothing to do with mj literally nothing. Basketball was played in Europe long time before. Balkan where all 3 are from played Basketball long time before mj. Also the war in bosnia slowed down the sport a lot and now its getting back. Mj has done nothing in Europe for Basketball.
This is wrong basketball was known even before Jordan what Jordan did was promote NBA ... for instance basketball was always big on Balkans before and after Jordan ... Jordan just made people watch/follow NBA more around the world ... ofc in some countries it promotes basketball but you make it sound like Basketball was non Existent in the rest of the world before Jordan
@derionone You mean Yugoslavia, because except for Greece (much lower level) only Yugoslavia excelled in basketball, winning multiple WC,Euros and only US were better, once the professional players started playing! USSR had some great teams, but only because they were huge and physically strong! Anyway, we destroyed them, most of the time and in the finals of European Championship in Belgrade, our guards played beachball with each other, humiliating the giants after utterly dominating the game!
How does this channel only have 50 subscribers.. great quality content.
IMO European players are way more skilled than American hoopers... they can do it all!
Usa pave the way for internationals to play in the nba and basketball is known in the nba lol. If it weren't for the nba, no global promotions and yall be getting paid still wnba money. I was going to be humble until u said some stuff like this. Don't bite the hands that feeds u
@@jamanwashington9478 Facts. A lot of cap on this video. Mean while none of those so called European gods are in the playoffs. The Irony.
@@01nevik Jokic.
Jokic mvp , Giannis Mvp, Doncic, Mvp, Embiiid= fake mvp 😂🤷♂️
@@jamanwashington9478 NBA just paved the way for the NBA, not the sport smh Basketball is doing fine outside the USA. While domestic players are constantly bickering about trades, contracts, money, playing time, rest etc. - and often times have nothing to show for it in their short time in the league. Euro players are coming in and getting to work.
Edit: That's not a knock at the talent, but lately the NBA has been more about theatrics and headlines rather then results and that attitude sucks. The NBA today is more of a Netflix series than a competitive sport.
In the 80s-90s basketball in Europe was a completely different game compared to today. Just 2 20 minutes halfs, 30 second attacks, 1+1 ft, shorter 3p lines (6.25m).
While in the 90s there was this focus on defence and zoning based on Malkovic team Limoges. Games were tense but awful in quality with just 50-60 points per team, sometimes going at 40.
It was very difficult for Europeans to adapt to the nba.
When rules changed to 4 10 minutes quarters and 24 seconds and longer 3p line (6.75 instead of 6.25) European basket in high level play became more similar to nba and on national team level usa had some surprising and less surprising defeats and the gap was reduced. Gone were the Dream Team dominance days.
I see the same in ice hockey. Many in North America underestimates the talent and dedication that exist in Europe. NHL is the best league in the world still. Canada and the US has some of the best national team rosters in the world, but European leagues are slowly catching up. Some national teams has already been solid for a while, but more countries are starting to catch up also.
The world is definitely catching up, which will only make the competition better for us fans to see.
Drazen Petrovic and Arvidas Sabonis were much bigger influences in the European basketball than MJ ever was.
I hate when they make it seem like black players are the best at basketball.
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Well the greatest ever is black, so are the next 2 @@vamoneygroup
@@exgeeinteractive people are talking like Shaq was better than Jokic.
@vamoneygroup
Depends on the rules. If we're playing today, of course The Joker has more leeway with it. Shaq changed a few rules that were against him. Pre-heavy enforcement of the illegal D and handchecking, Shaq will murder on the post. Is he more skilled than Jokic? Doubt it, but during his career, he is certainly more effective.
It's not a dig to euro basketball that NBA players has more successes. If Jokic and the Nuggets can repeat, I'll entertain your discussion. But til then, he's certainly not in Shaq's league, yet.
I remember watching when the 97 Bulls decimated Olympiacos with AK, Tarlac and the rest of the squad. Mind you, Pip and Rodman weren't present during the McD Championship.
They search for the best players around the world to play in the NBA, that's why it feels like the league is dominated by foreign stars. Despite the rest of the world catching up, the U.S. still dominates basketball if the best players actually play. Only if you pit the rest of the world against the U.S. would the competition be fair. The idea of "the world" vs USA for all-star had been around for a while, I wish the NBA allows that.
