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re: Ben Simmons NOT Selected for the Aussie National Team
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:56 pm to Keys Open Doors
Posted on 7/27/14 at 8:56 pm to Keys Open Doors
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Joe Ingles has been linked with the Pelicans for 2 straight offseasons.
And has never played once in the NBA. There's dozens and dozens of players each NBA team keeps in contact with outside of their active roster, who cares?
What's relevant is this guy averaged 6 points and 3 boards a game in the fricking Israeli Super League last season as a 26 year old. He also stunk playing for Barcelona...yet you're trying to make him out into some kind of legend.
Simmons would own in that league.
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Posted on 7/27/14 at 9:05 pm to thunderbird1100
No he wouldn't. He would sit behind 3 other guys and probably average 4 points per game because that's how any young player other than LeBron or Durant (who is basically the perfect speciman for Euro ball) would do.
None of the guys get shiny stats when they play for the biggest teams in Europe because they rotate constantly and go for ball movement/open shots. You're more likely to see 8 guys getting 10 points each than a superhuman performance. And what are the biggest teams? Barca, CSKA Moscow, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. By definition, any guy who gets into the rotation of those teams is a) one of the Europe's best b) on the radar of NBA teams but unlikely to go unless they get a guaranteed contract c) getting offers to go to upstart European teams as featured players.
Fwiw, here are Ricky Rubio's stats in the Euroleauge and with Barcelona LINK
Brandon Jennings put up even worse numbers on a worse team.
None of the guys get shiny stats when they play for the biggest teams in Europe because they rotate constantly and go for ball movement/open shots. You're more likely to see 8 guys getting 10 points each than a superhuman performance. And what are the biggest teams? Barca, CSKA Moscow, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. By definition, any guy who gets into the rotation of those teams is a) one of the Europe's best b) on the radar of NBA teams but unlikely to go unless they get a guaranteed contract c) getting offers to go to upstart European teams as featured players.
Fwiw, here are Ricky Rubio's stats in the Euroleauge and with Barcelona LINK
Brandon Jennings put up even worse numbers on a worse team.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 9:09 pm to thunderbird1100
Ingles averaged something like 15/5/5 in the Olympics a few years ago. Stats in Europe are very deceiving.
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