Why Europeans Are Taking Over The NBA

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-Joined the Navy in 1999. -Traveled to Spain for a med-cruise in 2001. -Got off the boat after about a month a "we" found a basketball court. -We have some tall guys, and a couple of high school hoopers from NY and Cali -We saw a bunch of Steve Nash looking white Spanish kids and laughed then said "we got next". -We got ran up and down, from the east all the way to the west on that basketball court by those kids. -They simply knew where and when to be as a team and just smoked us.

As a basketball fan, but someone who also pays attention to cultural trends, I LOVE that this guy connected the dots the way he does. To me, the differences in philosophy toward player development is a reflection of a general tendency in America toward extreme individualism in all aspects of life. A huge factor fueling this now is the explosion of social media, the expectation that in order to be successful, one must always be in the process of "building their brand," to the point where marketing one's talents becomes more the focus than actually developing those talents. We all know that humility fuels the work necessary to achieve sustained excellence, but in today's America, humility is simply the opposite of the traits we tend to notice, celebrate, and reward in our youth.

You should not underestimate how big basketball is in Europe and how it has been developing over the years.

AAU was a tragic experience for me. I was on a top 20 team in NorCal and we barely ever lost. We had no plays. No practices. Our coach just told go do your thing and would just yell when you make a mistake. It could’ve been so much more. And the fact that we were “so good” with so little team work is just a sad reality of basketball now. People don’t play as hard as they can.

greg popavic has been on about how europe trains for years. I remember like 12 years ago or more he was talking about how he would always make the spurs watch barcelona film and offensive and defensive set ups, and emphasize to them "if you play like this with the talent that is in the nba you will be unbeatable"

For me, it's the coaches in the EU that make a whole lot of difference. There, you get yelled at at the slightest mistakes, get praised after wins or losses. Basically, your coach is like a father figure. Here in the US, coaches seem to be detached from their players. It's just business and nothing else. They look for the most talented ones instead of developing the weaker players. Can't blame them though, just a season of failure can send them packing.

I even noticed this in my kid's soccer teams. All of the emphasis is on individual skill development (dribbling/ball control)with essentially no development of team oriented skills (e.g., passing, movement, positional awareness)

The club system probably helps. European clubs (in football anyway so I assume basketball too), have their own youth programmes with the intention to develop their own talent to some day play for the first team. Their interests are in making the best player possible for themselves and not necessarily ‘winning’ at youth level - so long as the kids are developing into a player who could flourish in the first team and also learn the main tactics of the first team manager. They have no interest in highlights or exposure at this point, they’re not going to send them off to university once they hit 18. There are exceptional cases that get media attention at a very young age; Mbappe, Messi, Rooney - but at that point those guys were so advanced as kids they were thrown into the men’s game and were fully prepared to take the step to elite status.

Before Luka was the main star in Europe, he suffered losts against other big teams. He learnt to be better and with this lessons he is growing better and better.

I'm not versed in basketball. I am not sure why YouTube recommended this video to me. But, I watched it. What he says at the halfway point is spot on. I have had family members in the NHL. When asked by high school athletes "what made them better hockey players" they said "I didn't play hockey year round; soccer made me a better hockey player" As a wrestling coach, I plead for my student athletes to join the cross country team in the fall.

Eye blink analysis : 1:28 slow start, warming up 3:29 huge triple double 4:23 quick transition basket 5:25 back to back 8:06 long distance three Huge performance for the lithuanian forward, dry eyes at the end but great fourth quarter. Seeking his third MVP in a row.

"The league is faster and more athletic which makes it superior to all other eras!" Luka and Joker steps into the room.

AAU ball has really hurt basketball here in the USA. Less times with quality coaches at high school level working on skill development. Plus the growth of basketball worldwide is impressive.

Great video! Agree 100%. Really wish Petrovic's life wasn't cut so short back in the 90's.

The fact is that kids spend all their time practicing shooting 3’s rather than working on screens, layups, passing and practicing footwork inside the paint. Kobe’s 7 year plan for Gigi’s team was to teach all the above, they were in year three when they died.

The AAU trend is unfortunate. I learned so much from my coaches in middle and high school back in the day. Winning was important, but they were more concerned with teaching the fundamentals and building character. Those lessons have served me well in my life outside of basketball, which ended competitively for me in high school. One would think that passing, setting screens, spacing, moving without the ball, and help defense would be emphasized, but oh well?

You hit the nail on the head. AAU teams are mostly "unorganized". Its all about flash and clout with the American system. They would rather make the next highlight than the hockey pass because there is so much competition and focus on the game. In Europe you need to be exceptional to garner national attention. In the US all you need is a mixtape.

Manu Ginobili could be the first and one of the best examples of load management, people were sure we would be physically destroyed by 30 and he played at a high level until he was 40

Great video demonstrating the differences. I can say from personal experience as a European who grew up in the United States, this similarity in development runs into soccer as well. When I had an opportunity for a pro soccer trial at 16 in Europe, guys of the same age group I noticed were way more advanced than me in IQ and technical ability from a tactic perspective. I think I worked just as hard as others but tactical development and teamwork is less stressed upon here in the US youth development with coaching not necessarily getting the best out of players and the team as a whole since it's being treated as a activity that parents are paying for compared to kids in Europe who enjoy the sport and are aiming at potentially pro careers.