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re: Europeans in the NBA: who opened the door?
Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:56 am to High C
Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:56 am to High C
Dražen Petrovic and Šarunas Marciulionis. Both were tough guys that could play.
The consensus on European players at the time was many had decent basketball skills, but couldn't handle the speed and physicality of the NBA, couldn't keep up on defense, and couldn't get off shots against NBA defenders.
Drazen and Sarunas were the first to really break that stereotype.
The consensus on European players at the time was many had decent basketball skills, but couldn't handle the speed and physicality of the NBA, couldn't keep up on defense, and couldn't get off shots against NBA defenders.
Drazen and Sarunas were the first to really break that stereotype.
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 11:30 am to NOLALGD
The 90s started seeing the Europeans start to trickle in especially out of Lithuania who had previously made up the bulk of the old Soviet teams and Serbs and a few Croats who were from the old Yugoslavia. NBA execs salivate over both for 7 or 8 years prior to the first ones showing up but they were closely held in their respective countries until they started to break apart.
What I was curious about though were the Brazilian players. In the late 80s Brazil was coming into being a basketball elite. I think the Brazil squad in 88 eliminated the US in Seoul with a shooting guard , Oscar Schmidt who played lights out.
What I was curious about though were the Brazilian players. In the late 80s Brazil was coming into being a basketball elite. I think the Brazil squad in 88 eliminated the US in Seoul with a shooting guard , Oscar Schmidt who played lights out.
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