Battletrigger wrote:Luka Doncic was Euroleague MVP too.
As said, European basketball is more based in technique and fundamentals than phisical power and has lower pace.
There are people that don't performance as expected in USA and in Europe is a great player, but it's not law neither. And in the other hand, for example, the year before Rubio went to the Wolves he was benched many times and played poorly, and then went there and many people felt in love with him.
I think it’s important to remember that not all foreign basketball is the same. EL is the best of the teams from the various domestic leagues. Thus, the best non-NBA league in the world. They have fewer games, so I think there is more strategy for each game (game planning) than the NBA. It is slower paced thus less athleticism based and more skill based. I’d also say it’s more physical, as in I don’t think they call as many ticky tack fouls.
Like all leagues, it is several notches below the NBA. But don’t compare it to the NBA. Compare it to all the other leagues in which prospects (like Bolmaro) are playing. It is infinitely better than the NCAA for example. It’s also infinitely better than the Australian league (which is also better than the NCAA), where LaMelo was up and down last year.
