Tim_Hardawayy wrote:International basketball is rampantly disrespected on this forum. That said, it is an NBA forum (or at least the general board is), so its to be expected.
And while technically calling the NBA champion the world champion is disrespectful to international basketball, I don't think anyone truly believes any international team would beat an NBA team. Or if they do, they are a pretty big homer for international basketball.
International fans have to understand, trying to argue your teams could beat an NBA team and deserve respect on this board is like if a Clippers fan went onto the Lakers board and tried to argue with them that the Clippers could beat the Lakers, that a 4 game sample in the regular season doesn't mean anything.
This is an NBA board, not a basketball board. The title of this board is General NBA discussion. There is another board for international talk, you can argue about how international teams would beat NBA teams there. And probably be laughed at by some rational international fans.
But this goes too far. Euroleague champion beating NBA champion? No. But Euroleague very elite teams can certainly beat NBA lottery teams.