Originally posted by chez-martin
indeed under the current sircumstances major NBA clubs losing to Euroleague clubs in friendly games that matter nothing would probably cause MUCH more interest and dissapointment among USA public than their NT failing to beat Greece or Spain or whatever even if that was during the Olympic games.
therefore one must agree that the inniciatives like the NBA Europe Live! should grow considerably in the future (growth will depend on how soon and how often we will beat NBA representatives). sure, this puts international competitions in danger (possible substitution by global club competitions), but it's actually hard to say, what the polytical cituation will look in, say, 20 or 30 years.. it's so darn unpredictable.. sure, now I would like the international competitions of national NTs to go on forever, but heck knows how international communities will develop.
btw, NBA Europe Live! last year it seemed that some of the teams that were included are really poor. and Kazan was one of them.. but look at them now: Lavrinovic twins, Cikalkin, Stombergas, Samoilenko with LTU NT coach Sireika and two of his assistants (Chomicius and Krapikas) at the helm. other players I have never heard of, but who cares I actually believe this team will have more chances to beat NBA club than Maccabi, who'll take part in a semi serious mini tournament along with CSKA as Euroleague finalists.
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