European Players or USA, Who has the ADVANTAGE?? 👀

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[FLG]

I feel like playing overseas is preparing you way better than here

[siphillis]

I'd take any Euroleague team over any NCAA team. We vastly overrate how good college competition is.

[steve]

I played football/soccer professionally and it’s the same concept. Our US players are so focused on the tangibles, the strength, height, wing span, vertical jump etc while the best players are who they are because of the intangibles. The vision, the first touch, body feints, awareness, decision making etc.

[macthedude]

they’re also a lot more mature. they aren’t as focused on fame or material things as young American players

[clydebroaddus]

In the European league, they play team basketball like the original NBA . Teams run plays and stress fundamentals. They listen to the coach.

[hb-robo]

There is no advantage to growing up against top talent when neither you nor them know how to play the right way until you get to the league. European players know their entire lives.

[speedwagon-eb]

Euroleague has been ahead of the game in terms of offense and spacing for the last 20 years. There are tons of full euroleague replays of past games you can find on youtube

[BrutusJrTherd]

It’s been that way for awhile to be honest. Popovich was dipping his hand in overseas talent for YEARRSSS! He always loved their fundamentals & team mindset.

[beanuugly]

Lol I mess with PG podcast, but this man know he going to ask a question and then answer it himself 😂😂

[ubadman]

It's not that they are playing professionally it's that they are receiving better coaching as opposed to AAU culture and the kids play under a shot clock in Europe as early as 9 and 10. That makes a huge difference

[arthropod-doctor]

I agree that American basketball talent is generally better, mostly because the game has been evolving for much longer over here. But the European system is so much better when it comes to actually developing young talent. They have dedicated academies that players attend just for basketball. These academies scout kids from all over the continent. They function as full time boarding schools typically affiliated with professional teams, and they have specialists who give each kid a personalized training regimen after evaluating that kid's strengths, weaknesses, physiology, psychology, etc. Students also have constant access to nutritionists, state of the art workout equipment, and equally elite peers, among other things. Since the academies are usually affiliated with actual teams, they'll have junior teams for different age groups (U18, U17, U16), and select kids to take part in matches with the youth teams when they become good. The really good ones get selected for the senior teams. Since everybody's constantly competing with everyone else, it creates a pretty cutthroat atmosphere. This system is borrowed from the same academy system used in European football (y'know, the type of system that developed guys like Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, and Mbappe).

I'd argue that the academy system is half the reason a lot of European players have managed to catch up to American players in terms of capability. It's a lot more effective at developing players than high school/AAU/NCAA. Luka Doncic was a student of Real Madrid's youth academy, and just look at how good he is. This is implausible, but if NBA teams followed the European model and created youth academies with junior teams, our player development would skyrocket.

[Amphibiousmage]

PG asks him a question and then answers the question himself 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[Justin-vb]

FUNDAMENTALS > SKILLS
EFFICIENCY > BAG
BASKETBALL PLAYERS > HOOPERS

[andysauro]

Americans problems come from being the top guy for 4-5 years and playing as the #1 option, to integrating into the NBA at the bottom and having to adjust as a roleplayer for years. Euros develop their players from the ground up.

[BlindSwami_]

It's not as much of a show over there. It's all about winning and finding the best ways to make your team successful.

[YvngGoat_]

That’s why Gregg Popovich loves them foreign players

[markymark]

Euro players coming so skilled to NBA..euro player's are the future!

[SportStem]

During the 80s and before that here in the States, though we never had a structured academy system like they do overseas, we used to be drilled in fundamentals by even our PE Teachers and there were a series of basketball camps to attend to improve your game. Furthermore we had full freedom to play pick up games with and against much older and more experienced players. That was why when the NBA was considered an illegal league by FIBA and only allowed NCAA players to compete in the World Cup and the Olympics, which always made them the youngest team in those tournaments, used to dominate the much older and experienced teams and most of the college players at the time stayed 3-4 years in college. The closest thing to one-in-done players were guys who stayed 2 years until they were eligible for a hardship NBA draft. This is exactly what the members of the original Dream Team were products of. Compared to what we have now, what we had was much better for player development. Considering the resources that we have now, I think the best thing (this is ONLY my opinion) is if the NBA doesn't want to do the academy system like in Europe and other parts of the world, to have the NBA teams select the best travel so-called AAU teams (within the NBA team's geographic location)under their wings and control the player development, where and when to compete, control the number of games they should play to reduce the wear and tear of their bodies. For instance, the Boston Celtics would take the BABC AAU teams under their wing, the Knicks would run the Gauchos, the Rens and the Riverside Hawks and the Bulls run Mac Irvin Fire etc.

[MrSoda]

In all sports in Europe if you are good enough you are getting top level coaching from the age of 8-10, personally I was getting professional coaching from 10 at my local football club

[kurosan]

Europe's method of preparing young players is way better than whatever bs the AAU is doing. Imagine if Jalen Green spent his teen years under a European basketball club. He would be a monster today.