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FC Barcelona is undefeated in the Euroleague at 9-0. Adjusting for NBA length of game and scoring, they win their average game by 30 points. DOMINANCE.

In the ACB league they are 15 and 1 (a fluke last second loss) and also win by around an NBA adjusted 30 points per game.

That's 24-1 in Europe, winning by 30 points a game. Built like an All-Star team they are more than just the sum of their parts. They play GREAT together, the chemistry is amazing all starting with Rubio at the point. They've got some of the best bigs in Europe with Fran Vasquez and Lorbek, and some of the best American transplants at forward with Mickeal and Morris, combined with the backcourt of JC Navarro and Rubio all playing in tune like a calculated orchestra and you have a team that has no business playing in Europe.

So the question is, how good would they be in the NBA?

with nba rules probably not that many

fran doesnt play in the nba... so dont count me in

There is a guy named Andersen on the Rockets that was the MVP of the Euroleague Finals last year and he isnt exactly setting the NBA on fire at the moment. I cant say that Ive watched any Euroleague games, but I cant picture a group of players like this plus a very young Rubio doing any real damage in the NBA.

SAKURABA216 wrote:There is a guy named Andersen on the Rockets that was the MVP of the Euroleague Finals last year

What? Last seasons Euroleague MVP was Navarro, Final 4 MVP was Spanoulis, Andersen was neither a 1st team nor a 2nd team member. Not quite sure where you got the "MVP of the Euroleague Finals" from.

SAKURABA216 wrote:There is a guy named Andersen on the Rockets that was the MVP of the Euroleague Finals last year and he isnt exactly setting the NBA on fire at the moment. I cant say that Ive watched any Euroleague games, but I cant picture a group of players like this plus a very young Rubio doing any real damage in the NBA.

Well that's just not true. Seeing as they don't have an award for MVP of finals. They don't even have a FINALS per se, it's a tournament once it gets to the Final Four, one and done. There's a final four MVP, but Anderson didn't win that, and Anderson's team lost in the semifinals...

In an Exhibition game in 2008 FC Barcelona (pre rubio) went to LA and played the Lakers under NBA rules and lost 111-104.

A few years earlier Barca beat the 76ers in an exhibition game.

jinxed wrote:In an Exhibition game in 2008 FC Barcelona (pre rubio) went to LA and played the Lakers under NBA rules and lost 111-104.

A few years earlier Barca beat the 76ers in an exhibition game.

thats not really a big enough sample size

and who knows how seriously the lakers, sixers, and fc barcelona were taking those games

I can see them winning a few games even under NBA rules. These are professional basketball players after all, and if the NETS, who are clearly the worst than any other team in the NBA, can win a few games, then any scrub team can win a game.

They wouldn't win many, but the question should be whether or not they'd be better than the Nets.

In an 82 game season, I think they win about 20-25 tops. In reality, Rubio and Vazquez are the only solid NBA starters on the roster. Navarro, Morris, Lorbeck, Ndong, Mickeal, and maybe Lakovic, are NBA bench players. There's hardly enough depth to seriously compete at the NBA level here. You could make a case their chemistry and style of play may have them overachieving like Houston has recently, but just like the Rockets w/o Tracy and Yao, Barcelona would have little chance of advancing anywhere deep in the playoffs in either conference.

I've watched this team play about 5-6games. They look great and have 3 guys in the back court that could play and maybe start in the NBA but the front court is much weaker and I doubt any of the players could make the NBA.

I think this team is as good as the Nets or Minni with Love injured. Rubio doesn't seem to get too many minutes but looks spectacular on almost every play. He is easily better than Jennings.

In the east they would be in the playoffs hunt...

Wrong...Navarro could be starter on any NBA team that lacks a good SG. He's ABSOUTELY the star on the Barcelona team and right now the best player left in Europe.
He just got such a bad luck with the Grizz, somehow they thought he was just a 3-point specialist, just like Blazers are doing with Rudy fernandez (yuck!).
Navarro is as good as Ginobili or even better player...and yes I've seen many games of both players to know that.

Under FIBA rules, contenders no doubt. Under NBA rules... i think they could make the playoffs in the east, but no way futher than first round. The are way superior than the Nets or Philly, maybe they are at a Toronto level in the NBA. But honestly, they play much better together and much harder defense that the canadians.

7-8 seed in the east, near the playoofs in the west. In my opinion.

Under NBA rules they'd probably be one of the worst teams in the league. Navarro and Rubio would both be marginal starters in the NBA, maybe Vasquez too, but the rest would be bench players, if that. Even if they have great chemistry the talent is just not there.

Seeing as European basketball is a joke, probably not many.

aroba wrote:Wrong...Navarro could be starter on any NBA team that lacks a good SG. He's ABSOUTELY the star on the Barcelona team and right now the best player left in Europe.
He just got such a bad luck with the Grizz, somehow they thought he was just a 3-point specialist, just like Blazers are doing with Rudy fernandez (yuck!).
Navarro is as good as Ginobili or even better player...and yes I've seen many games of both players to know that.

Yes, I somewhat agree. Navarro's NBA career didn't do him justice. He's a great player, Ginobili good.

Barca would win around 25 with NBA rules IMO.

I've never heard of this vasquez guy, is he coming to the NBA?

more than Nets

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