A ,atter of team to see usa basketball team to lose back to back world cups and olympics
I dont think they are stronger than Europe anymore. Luka, Bogdanovic, Sabonis, Anteto and Jokic is a starting five that USA cannot match.
Next all star they should make Europe vs USA teams. Would be fun
The world vs America
All star Europe would have Doncic, Giannis, and Joker.
They’ll beat the Americans.
They won't allow it. It will embarrass and hurt the egos of the soft US players.
True…..USA still have a lm that couldn’t beat good teams like Australia and it’s embarrassing 😂😂😂
@@MahdiKnicks buddy a fuking team of Europe would demolish USA any day.
That big 3 would deadly has long as Luka let Jokic handle the ball
Just imagine if they were all on the same team one day.
Marc Gasol, Marčiulionis, Porzingis, Noah
Giannis, jokic and Luka are the first europeans that nba teams buildt their teams around as the main guys
Dirk my brother is the fiirst
Giannis European LOL, you know Europeans are White?
@@AlternativePunkJo Greece is in Europe.
@@AlternativePunkJo dmn this has to be the stupidest comment iv seen for a while
@@innanenastarte Nigeria is in Africa
Definitely needs to be updated esp for joker
5:58 you might wanna update that brodie...
And now Wenbenyama is coming
We NEED a USA vs INT'L in ASG, BADLY.
The USA would get dominated right now & it will be even worse in the near future as the best Euro players are young & the best American players are at the end of their careers.
Starting Lineup would be something like this.
Luka
SGA
Franz
Giannis
Jokic
With Embiid, Lauri, Sabonis, Bogdonvic x2, Kristaps, Giddey & Wemby being some of the key bench players.
The US just can't match that, especially as LeBron, Curry & KD age out.
Jokic has a championship title now.
He moved up in this list !
aged well with the Wenby season behind him
Europeans are coming!
Jokic in his 5th year? Not mentioning Luka’s 60 20 10 game?
I think he was mentioning consecutive All-Star appearances for each player, but he did leave out that Historic game from Luka.
Best regular season performance in NBA history.
Unicorn Porzingis???
Luckily Europeans (Westerners) made these sports, leagues and sneaker companies that give African Americans an opportunity to earn great money a good life and be respected.....Now can you come up with an African nation that offers thebsame opportunity? Chad, Liberia, Nigeria? Maybe a trip to Haiti? Blessed are those that get to live in the USA #BLM
We should do a americas v europe v asia v africa match hahahah
You should google Dražen Petrović
When LeBron, Steph and KD retire, the Top 5 guys in the NBA will be non-Americans. All European if you count Joel as a French Citizen.
All the top 5 players in the NBA right now are Europeans minus Lebron. Nikola, Giannis, Embiid, Luka and Bron are the top 5 players right now!
European players coming to the NBA playing leading role in their teams is going to efect U.S.national team in a long term.
Sorry guys ,Europe is England ,Spain,France,Italy…….. but donc IC and jok IC,is Serbian with Slovenian mom ,giannis is Nigerian.
Cause they play basketball not street ball.
Kings and Spurs Really like Europeans
They have a really good scouting program!
perfect
Thank you!
Europe dominate the most competitive sports in the world who is Football (soccer) why Americans thinks European can't do the same with every others team sports.
It's just bussines.
Euroligue could be a monster if just 50% of top european player were playing there. The more europeans playing NBA, the less will play Euroligue
honestly if yall wana see USA players be back on top u better stop training all those players to be individual stupid shooters and teach them how ball is actually played, no defence, no game vision, no game iq, its just giga sad watching some of your new players
Dirk is 7-0 vs pau in the playoffs and swept em twice lol dirk the euro goat
Giannis isn’t European
Bro's nickname is literally the "Greek Freak"...
@@flye294 Greek people aren’t black, he’s from Africa
@@flye294 he’s not Greek he’s African
Born and raised in Greece, he speaks Greek, he studied in a Greek school, lived in a Greek city, has Greek friends, ate Greek food, plays for the national team, he considers himself Greek and him nickname is "the Greek freak". But I guess that if @Hc_Paisano says he is not Greek, his nationality is denied.
