Thats true too
Has there ever been players as successful this early as Jokic and Doncic be so culturally insignificant?
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SGA is currently 3rd behind Joker and Luka on most sportsbooks. If you feel so strongly on this, you can get SGA to win MVP at around +3000, make yourself some bread
cartierhoe
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It's because they're not American, simple as that.
lol im just hopingSGA is currently 3rd behind Joker and Luka on most sportsbooks. If you feel so strongly on this, you can get SGA to win MVP at around +3000, make yourself some bread
Gritsngravy
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That’s interesting, he do have a flow to his game
I always felt like basketball has a certain flow to it and you can take advantage of it
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Gritsngravy
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You know what’s interesting about some of euro players is that they all kinda reflect older euro players, and basically are the copies in the league, like you can see the linage, like it’s dirk clones, sabonis clones, and Tony kuco clones
I guess to keep it somewhat international embid kinda hakeem, I’m not sure who ganis would be probably an American player, Wemby you could probably name a couple dudes, dudes like og bol bol
It’s kinda the same with American players
I guess to keep it somewhat international embid kinda hakeem, I’m not sure who ganis would be probably an American player, Wemby you could probably name a couple dudes, dudes like og bol bol
It’s kinda the same with American players
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It's because they're not White Americans.
See since the NBA is an American product, a Euro player dominating and having success isn't going to resonate with most fans, particularly White fans. A White athlete will only go so far if White people are standing behind them.
Take Caitlin Clark for example, if she was a White Euro woman people wouldn't have railed (to the overwhelming extent we saw) behind her as much because they wouldn't be able to relate but, since she's an American-born White woman from Iowa representing what's commonly considered a “Middle America” state she resonated with lots of people especially White so she blew up culturally in the women's college basketball world.
Subconsciously people like to champion someone they can relate to and by that, I mean racially and ethnically. I'm many Black American NBA fans like Jokic and Luka from a talent perspective but there's no need to relate to them when many great Black Americans are playing in the league now.
The Great White Hope is usually made about an American-born White athlete defying the odds and dominating a sport/opponent. Luka and Jokic despite being White (in appearance) they're not American so they won't ever blow up on a cultural level like say Larry Bird, Caitlin Clark, Austin Reeves, Alex Caruso, and many other White athletes who were culturally celebrated in their respective sports.
See since the NBA is an American product, a Euro player dominating and having success isn't going to resonate with most fans, particularly White fans. A White athlete will only go so far if White people are standing behind them.
Take Caitlin Clark for example, if she was a White Euro woman people wouldn't have railed (to the overwhelming extent we saw) behind her as much because they wouldn't be able to relate but, since she's an American-born White woman from Iowa representing what's commonly considered a “Middle America” state she resonated with lots of people especially White so she blew up culturally in the women's college basketball world.
Subconsciously people like to champion someone they can relate to and by that, I mean racially and ethnically. I'm many Black American NBA fans like Jokic and Luka from a talent perspective but there's no need to relate to them when many great Black Americans are playing in the league now.
The Great White Hope is usually made about an American-born White athlete defying the odds and dominating a sport/opponent. Luka and Jokic despite being White (in appearance) they're not American so they won't ever blow up on a cultural level like say Larry Bird, Caitlin Clark, Austin Reeves, Alex Caruso, and many other White athletes who were culturally celebrated in their respective sports.
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can’t go on the court and emulate big man play, being foreign doesn’t help either. That’s the reason why Luka is the most popular out of Gianni’s, Embid and Joker
Dipsey Doo
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Cooper Flagg is going to restore the American feeling when he gets to the NBA 
Black American basketball outlook is troubling once Curry, Bron and Durant retire.
That NCAA tournament on the men’s side was very sobering
Black American basketball outlook is troubling once Curry, Bron and Durant retire.
That NCAA tournament on the men’s side was very sobering
get these nets
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How do you explain Dirk Nowitski's popularity during the early to mid career run?
That white American shyt is overblown. How much attention has Chet Holmgren gotten this year? He should be Bird to Wemby’s Magic if people really cared that much. Tyler Herro, Austin Reeves, Gordon Hayward, Kevin Love have all been high profile white Americans over the last 10 years and none of them moved the needle like that.
White people care but not as much as y’all seem to think
White people care but not as much as y’all seem to think
zayk35
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This is the only answer.