Best Europeans in NBA today

[Tevfik1907]

It still surprises me people don't even mention this when it comes to French NT players like Batum and Gobert to say. Perhaps because they're not so dominant

French people doesn't like it believe me, just read the news about 2018 World Cup Championship, some French people doesn't see that team as France NT.

Though I am talking about the football, I don't think it would be any different for basketball.

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stats wise best european this season is Vucevic 20.5pts+12reb and is 7th ! in entire nba in eff (Jokic is 11th ,Capela 14th).But no love for him here,many dont even put him in top12 european list.I understand that he is playing for average team all that,but that all star player stats...I dont think that he is that good,but his number is fantastically good this season.

Not a crappy center, but far from worth giving too many credit. Takes tons of shots, shoots only 52% which is not good for a center, pretty soft defender and playing for a shitty team

[Tevfik1907]

I think Antetokounmpo has one problem if he is going to be a super-star, which is 3 pts and shots from outside of the baseline, in regular nba games it won't be a problem since the teams doesn't have any time to take special precautions for him, but for the high level games at playoffs surely the teams will use that at the defense.

Even Jokic as a center can shoot 3 pts. Anteto can't drop his %70 FT percentage or the teams will use ''hack anteto'' tactics soon enough.

[jealousme]

Greak Freak is a lovely one for one

[Prancūzėlis_ZLD]

I react to that only now, because i didn't see it earlier but :

French people doesn't like it believe me, just read the news about 2018 World Cup Championship, some French people doesn't see that team as France NT.

Some people doesn't mean all people. What you mention exists but concerns a (very) small minority. So please don't make it sound differently...

Though I am talking about the football, I don't think it would be any different for basketball.

This is actually very different between football and basketball. I have myself never heard this kind of comment around basketball team, especially not for players like Batum or Gobert. Batum is described as a "Normand", while Gobert is described as a "Ch'ti", period.

[Shawshank]

Not a crappy center, but far from worth giving too many credit. Takes tons of shots, shoots only 52% which is not good for a center, pretty soft defender and playing for a shitty team

as i said that 21+12 is all star numbers ,Vucevic made nba all star game one of 3 europeans (Giannis,Jokic and Vucevic)

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as i said that 21+12 is all star numbers ,Vucevic made nba all star game one of 3 europeans (Giannis,Jokic and Vucevic)

Well, he deserves it I guess. His numbers are impressive indeed, if only he would do something like that in one of contenders. WIll be interesting to see if his cam travels if he will change the team.

[madmax]

Well, he deserves it I guess. His numbers are impressive indeed, if only he would do something like that in one of contenders. WIll be interesting to see if his cam travels if he will change the team.

he made the All Star team in a similar fashion that Ilgauskas made it in the late 90's - putting up solid numbers on a crappy team Does anyone really consider Big Z a legit NBA All Star that year when he was selected? Not me, that's for sure lol. Same goes for Mr Empty Stats Vucevic as well

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Teodosič was fired from Clippers. Pretty much the same NBA career as Jasikevičius' indeed. I can't decide whenever it's sad or not, because high IQ, skilled players can't survive in NBA. When I think about white NBA PG I think about Stocton. Most players say he was one of the toughest BB players they ever played against. Maybe that's the thing those Euros lacked, toughness and good physical preparation.

[usagre]

Teodosič was fired from Clippers. Pretty much the same NBA career as Jasikevičius' indeed. I can't decide whenever it's sad or not, because high IQ, skilled players can't survive in NBA. When I think about white NBA PG I think about Stocton. Most players say he was one of the toughest BB players they ever played against. Maybe that's the thing those Euros lacked, toughness and good physical preparation.

In order to succeed they have to be elite offensively so that can outweigh the liability they are defensively. Mark Price and Steve Nash are good examples. Teodosic and Jasikevicius are a cut below.

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In order to succeed they have to be elite offensively so that can outweigh the liability they are defensively. Mark Price and Steve Nash are good examples. Teodosic and Jasikevicius are a cut below.

Good point. Maybe Jason Williams could also be in the list, even if he's probably a bit better defender than all players mentioned here. But say Calderon's career makes you wonder. Maybe better defender than Teo and Šaras a bit, but not much. And offensively, at least in FIBA he wasn't more talented than those 2.

[usagre]

Good point. Maybe Jason Williams could also be in the list, even if he's probably a bit better defender than all players mentioned here. But say Calderon's career makes you wonder. Maybe better defender than Teo and Šaras a bit, but not much. And offensively, at least in FIBA he wasn't more talented than those 2.

I think the difference is Calderon played his entire prime in the NBA. If Teodosic and Jasikevicius got there 5 years earlier too they would have been just as good if not better than him.

[Shawshank]

Exactly if you go to nba early like 22-23 Europe guard you have time to adapt to diffrent basketball . But if you are already elite in euroleague and go to nba around 30 it will not work at most cases shown.

[Jazz]

Good point. Maybe Jason Williams could also be in the list, even if he's probably a bit better defender than all players mentioned here. But say Calderon's career makes you wonder. Maybe better defender than Teo and Šaras a bit, but not much. And offensively, at least in FIBA he wasn't more talented than those 2.

There's politics and business involved too. Teodosic is 31, injury prone and on an expiring contract but in those 45 games he played last season his win percentage was excellent and the ball was moving so much better with him on the floor. He has a different skillset to the other Clippers guards. This season they were often playing Beverley and Bradley together, which wasn't pretty to watch. Honestly, I just don't get why they didn't release him last summer and seemingly made promises about playing time. And they can't fall back on the "earning minutes" argument when Bradley was really struggling to find some form.

[BiHBasket]