USA is from europe then . 😂😂
Giannis is not European, not his genetics.
What a hypocritical comment. What would be the American genetics then? A black person like Michael Jordan or a typical irish american like Larry Bird? You, by denying Giannis' greek citizenship by birth, and making genetics come first, are indirectly saying that America has never had ANY good basketball players. I can't recall a native American winning an MVP, do you? They're always black (african genetics) with the odd white dude (european genetics) winning it. 🤓
no one talked about genetics in this video
@GreatSuccess-ws7csGreece is on Balkan peninsula
@GreatSuccess-ws7cs But he is the citizen of Greece, born and raised there. And yes, his ethnicity is Nigerian, but when you look for where is someone from, you refer to nationality, which is Greek.
@GreatSuccess-ws7cs Nationality is Greek. With that logic, who is American player?
Gianis is not really from europe his family migrated in europe
Racist opinion right there. Giannis is 'really' European. What is it really you want to say with such a comment?
Us are really british?
@Yannis81715 But if he said the same about a white guy born and raised in Africa "he's not really African since his family migrated from europe" that would not count as being racist all of a sudden.
wouldnt really classify giannis as european hes african....greeks arent black lol
Please you guys in the US, stop doing this. You wouldn't call into question a black man born in the US, so please stop doing it for black people born in Europe. Giannis was born in Athens, he grew up and learnt basketball there so yeah, he's Greek. That's really disrespectful.
@@erich3784 unfortunatley he and i have a point.Afros atheliticsm is superior to whites.Generally speaking we cant count jannis as european
Where is Greece located ? You wouldn't know right ?
Tiresome racist pov. Listen, Greeks constitute a complex nationally, historically. Arbitrary borders into the Aegean, Macedonia, Southern Bulgaria, Anatolia, and Egypt, Palestine just in the past hundreds of years. Let me put it like this: if you are a racist, emigrate out of Europe please.
@@erich3784 No im greek and i agree with this , giannis is nigerian
The fathers of Devin Booker...
imgine if giannis is in the west
@@jon-unicorn-doxxerhe is his first father, they meet in the finals
I never realised how strong Devin’s European heritage was…dude has Greek, Serbian and Slovenian dads 😆
@@DunningKrugerJnr 😂
Luka schooled him worst. It was brutal and unforgiving
Basketball is a small sport in Europe. If Europe took basketball (or football or baseball or hockey or any team sport for that matter) seriously the US would not be able to compete as the European player development systems and league organizations are much more efficient. It’s a do or die free market where you’re scouted in childhood and start playing professionally against adults at 17. In the US system players dick around in college for four years, and the worst teams are rewarded with better draft picks while in Europe they are kicked out of the league and replaced with the best teams from the league below.
if Africa has the infrastructure Europe and Americans have they’ll be the goat in almost every physical sport.From the Dinka , Tutsi of Rwanda and Nigeria alone they will have 5 wembys, 5 Gianni’s and 5 Hakeems who can all dribble and shoot like Kevin Durant
It‘s not all about talent. It‘s about training and team-mindset. You might win one game as an soloartist, but you win a season when you have a whole band ;)
The League really needs a youth program where team skills are recognized the most. Now you have a bunch of individual dribblers peaking at 20 because of the insane youth programs which don't care about the boys' limits.
It’s cause in Europe the development is more team oriented like soccer. That’s why erurope always wins in soccer too the mentality is on a different level for sure. Pass pass pass score.
It's a problem of American basketball, and sports in general, culture. American sports all want to be the solo star - but Euro leagues, culture, and especially coaches focus strictly on the team and skills above everything. Doesn't matter how good you are, if you stop playing for the team your ass will be benched.
The team work is the biggest differentiator…..they do the same with soccer/ football
you missed drazen petrovic
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Soccer. Europeans (and Africans and South Americans) understand how to play soccer. 95% of the game is what you do off the ball. This is making them effective team basketball players as opposed to a collection of talented individuals
IN THE WORLD FOR THE WORLD WE PLAY THE BEUTIFULL GAME FOOTBALL ,USA think are the only one in the world !and think ar ebest in the world !( i dont no why ),usa ist not a nation to live in pace and have family !
