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Originally Posted by JRutledge
How many players from Spain, Lithuania and Argentina are All-Stars in the NBA?
And the US has both a high school system and a club system that helps identify players from all over pro leagues to show who can play. But I would bet that those countries have much better soccer players that are world wide stars than basketball.
The game of basketball is dribbling, passing, shooting and defense. None of those things have anything to do with 5 second different on a shot clock. I do not think LeBron James or Kobe Bryant were hurt dramatically because they did not have a shot clock in high school. And even Kobe had to develop for his first several years in the NBA.
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You had to make me go and do the math didn't you.
Roughly 22% of NBA is international players (non USA).
The three countries you asked about account for 11 players in the league of which there are 2 - 2 time allstars and 1 5 time allstar.
I don't think 5 less seconds requires you to be more skilled, but 11 less seconds and fewer timeouts and the ability to only called them on dead balls not interrupt play would all combine to make players need to be able to make more plays and more shots. It would also require coaches to make players who can make decision and create vs run stuff.