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By Brendan Olski This past weekend, I had the opportunity to meet up with an alum of the club basketball team that I played for in high school while travelling in Dublin. The player, Johnny McCarthy, played Division III basketball at a small liberal-arts university in Amherst, MA called Amherst College. He won Player of the Year for his conference his senior year, graduated this past May, and is currently playing professionally for a club called ITC Basketball based out of Carlow, Ireland. It is fairly common for Divison II, or very successful Division III, basketball players from the U.S. to spend a few years overseas playing professionally. The process begins with the player sending game film and highlights to lots of coaches and is then invited to play for a team if selected in their version of a draft. This is how it went for Johnny, who was able to flush out for me some of the positive and negative aspects of choosing this path instead of joining the workforce right out ...
Jake Solovy-
ResponderEliminarI think this was a very interesting article. However, I still think the NBA will always be the dominant league. Like European soccer, players strive for the NBA because it is the most talented league. Yes, there are very talented players in European Basketball, however, most of the players are either really young like Luca Doncic, who have the goal of making the NBA, or are retired NBA players who want a lesser league. It is a great league but the NBA will always be the highest.
I agree. U.S. basketball has dominated the international basketball seen since the birth of international basketball. It will be interesting to see how other leagues respond to this over the next few years.
EliminarEuroleague or any non-NBA league will always be the second tier of basketball. However, this does not mean they do not have a purpose. There are a very limited number of NBA roster spots, but many players who want to play professional basketball. These players want to have an opportunity to player professional basketball and Euroleague is one of the best non-NBA leagues to play in. Euroleague needs to work with this understanding and develop their model around this understanding.
ResponderEliminar-micah sakata
I agree. Euroleague is still a few steps behind the NBA in terms of developing talent which I believe to be the most lacking aspect of non-NBA leagues. Maybe a model similar to the NBA would work the best.
EliminarI think it is tricky to say whether there will ever be a place for basketball in Europe. I honestly do not know if it will have a place because of the focus on football and the fact that most of the good players go to the states. This is kind of similar to situations people talked about in other blogs with the MLS getting to the level that the EPL is at and how it is hard because all of the good players from the US want to play in Europe and focus on other sports . With that said, I do not think that basketball with ever pass up football in terms of popularity because of the whole culture around football in Europe and the fact that basketball is more thought of as an American sport, but it could become more popular with the right marketing and talent.
ResponderEliminar-Chloe Malkinson
Especially with new leagues forming in the U.S. like the JBA and the NCAA offering salaries to top prospects, it is hard to say whether Euroleague will still be as prominent as it is. Prospects in the JBA and NCAA already get much more exposure than had they traveled overseas, so the idea of using the Euroleague as a development tactic seems useless.
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ResponderEliminarJeffrey Poe-
ResponderEliminarThe dominance of the NBA will never die, the amount of money that players can potentially get is substantially more than anywhere else so why would they stay if the NBA was an option for them? That being said these other leagues are great feeder leagues and leagues for players who still want to play professionally but cant make it to the NBA.
I agree. I think until a top international prospect decides to stay in a non-NBA league like the Euroleague, no one will be able to provide the rewards like the NBA does.
Eliminar-Sam Bittner
ResponderEliminarI agree that the NBA will always be the dominant league. However, I do not think that other leagues will fail. If these other leagues are able to grow their market and continue to develop youth players they will raise the overall quality of all the leagues.
Development is the biggest downfall for non-NBA leagues. I believe if they took inspiration from how the U.S. develops prospect talent, player quality and league quality will increase.
EliminarWhile soccer remains the main focus among any sport in Europe, I believe that Euro League basketball will never reach what the NBA has become. This market has been filled up and very little room for opportunity is left for basketball. Though these leagues will never compete with the NBA, I still do believe they are important. Any "feeder league" is important and also necessary to any sport. Also players could prefer to stay in Europe.
ResponderEliminar-Will Crane
EliminarI agree. This is similar to how AAU teams are seen as development leagues for the NCAA.
EliminarIt is not a pointless fight, but it is a steep uphill battle to catch up with the NBA. There is a place for basketball in Europe and there is no reason to look back, but to try and find a way to create money for their players to stay. Clearly, there are talented European players based on the 65 current NBA players who are from Europe. The United States are looking to grow the MLS and it will be tough for them to come close to the popularity of the EPL, but there is a place for soccer in the United States
ResponderEliminarThat is an interesting comparison. However, there will always be a place for international players when it comes to any sport. Basketball has become so international that it is embedded in many cultures in the world which is essentially irreplaceable.
EliminarThis article was very interesting to read after being able to visit the EuroLeague Spain headquarters. Although I believe that the NBA will always be the more dominant league, I do think that the EuroLeague has a place in the world. This league is great for fans to watch young talents that may grow into incredible players when they develop. I don't think that the EuroLeague should be too ambitious but I think that their business could still be very successful as long as they don't overextend themselves and try to do too much.
ResponderEliminarI agree. There are too many aspects of the business that international leagues have to improve before they can confidently be competitors with the NBA. And with the current talent pool of American basketball, I think that will be a huge task.
EliminarI don’t think that Euroleague’s attempt for growth is pointless. I do believe that the NBA will always be the dominant league, but I don’t find a problem with Euroleague growing as well. Basketball is becoming increasingly popular in Europe and I do believe it could find a place in people’s interest. Though Euroleague may “feed” into the NBA at this time, I think that in the future it could become increasingly popular and no longer live up to that reputation.
ResponderEliminar- Piper Knudson
Only time will tell. The Euroleague is a relatively young league in comparison to the NBA and still has a lot of improvements to make before seeing large scale success.
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