No no no! I love the US, have enjoyed visiting many times and watch a lot of American sport. This is just my opinion on basketball- I’m not inviting some demented political opinion. Get a life
Just the overseas players in general. I don’t think America isnt aware how the game is going to become even more world wide and the nba is going to be even more diverse. Especially with Wemby coming into the league next year it’s just going to continue
Diversity in the NBA will lead to less viewership on television and fewer people going to games. Just like manufacturing moving to China, the NBA will move all the teams to Europe. Americans will switch to watching and going to college and high school games.
Its the culture of HS and collage Teams. They have one main star and the world is runing in circles against them. Everyone is working for them to make them look as good as possible as it ads prestige to those schools and their programms. Also. The opposition is not exactly strong. You can play very good Teams but also bunch of amateurs or kids who are much smaller than those draft prospect freaks of nature.
But. The point being. America is telling you that you are the main star. The main guy. And everyone else is second to you. Since young age. You cant expect those guys to not be arogant, to focus on fundamentals if their whole job for years is the best highlight reel.
Europe is different. If you are good enough (I was in football for example) you will play with the main team in the league. Against professionals and adults. Every team has one or two of those talented guys who try to break through, but they are not even close to being the main guy and must work their asses off on and off the court for the team or they are out. Its very different dunking on 14yo kids whoa are 180cm tops or play grown men who are all 195 and more and much bigger than you.
And to be called up to the main team, you need to be great. You need to know fundamemtals.
Tldr. America makes you arogant prick. Europe makes you humble and team oritented.
Too bad you didn't mention Dražen Petrović.
I tvoje prezimenjake, oba Bogdanovica su ubice.
Dude, you made a whole video for nothing, since you didn't mention Dražen Petrović. He is No. 1 for all Europeans and everything starts with him... so the video doesn't make sense
It‘s not only Europe, they‘re almost all from Balkan too hahahaha
i saw at least 3 prom Lithuania
Balkan dominance
Braca lomi ligu💪
The Baltics and Balkans produce great players!
Don t underestimate France, Spain, and lately Germany
Our european players are more ready for the NBA than the college players. They played every games against real men, some from nba. A kid like Wemby played every game against men of 30 years old with a big experience, ans they also play for their national team more often than US players. Finally, we have incredible coaches in Europe, and our defenses are the best in Europe.
Sorry for my "french" english 😉. Allez Victor !!! 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
What you said is certainly true and I'm saying this as an American btw youre English pretty good
They made basketball less physical so european players could compete. They need to market basketball to a wider fanbase so they wanted more diversity in the nba. It's hard to promote the nba when it was %85 black.
@@vamoneygroup What a load of horseshit
Let’s make it black vs white
Serbs dominate, Jokic, Luka, Vlade, Peja, c'mon...
Luka is Slovenian
@@mda990 maybe by his passport, his blood,his father, his favorite place is Serbia.
@@Time4SumAksion021here we go again 🙄. No he isn't. He is Slovenian. Because otherwise he would ask for Serbian passport and got it easily. Yet he didn't. Some Serbs really have issues.
@@robipindric7654 you don't understand our mentality. I took Dominican passport but i'm Serb 100%.
American players are all sizzle and no steak
6:00 well... it just happened lol
where is Dražen???
Europeans especially slavic people are essentially born with this hunger to dominate it dosent matter where or how we just wanna show the world that we the best and if you dont like it keep staying in our shadow and cry about it
What a bunch of exceptionalist bullshit....
European league systems lead to better player development. Only a few small countries in Europe care about basketball and hockey but they have a massively disproportionate presence in the NBA and NHL. If Europeans cared about baseball and football you would see the same thing there.
Or should i say Balkan invasion?! 👋
Doncic, Antetokounmpo, Jokic, Wembanyama, Markkanen would beat anybody !!!
NBA "IS" dominated by European superstars right now.
To all those saying Giannis isn't european cuz he's black, pls think for a second and realize what that entails as your or your ancestors' asses were "migrated" to america at some point as well. Are you not american either?
