re: We really need Odo

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I was judging european amateur players having a rough transition from there to over here for college ball

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I don't have a problem with that, because it's a different style of play. But you based your observation on U.S. colleges beating their "pros." Which makes no sense because the pros our colleges tend to beat are often teams the Euro players LSU would recruit are too good to play for.

That's the thing. You are stuck on the American notion of "pro" meaning "elite" as opposed to the Euro notion of "club" meaning any competitive adult level. There are clubs that are comparable to the NBA. There are clubs that couldn't compete in D-II college. There are clubs that pay almost like an NBA team. There are club players at the lower levels who are happy to get their expenses covered and work on the side to support themselves.

That whole premise you are building on is flat wrong. Now, I'd accept that they might struggle with American style or American athleticism, which are two things they won't be used to, but it won't be because their competition is weak.