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Originally posted by crazy voyager
I've edited my post to make it easier to read.
The NBA is the best (yeah i've already said that I know) but that's becuse it takes player from all over the world- look at it, Ginobili- he's not american, neither is; Nowitzki- Stojakavivic, Ilgauskas, Parker, Gasol, Kirilenko and more; a lot more players are european.
then there is a lot of good americans yes, but look at the NBA now- and compare it with how many foreign players it was 20 years ago- it's quite a diffrence.
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The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona set the stage for the upsurge in international basketball. The United States Dream Team (now THAT was a dream team) made a first-hand impression on youngsters in Europe and as more kids wanted to play basketball, more talent, 10 years later, started coming into the NBA.
There is no doubt that the national teams in the 2002 World Championships played a better brand of basketball. But when a group of guys with two weeks practice time is facing players who have competed together on the national team for years and years, you really can't compare the advantage non-US teams have. We just haven't had a strong national program because we have not had to.
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