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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#41 » by Hoopalotta » Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:40 am

Say what?
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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#42 » by Ricky Business » Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:47 am

MaxRider wrote:
Ricky Business wrote:
MaxRider wrote:so steve nash is euro
no wonder he looks white



Steve Nash's parents are both from the UK. His brother is from the UK. Steve Nash was born in South Africa 2 weeks after his parents moved from England. Steve Nash is a citizen of the UK. So yes, Steve Nash is a Euro. He was raised in Canada but he is in fact British.

but according to your theory because nash played his entire career in usa he's an american not euro
if he said nash is british (euro) then you agreed scola is south american :))


Basketball-wise Nash could be considered American-Canadian, really Canadian system is American anyway. But he is a Euro nationality-wise also along with Canadian. Scola is both Argentina and Spanish nationality so he can be called a Euro and basketball-wise Scola should be considered a Euro because he was developed in Europe.


NBA fans tend to get too obsessed with labeling players from a certain country or nationality and in claiming who is or is not "Euro". For example Sarunas Jasikevicius is a player all NBA fans claim to be a Euro developed player and yet he played high school and college basketball in USA and is really mainly an American developed player with Euro nationality.

Kobe Bryant is universally called an American developed player and yet he also began playing in a youth club in Italy and played there several years. Since he did not play in NCAA his development is equal in Italy if not more than it was in America.
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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#43 » by Ricky Business » Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:53 am

Mr. E wrote:I know. I hate it when people call South American players like Scola, Ginobli or Yao a bunch of Euros.


Manu and Scola are Euros. They have European families, European nationality, and were mainly developed in Europe. So it's pretty hard to claim they are not Euros. They are Argentines that are also Euros and basketball-wise they are definitely Euros.
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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#44 » by Ricky Business » Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:55 am

Guy986 wrote:Would you guys consider David Andersen Euro?

If it...

plays defense like a euro
rebounds like a euro
shoots like a euro
looks like a euro
speaks like a euro


Nationality wise he is Euro. He has Danish nationality and that is where his family comes from. He also has Australian nationality and that is where he was developed basketball-wise. So he can be considered a Euro nationality-wise like Nash, but also like Nash is not a Euro basketball-wise.

In basketball development he is Australian.
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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#45 » by MaxRider » Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:22 am

yea yea yea we are all african
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Post#46 » by Ribalding » Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:52 pm

MaxRider wrote:yea yea yea we are all Spartan


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Re: MIN Rumor? 

Post#47 » by Hoopalotta » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:56 am

Ricky Business wrote:NBA fans tend to get too obsessed with labeling players from a certain country or nationality and in claiming who is or is not "Euro".


Yeah, a lot of us are way too into that. Thanks for setting us straight.
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