The NBA truly is international. I'm watching the last 2 NBA MVPs play vs one another in FIBA qualifying

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Buckeye Fever said:
Giannis(Greece) vs Jokic(Serbia)

Also, does the U.S. not care about FIBA anymore? I barely recognize any of the names on the roster:hhh:
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I wish the U.S cared more about international competition.

we got guys like Giannis, Jokic, and Luka all going hard for the pride of their countries while our players are doing summer Pro Ams

I'm certain the fact that Soccer is so huge international in these countries has influenced basketball player to feel the same way about playing for your country.

I personally think it's advantage to these other countries, US aint gonna keep throwing teams together and dominate like they used to, we have seen that grip loosen the last 20 years.
 
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I'm certain the fact that Soccer is so huge international in these countries has influenced basketball player to feel the same way about playing for your country.
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True, but it's not that simple.
Soccer makes the public expect even from basketball players to play for their country.
Jokic has been a national traitor during the previous summers... public pressure he faced for not playing was huge...

(Of course if he wins the next game against Turkey and the gold in September it will all be forgiven and he'll become a national hero. We're that bipolar...)
 
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I think it might have something to do with the fact that in Europe a lot of, if not most, of these sports teams and shyt started as small not-for-profit organizations owned by their members. Some of the biggest teams in the world are still just that like Real Madrid, Munich and Barcelona. At the same time you had very powerful and structured associations with FIFA and all the ones under them like CONCACAF, UEFA and their counterparts, where all these teams were members. Those organizations also run the national teams minus the olympics, so they have a whole system governing the whole world of soccer. That's also probably why soccer is a youth minor/G-league type tournament in the olympics. These type of systems and history also lends itself to other major sports like basketball and hockey.

Some major clubs tried to break out of the system with JP Morgan and do their own NBA styled league but the fans said they would boycott everything and FIFA/UEFA would sanction the fukk out of them.

NBA and NHL are pure business and have always been, and their power in relation to everyone else is on another level.
 
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Goat poster said:
I wish the U.S cared more about international competition.

we got guys like Giannis, Jokic, and Luka all going hard for the pride of their countries while our players are doing summer Pro Ams

I'm certain the fact that Soccer is so huge international in these countries has influenced basketball player to feel the same way about playing for your country.

I personally think it's advantage to these other countries, US aint gonna keep throwing teams together and dominate like they used to, we have seen that grip loosen the last 20 years.
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It ain't pride for the country. It's that if those international players don't play their country has no shot of qualifying without them. So they would miss the tournament when the real games started. US players know they gonna qualify regardless so it's no point playing in qualifiers if you a star.
 
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Goat poster said:
I wish the U.S cared more about international competition.

we got guys like Giannis, Jokic, and Luka all going hard for the pride of their countries while our players are doing summer Pro Ams

I'm certain the fact that Soccer is so huge international in these countries has influenced basketball player to feel the same way about playing for your country.

I personally think it's advantage to these other countries, US aint gonna keep throwing teams together and dominate like they used to, we have seen that grip loosen the last 20 years.
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Yeah the atmosphere in that place sounds like a soccer game.
 
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Harry B said:
I think it might have something to do with the fact that in Europe a lot of, if not most, of these sports teams and shyt started as small not-for-profit organizations owned by their members. Some of the biggest teams in the world are still just that like Real Madrid, Munich and Barcelona. At the same time you had very powerful and structured associations with FIFA and all the ones under them like CONCACAF, UEFA and their counterparts, where all these teams were members. Those organizations also run the national teams minus the olympics, so they have a whole system governing the whole world of soccer. That's also probably why soccer is a youth minor/G-league type tournament in the olympics. These type of systems and history also lends itself to other major sports like basketball and hockey.

Some major clubs tried to break out of the system with JP Morgan and do their own NBA styled league but the fans said they would boycott everything and FIFA/UEFA would sanction the fukk out of them.

NBA and NHL are pure business and have always been, and their power in relation to everyone else is on another level.
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You an international NBA expansion team in London work?
 
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Shame fiba isn't cared about for us players should be a honor to get a cap for your country like it is for soccer
 
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