Why NBA Players FAIL In Europe

High NBA draft picks struggling in EuroLeague is nothing new. Wesley Johnson, Emmanuel Mudiay, Anthony Bennett, and others have done that. But why is that?

In this video, BasketNews’ Augustas Suliauskas takes a look at why many NBA players’ careers in Europe didn’t last more than one season.

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[slaughter]

In USA 15 years old kids play street basketball. They care only how to drible, dunk and humiliate the opponent. In europe, 15 years old kids are practising pick n roll, spacing, reading the defence of the opponent etc. thats why the last years, al the nba mvps are Europeans and will continue to be

[optimalpowersimracing]

Well I think Kobe is spot on about the American youth sports model in general. In Europe, at the highest level of Youth Sport, you have players like Luka moving to Madrid to play for their academy at just age 13... Learning to play professional baksetball, from professional coaches, with no hidden agenda, who's literally only job is to develop you in to a first team product.... In America, 13 year olds are playing for some random ego laced dad who has no credentials to be coaching a basketball team, let alone an elite talent, and truly develop them into a "First team" product, aka a pro.

Imagine in America if all 30 NBA teams had youth teams, imagine on a random tuesday night a u16 Knicks vs Lakers on NBA TV or something like that, or teams like Orlando and Miami having a more hands on approach with local talent etc. College Basketball is a joke, serves no purpose but for the Universities agenda. The coach is there to win games, not develop players.

[trevorcunningham]

I have the answer! I'm 51 from The Bronx and I've played in Europe and college ball in Denver. I played 2 yrs in Europe and then went to college. In Europe, every player in practice does the same drills. Fundamental skill drills. So no matter your height or position you have a skill set of being able to dribble, pass and shoot. Guards perform the drills of a center and centers perform the drills of a guard. Where as in America, if you're the tallest kid on your team they're gonna try and turn you into a center and you might be 6'4. When really you should be learning how to be a point guard. The average European player is more skilled than an American college or high school player. Americans have more raw athletic abilities but the European player is a more skilled player overall.

[FecalMatador]

Faried, Johnson, and Bennett aren’t built for Euro ball. It’s a much bigger emphasis on skills rather than their raw athleticism, which is what they relied on. That’s why most bigs who come to the NBA from Euroleague are way more polished offensively.

[OK-yyqz]

Luka said it best: It's harder to score in the Euroleague but there are way better players in the NBA.
It's a lot easier to put ok stats in the NBA because of the pacing and the rules but on the other hand there's 30 guys in the NBA right now that could be the Euroleague MVP. Arguably even more considering guys like Larkin, Micic, Mike James and Mirotic have been Euroleague MVP candidates. Vezenkov who's currently the favourite for Euroleague MVP would not be a top 30 NBA player

[psychotropnilachtan]

I can see how guys whove been treated like stars since highschool might clash with European coaches.

[emakolfiz]

Do you guys remember how about 10y ago, European players in NBA were tagged as 'soft'? While now after 4 straight MVP (+ Luka) European basketball is more physical?? NBA is just a different sport with different rules, the problem nowadays is that with this shooting revolution and A. Silver's focus on business, offense is too easy and way too many games end with high margins and no thrill at all.. While look at Euroleague, where 3pt trend is there since always, you can still see teams playing with centers and winning, small ball and, most important, close games (last F4 just as example).. we trade this with some half court shots but can live without those

[VisualFeast]

At least they still have China and Australia.

[Silver-lodb]

Every game in el is very important so teams are preparing their offense and defense specifically for their opponent. This is the huge difference with NBA’s regular season. And as you said, mistakes are less tolerated by coaches.

[Kalmar]

The big difference is the philosophy of the whistle. The officiating in Euroleague is truer to the rules than the NBA at this point. So calls an NBA player would get for contact and more importantly initiating the contact is being whistled correctly than it is the NBA. Also, physicality in the paint is also another important aspect and players needing to actually do lay defense.

[enzodapan]

This is probably one of the reasons why players like Dirk, Jokic, and Luka have that certain skill in their playing style. And also, Spurs in general with Tim Duncan before.

[dynctive]

Augustas' videos are always on point! I think that failed prospects like Mudiay and Bennett, fail in the NBA because their skill development lacks in that league as well. I would've loved to see Andre Miller spent a couple years in Europe after his NBA career was over, I think his game would've translate to the EL really seamlessly. I would love to see how a current skilled NBA backup might adjust to the Euroleague, someone like Terrence Ross or Nerlens Noel. I wish that the money in the EuroLeague was competitive enough to steal away talented NBA backups so that ideas like the ones presented in this video could be tested on a more competitive scale

[rollotomasse]

What are you talking about, "they barely saw the bench in their careers...". All they saw in USA is the bench, that's why they came here 🙄🙄

[grosskopf]

Here is another one coaching style. I played for Dusko Ivanovic (best coach I ever had)a pupil of the legendary coach "Božidar Maljković "(Jugoplastik). An American has to be willing to adapt his game and many especially those in the NBA aren't willing to adapt their game, they feel that the team should adapt towards him(American). Dusko had problems with Americans who didn't like or adjust playing his pass, and pick offense as to creating their own shot etc. Also there are many coaches who get Americans at certain positions but don't use them properly, for example: a player that is a known as a great scorer by slashing to the basket but the team gets him as a shooter.

[kondwanimkandawire]

W. Johnson at 32, Faried at 32 and OJ Mayo at 34 is hardly what I would call peak. There is a saying in basketball: "The wrong side of 30". Of course there are exceptions like LeBron and K.D.

[stekons]

you forgot the most important, aside from raw skills most NBA players are not very experienced in games that matter, many didn't even have the chance even. Those who did and succeeded they wont go for Europe obviously, so those that do are players who are top athletes but no great experience...

[dimiathan]

I agree with all you've mentioned but for me it is also the basketball atmosphere that the fans are creating in the stadium. It is EXTREMELY loud and sometimes overwhelming with the pyros and most are not used to it. I absolutely love these ecstatic games and I never want them to stop but it is clear that it is hard to play in these conditions.

[jotavetres]

NBA has become a TV reality entertaiment.

[miggyalejandro]

I'm a basketball purist. i wanna see the NBA adopt FIBA rules.