Giannis was born and brought up in Greece, he learned the fundamentals of basketball playing regularly in 2nd tier of the Greek League facing adult and seasoned veterans day in day out aged only 16 and 17 years old. Cut the r....st crap regarding his nationality. Greece is NOT an ethnically and racially homogenous country, even Greek immigrants were not considered white in America and Western Europe not so long as 50 and 100 years ago. Giannis is Greek AND African and proud about it, and so are the rest of us.
*The NBA is a multinational. How do you sell your league to another country ? Integrate one their best players in your league.*
It’s only just getting started. The European academy system, based on their system for developing football players, is superior than the AAU system in the US. The European kids are better coached, by better coaches, taught how to be pros, mentored by senior players, etc. The NHL is 30% non North American players. The NBA is just 17% non North American. Expect the NBA to catch up to NHL over the next decade.
You will be able to add Wenbanyama soon
The modern American NBA players are lacking of humility, hunger and team ethic • but (unfortunately) they're full of pride, egoism and self eccentricity.
Myb we are poor, but we PLAY basketball----BALKAN! ! ! WE are MADE for every SPORT! ! !
It can be easily explained. Young US players strive for highlights, statistics and scandals (this sells). European players strive for improvement, being better, playing as a team and winning. If the US don't change this "highlights and statistics" culture, things will get worse and worse for them.
More than 10% are European? I did not expect that, but I am also a German who only recently got into the NBA.
Petrovic....
And Wembanyama is coming...
He sure is!
Wembanyama is going to be a bust
@@sportscrunch7460o not miss Aday Mara from Zaragoza, Spain
There is a player named Alperen Sengun from Turkey, I think you do not know him obviously who is the center of the Rockets. He is the HIM. Spurs is not down the NBA. ALperen is 21 years old.
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I know this piece is talking about European players, but if you throw in Embiid and the three guys from the thumbnail, that's pretty much the best 4 guys in the league right now.
European training is different!
wait for aday mara!
6:02
Yes he has. He won finals MVP too. He was also robbed of his 3rd MVP, but i digress.
The thumbnail shows the fathers of Devin Booker
Lauri 💪
Tony Parker is from France. Forgot to mention him.
3:13 😉 we love TP!
Totally forgetting the legend Detlef Schrempf.
Without him, there's not many Europeans making the move to the NBA in the 90's and later on.
that list didn't age well so to say i think... at least after the world cup you have to add Dennis Schröder.... (yes i'm german)
man you deserve more followers, i really thought this vid was made by a channel with big subscribers number
Thanks for the support!
Jokic just did
So Divac is Yugoslavian guy but Kukoc is Croatian, fooookn ridiculous...
No no
Its the Balkan dominance
Also the American invasion of the Euroleague . It's getting outta hand when the Europeans only make it to being a roleplayer
Soon enough for all star games we can do USA v the rest of the world. I would watch that game.
Wembanyama is merely a bit over 7’ 3”-a shorty!
Yao ming was wembenyama before wembenyama was wembenyama
You could have mentioned Mehmet Okur and Hedo Turkoglu also.
Porzingis Kirilenko and Gobert have better records and careers than these two but didn't even mention
Hidayet kadar berbat bir oyuncu yoktu 😂 Mehmet Okur , Mirsad Türkcan, Ersan İlyasova ve Alpi Hidayetten iyi oyuncular. Hidayet kaç maç kaybettirdi saymaya unuttuk
He did not talk about Asia
Look at the all nba 1st team today. It’s 4 international players and only 1 American.
"Now,Jokic might not have led the Denver Nuggets to a championship yet." Welp,this didnt aged well :DD
He just moved up on this list!
Ballin is ballin, end of story.
Petrovic?
No mention of Drazen?
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Now i want to see a All Europe players vs USA (top team) Bo7 serie
It will definitely be interesting!
Don't forget Drazen Petrovic
nobody cares about that guy
Look at Drazen Dalipagic....he would score in today's NBA 35ppg with 55/45/90
Not a chance hes old lmao
no doubt
Easily
ITs the american mentality of being the hero and who is best that destroys talents plus athletic abilities are overrated.