Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 11:31:12 05/03/04
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On May 03, 2004 at 14:12:59, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >You are just about right, and I know that. However, my comment hinged on the >statement that it was a pleasant surprise that basketball was starting in >Europe... Which is not true, regardless of the weakish NBA team that the US had >in the World Champs, for reasons I just told. BTW, Sacramento Kings have two >starters of the starting five who were on the Serbia & Montenegro team: Pedja >Stojakovic and Vlade Divac. There were also 4 more players on the Serbia & >Montenegro team that were playing in the NBA but who are not very well-known. >Regardless of that they are not child's play to play against. Not for a moment >did I claim that any team could actually beat the best of the NBA team, if they >ever show up. You are right. Every year there are more and more players from outside the U.S. that enter the NBA. Anyone in the NBA is very talented. Even the last guy on the worst team who never plays is still very talented to even be in the NBA. It is just a matter of time before the best U.S. players will not be the best in the world. I think the next step for European players is to develop good defensive skills. Most of the European stars like Stojakovic and Nowitzki are just as good as the best U.S. players at scoring, but they don't often play much defense. I live close to Dallas, where Nowitzki plays, and he is really amazing. Dallas just finished playing the Kings in the playoffs so we got to see both Nowitzki and Stojakovic play a lot. Divac is a funny guy :) I hope one day we have an international league where the NBA teams can play teams from Europe and Asia. That would be very entertaining. >I still like American football, and I loved the 30 seconds you brought up a lot. > I could catch my breath every once in a while -- not easy to tackle guys >weighing over 230 pounds :-). Yes, some of those guys are really big and hit really hard :) I'm looking forward to watching my brother play on the high school team in the fall.
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